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Geography Quiz

Week of October 11, 1999

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1. Which city lies across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico?
Calexico, CA
Laredo, TX
Brownsville, TX
El Paso, TX

2. Which city was China's capital prior to Mongol occupation, was the terminus of the Silk Route, and is home to a terra-cotta army?

Xian
Shanghai
Chongqing
Wuhan

3. In which country is most of South America's altiplano located in?

Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
Peru

4. In which country was an American teen caned in 1994 for vandalizing an automobile?

Singapore
Thailand
Japan
China

5. What was the Taj Mahal built as?

a fortress
a vault
a museum
a tomb

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