Geographica: The United States

     Here it is, a geography quiz for the younger crowd.  We had Kara, age seven, look at a place mat map of the United States while she answered the questions.

Quiz: The United States
1.  Which state borders the Gulf of Mexico: Minnesota, South Dakota or Louisiana?
2.  What state is west of Colorado?
3.  Which state borders three of the Great Lakes: Michigan, Montana, or Oklahoma?
4.  What state is made up of only islands?
5.  Which state borders Mexico: Maine, Texas or Washington?

Answers:

1.  Louisiana
2.  Utah
3.  Michigan
4.  Hawaii
5.  Texas

Berwick-upon-Tweed

     Yesterday I promised photos, promised that I consider the River Tweed a river worth knowing, one that is a favorite memory of last year's trip to England.

      Late at night my sister and I hurriedly crossed from the train station to our Bed and Breakfast, right across the road.  We chatted with the proprietor and eagerly wondered if we would have time in the morning before breakfast to walk out and see the North Sea.  On our way up to Edinburgh we had seen tantalizing glimpses of sun washed water, and we just wanted a glimpse of those shores.  We left early the next morning, somewhat unsure of the directions but found the stairway that wound down between untended flower beds, down to the River Tweed, and out into wonder.  We walked along the trail and up on the old city walls, the river shimmering beside us.  We found the estuary and beyond...the sea.  We deemed it worthy of an entire quiet day, to play and picnic by the sea.  A day to walk the trail along the green cliffs to the south.  A day for discovering a town not in the tourist books.  But we had only an hour.  One hour then away.  Away on the train over Victoria and Albert's bridge that spans the river, away through industrial cities and to London.  Away to Heathrow and O'Hare.  One hour of wonder that was more than either of us expected.  One hour on the River Tweed, my sister beside me, our footsteps marking the minutes.  God has made a great and glorious world, His glory shining round every corner.  When I poke my head around a corner and the glory catches me unaware, my heart aches at beauty and leaves me breathless as I whisper thanks.

Geographica: European Rivers

     We had a wonderful Easter, filled with friends from morning to night, and a few quiet moments to remember our Savior and the empty tomb.  Always remember, even if it wasn't a good day...we celebrate the resurrection far more often than one Sunday of the year!  Every Lord's Day, every Sunday, we celebrate a Living Savior. One bad holiday won't drag us down or diminish our hope.  We've seen a fair bit of rain here.  Arden describes our yard as a marsh.  Bryan's wisdom regarding the weather is, "Some days it's nice to know you're on the top of the hill and not the bottom."  Monday again and another Geography quiz written by Ally.  I will say that Berwick-upon-Tweed is like a fairy tale land and tomorrow (when I have a little time) I will post a couple pictures and prove it to you.  Until then, trust me that it is well worth knowing.

European Rivers
1.  The Tweed River begins in the Southern Uplands and ends in the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed; the Tweed River is in what country?

2.  The Daugava River begins in the Valdai Hills, Russia and enters the Gulf of Riga to the south; the Daugava River flows into the Gulf of Riga in what country:  Belarus, Poland, Finland, or Latvia?

3.  The Sava River begins in the Julian Alps, Slovenia before joining the Danube in the city of Belgrade; the Sava River joins the Danube in what country:  Italy, Austria, Serbia, or Bulgaria?

4.  The Duero River begins in the Sistema Iberio Mountains before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean in what country?

5.  The Arno River begins in the Apennines of Italy before flowing west into what sea:  the Ligurian Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Thracian Sea, or the Tyrrhenian Sea?


Answers:

1.  Great Britain
2.  Latvia
3.  Serbia
4.  Portugal
5.  the Ligurian Sea

Geographica: Asian Rivers

     How about a geography quiz on Tuesday?  Yesterday was a whirlwind, as Mondays so often are.  My mom and I were laughing on the phone over our need for a recovery day from our "day of rest."  Maybe the contrast between the two days is exhausting?  In any case as I piled through laundry, edited a letter to NASA, read books, weeded the garden, took my walk, cooked dinner, did some shopping and made time to show up at Bible study, I did not leave time for typing up the quiz.  This morning I complained to Bryan that I would never be a great blogger because I just can't post every day, which so many think is important to success, he reminded me I am a wife, a mother, a homemaker first and foremost and blogging is a very limited role in life.  Having my guilt thus assuaged, I blog today, guilt free.

