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Geography Quiz

Week of January 17, 2000

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1. Which continent is third largest in area, following Asia and Africa?
Australia
North America
South America
Europe

2. In which Caribbean country, located on the island of Hispaniola, did Francois Duvalier establish a dictatorship in 1957?

Haiti
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Cuba

3. Which U.S. state was the result of "Seward's Folly?"

Hawaii
Texas
California
Alaska

4. Which city was the scene of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which began the French Revolution?

Paris
Lyon
Marseille
Versailles

5. What is the distance between the U.S. and Russia at the narrowest point of the Bering Strait (not including islands)?

19 miles (30 km)
37 miles (60 km)
56 miles (90 km)
75 miles (120 km)

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