East Is East, West Is West

By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway
© Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved
  1. Brazil is the largest country in South America -- so big that it shares a border with all but two South American nations. Chile is one, and the other is:

    A. Ecuador
    B. Bolivia
    C. Paraguay
    D. Guyana

  2. True or false: Vatican City, the site of the Holy See, is one of the twenty official regions of Italy.

  3. Which of these South American cities is on the same longitude as New York City?

    A. Buenos Aires, Argentina
    B. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    C. Bogotá, Colombia
    D. Caracas, Venezuela

  4. The United States of America has expanded enormously from its original thirteen colonies. Some of this expansion came through war, some through sales. Match the purchase with the country that sold it to the United States.

    A. Louisiana Purchase 1. Mexico
    B. Alaska 2. Spain
    C. Gadsden Purchase 3. Russia
    D. Florida 4. France

  5. One of the most famous directions given in children's literature is "Second star to the right, and straight on till morning." While the destination of this book's journey is fictional, the starting point is not. True or false: That starting point is in England.

  6. It's time for a vacation, so you spin the globe, close your eyes, stick out your finger, and hit an island at approximately nineteen degrees north latitude. You call your travel agent to book some R & R. Which one of the following islands is not at nineteen degrees north latitude?

    A. Haiti
    B. Hawaii
    C. Dominican Republic
    D. Trinidad

  7. No se habla ingles. What is the only country in Central America where English is its official language?

    A. Panama
    B. El Salvador
    C. Guatemala
    D. Belize

  8. Oh Canada! Put these Canadian provinces in order from west to east.

    A. Saskatchewan
    B. British Columbia
    C. Manitoba
    D. Alberta
    E. Ontario

  9. True or false: Sweden used to own Norway.

  10. After World War II, the former Soviet Union occupied these islands claimed by Japan.

    A. Kyushu
    B. Malvinas
    C. Kurils
    D. Okinawa

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