Quiz:  Asian Rivers
1.  Which major Chinese river begins in Tibet and flows through southern China before emptying into the East China Sea?
2.  The Han River, which begins in Odaesan National Park, North Korea, then flows through Seoul into Kyonggi Bay.  Seoul is the capital of which Asian country?
3.  The Edo River is a branch of the Tone River which begins in the middle of an island called Honshu.  Edo, named after the river, is the former name of what island country's capital city?
4.  The Barito River begins in central Borneo before flowing south into the Java Sea, only miles away from the city of Banjarmasin.  Borneo is a major island in what country?
5.  The Godavari River begins just north of Mumbai, then flows east across the Deccan Plateau into what bay?

Answers:

1.  Chang (Yellow) River
2.  South Korea
3.  Japan (Tokyo used to be called Edo in the middle ages)
4.  Indonesia
5.  The Bay of Bengal

Geographica: African Rivers

     I have a very simple introduction to this quiz of Ally's.  If you know the answers to these questions you are a better student of the world than I am.  Africa's geography is always challenging for me.

1.  What is the name of the river that flows through Khartoum, Sudan, and the Nubian Desert before flowing into the Mediterranean Sea by Alexandria?
2.  Burkina Faso, which used to be called Upper Volta, has the beginning of both the Black and White Voltas that flow into Lake Volta in what country, that used to be called Gold Coast?
3.  Ngonye Falls, Victoria Falls and Kariba Dam which forms Lake Kariba, are on what river bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe?
4.  The Limpopo River forms the border between South Africa and two other countries before flowing through Mozambique into what body of water, between Mozambique and Madagascar?
5.  Name the river that forms the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Congo before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, with a volume of water second only to the Amazon.


And the answers:

1.  Nile River
2.  Ghana
3.  Zambezi River
4.  Mozambique Channel
5.  Congo River

Geographica: World Rivers

     The State Geography Bee was this last Friday.  Ally did not do as well as she had hoped, for though she had studied all year, she did not study for the particular questions she needed to answer to earn her place in the final round.  It was a stinging disappointment, which she bore with grace and a few tears when she was safe at home.  Nevertheless our family enjoyed the day, spent with my mom, and the rare treat of going out to eat and to Starbucks in one afternoon.  We're still so proud of Ally.  She's learned so much about what she can accomplish, the pleasure of hard work, and how to use her time well.  Though she's now too old to try the Bee again next year, the girl just loves geography and spent the afternoon with the atlas on her lap.  She's indefatigable.  And now, today's quiz:

World Rivers
 1.  The Elbe River flows from the Sudeten Mountains in Poland then through the Czech Republic and Germany in to what sea northwest of Germany?
2.  The Salween River flows from Tibet through China into what country before emptying the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean?
3.  The Orange River begins in the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho then flows through which African country before forming a border with Namibia?
4.  The Swan River flows through which major Australian city before entering the Indian Ocean?
5.  The Negro River flows from the Guiana Highlands in Venezuela south to join what major South American river?

Answers:
1.  The North Sea
2.  Myanmar
3.  South Africa
4.  Perth
5.  Amazon

Geographica: US Rivers

     The Geo Quiz on Monday rolls around again.  The State Geo Bee is this Friday and Ally is giddy with excitement and studying hard.  Do I even need to mention Bryan and I are giddy with excitement too?  My mom maintains a perennially calm exterior, a gift of God, so I never realized as a mother my heart would be so wrapped around my children's that I'd be as nervous, happy or disappointed as they feel in the ups and downs of life.  I often find myself vacillating between a crazy pride in all they do and a pressing discouragement that we don't do any of this discipleship and home education well enough.  I'd love to stay in that middle ground where I'd be in neither sin nor doubt.  It's like a roller coaster ride, and I hate real life roller coasters, but I can't opt out of this one.  I'm on the ride - for life.  Next Monday I'll tell you how she did, and as usual, you'll find yet another Geo Quiz.  I'll repeat it again, this girl loves geography.

Quiz:  US Rivers
1.   The Connecticut River begins in northern New Hampshire and flows down the western border through Massachusetts and then through Connecticut into Long Island Sound.  The Connecticut River forms the border between New Hampshire and what other state?
 2.  The Wabash River, on the border with Illinois, and the Maumee River, that flows through Fort Wayne, are in what state?
3.  The Snake River begins at Heart Lake in Yellowstone National Park, before traveling across what state to form Hell's Canyon on the border with Oregon?
4.  The Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is on what river that joins the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah?
5.  The Missouri River begins in what state that also has the Little Bighorn River and most of the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri River?

