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Geography Quiz

Week of August 11, 2000

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1. The geologic periods called Cambrian and Precambrian come from the place known as Cambria. What is Cambria?
Scotland
Wales
Brittany
Saxony

2. The Korea Strait connects the East China Sea and which body of water?

Philippine Sea
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
Sea of Okhotsk

3. Which country's name is as close to "Gilberts" as the Gilbertese language can transliterate?

Philippines
Cyprus
Kiribati
Eritrea

4. Which British territory's residents voted overwhelmingly in 1967 to remain British instead of being ruled by Spain?

Anguilla
Caicos Islands
Guernsey
Gibraltar

5. Which country's capital of Dushanbe was called Stalinabad from 1929 to 1961?

Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan

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