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Geography Quiz

Week of June 1, 2000

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1. Who was reunified Germany's chancellor from 1990 to 1998?
Helmut Kohl
Gerhard Schroder
Egon Krenz
Roman Herzog

2. Which word is used to describe eating dirt?

geodesy
geomancy
geophagy
geoponics

3. Over which city does the 100-foot tall statue "Christ the Redeemer" overlook from Corcovado Mountain?

Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
Rio de Janiero

4. From which U.S. city can you travel directly south into Canada?

Detroit
Rochester
Anchorage
Seattle

5. Which Pacific Ocean island country was formerly known as the Ellice Islands and Lagoon Islands?

Tuvalu
Samoa
Vanuatu
Kiribati

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