Answers

1.  Vermont
2.  Indiana
3.  Idaho
4.  Green River
5.  Montana

Geographica: Central America and the Caribbean

     This home is ringing with the sound of geography questions, asked and answered.  We're Googling pronunciations for strange place names, and seeing country shapes in clouds.  We're on the countdown to the State Bee, and one of us is so excited she's giddy.  Or is that stress?  Either way, it's fun.  Here's the quiz for today:

1.  On the Island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles, are what two large countries?
2.  Dragon's Mouth Strait and the Gulf of Paria separate Trinidad and Tobago from what South American country?
3.  The Motagua River flows into the Gulf of Honduras in what country that also has the Mayan ruin of Tikal?
4.  Name the island country that does not belong and explain why:  Turks and Caicos Island, Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, and Grenada.
5.  Andras Island, New Providence Island, Long Island and Great Inagua Island all belong to what island country?

Here's your bonus spelling lesson for today, I looked this up, just to be sure.  Straight  is a word for a straight line, as in not curved.  Strait is the geographical term.  As with most other English homophones, it's just meant to confuse, both students and spell-check, right?  And the answers:


1.  Haiti and Dominican Republic
2.  Venezuela
3.  Guatemala
4.  Turks and Caicos Island does not belong because it is not in the Lesser Antilles.
5.  Bahamas

Geographica: Sahel or Western Africa

      We've been sick here this week, runny noses, sore throats and fevers.  Today a week of sitting around is taking its toll and we are at odds with each other.  This too is family.  Days at home are all about read alouds, games, cooking and cuddles.  Still, family life is just as much about patience, forgiveness and working through boredom.  And I am going to remind myself of that over and over again today.  This, too, is important work.    
      Ally has been taking advantage of these quiet days and spending extra time pouring over her atlas.  Her stack of materials never seems to be farther away from her than the kleenex box.  Creating this quiz was easy after the kind of week she has had.

The Quiz:  Sahel
1.  Lake Volta and Digya National Park are in which country, that used to be called Gold Coast and has the capital city of Accra?
2.  The swamps of Macina and the states of Mopti, Sikassa and Tomboutou are in what Saharan country with the capital city of Bamako?  Bamako is currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa.
3.  The Sakoto Plains, the Jos Plateau and the Niger Delta are in what country, where the official language is French?
4.  Ouagadougou, the capital, and Bobo Dioulasso, a large city in the Masi Highlands, are in what country formerly known as Upper Volta?
5.  With the Senegal River and the city of St. Louis in the north, the country of Gambia in the middle and the countries of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south, what is this country?

Answers

1.  Ghana
2.  Mali
3.  Nigeria
4.  Burkina Faso
5.  Senegal

Geographica: Northern Africa

    Well, here we are and it is Tuesday.  Have you noticed the geography quiz is typically Monday's post?  Mondays are always busy here, and I'm trying to figure out how to fit it all into the available hours.  This week, the Geographica post will just have to be on Tuesday, and we'll just continue on.  I'm plotting a birthday dinner on Thursday and was helped out more than once by Epicurious in planning an Italian menu.   I'm going to attempt, with my assistant chefs: homemade gnocchi, homemade noodles, homemade sauce, roasted garlic crostini with assorted toppings, wilted spinach salad with portobello mushrooms and a double chocolate torte.  We will be busy and we will be a size larger on Friday.  Bryan will probably say it is all too much work, but I think we'll have fun.  If I wanted to get carried away, like those other homeschoolers, we would make it a mini-unit study all about Italy with maps and photos and, of course, cuisine.  I will hold myself back and simply try to accomplish dinner at 6:30 Thursday evening.  But (smile) there will be no holding back on the reigns, I'm not one of those others and if you're here looking for ideas on how to become so very other yourself, I'm afraid I will disappoint.  I should stop meandering and come to the point, if you are here looking for a geography quiz, written by a lovely 13 year old who adores her atlas, then you will be thrilled to test your knowledge with this (I think she could have at least humored me and created a quiz on Italy, but alas!):
Quiz: Northern Africa
1.  With the Straight of Gibraltar to the north and the Atlas Mountains in the south, name this country whose largest city is Casablanca.
2.  What country, that was once on the Barbary Coast, also has the Great Eastern Erg and the Ahaggar Mountains?
3.  The Valley of the Kings, the Qattara Depression, and the Aswan High Dam are in what country that was once ruled by the Ptolemaic Dynasty?
4.  The rich and powerful city of Carthage, destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC and later rebuilt, was in what country on the Mediterranean Sea that now has Tunis as its capital city?
5.  Leptis Magna is in the region of Tripolitania, and is a World Heritage Site because it is a well preserved Roman city.  Leptis Magna is in what country, also containing the Gulf of Sidra and the capital of Tripoli?


Answers:

1.  Morocco
2.  Algeria
3.  Egypt
4.  Tunisia
5.  Libya

Geographica: North America

     If you saw the title and thought these questions would all be about the United States, because what other country is in North America?  You may be a bit surprised.  Oh, yes, well, Canada too.  True, but there are other countries as well.  Stretch the brain and enjoy the quiz.


Quiz: North America
1.  Which Central American country depends on the US dollar, relies on coffee as an export and has the volcano of Santa Ana?
2.  The Islas de la Bahia, or the Bay Islands, are a tourist destination belonging to a country that also has the large city of San Pedro Sula.
3.  La Citadelle Laferriere, the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, and a World Heritage Site, is in which country on one-third of the island of Hispaniola?
4.  The Mackenzie River flows from the Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea in which Canadian province?
5.  The Ungava Peninsula is on the eastern side of the Hudson Bay in which Canadian province, that borders the USA?



Answers


1.  El Salvador
2.  Honduras
3.  Haiti
4.  Northwest Territories
5.  Quebec

Bria's note:  I am often unfamiliar with places on Ally's geography quizzes and love to look them up, especially in photos.  It's one thing to read about the Beaufort Sea and quite another to see it, blue and filled with ice.  Beautiful.  Today I looked up La Citadelle Laferriere and was amazed.  Here is a link from Travel Adventures, scroll down and see photos of the cannon and the roof structure.  Or, for a short history lesson, read the description on the Unesco site.

Geographica: Australasia and Oceania

     Geography quiz competitions are a favorite pastime around here.  Years ago it used to be that Bryan or I could easily beat Ally, using only the knowledge you accumulate after years of reading and living in this world.  Now Ally easily surpasses  us and knows all kinds of obscure details.  This weekend we had a long competition.  I was ahead of Ally by only two points when Bryan asked how many more quizzes we wanted to do.  "One," I said.  Meaning, just one more question, and a guaranteed win.  We did do one more, but it was one more quiz not one more question.  Ally surfaced as final champion.  It's good fun.  Here are two of our favorite sites for quizzes:
National Geographic Bee click on "Take the Quiz."  They post a new one every day.
Geography Bee Demystified This one is labeled "geography quizzes hard" on Ally's bookmark list.  And they are hard!
Now here's the quiz Ally has written for you this week:

1.  Shark Bay , the Kimberley Plateau, and Perth, the largest city on the western coast of Australia, are in what Australian state?

2. The Twelve Apostles are a group of small islands south of Melbourne, Australia.  Melbourne is separated by the Bass Strait from what island?

3.  Auckland and Wellington are major cities on what island belonging to New Zealand?  This island is also bordered by the Bay of Plenty and Hawke Bay.

4.  Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and the Coral Sea Islands belong to what country?

5.  The island of New Caledonia is just south of the Solomon Islands and is southeast of Papua New Guinea. New Caledonia belongs to what European country?

Bonus Fun:  New Zealand has lots of cool names such as:  Halfmoon Bay (a city), Fox Glacier (a city), Cape Farewell, and the Bay of Plenty.


Answers

1.  Western Australia
2.  Tasmania
3.  North Island
4.  Australia
5.  France

Geographica: Southeast Asia

I just can't think of anything clever to add, so without introduction, here's the quiz:

Southeast Asia

1.  The Irrawaddy River flows through what country, where over half of the population is the Burman people; and about half of the land is covered by dense tropical forests?

2.  Songkran is this country's New Year celebration.  It is held on April 13, is celebrated all over the country, and the people greet each other with water; this is what country whose capital is Bangkok?

3.  What country has the large freshwater lake, Tonle Sap; and was a French protectorate from 1863-1953? This country's capital is Phnom Penh.

4.  What country borders the Gulf of Tonkin in the northeast, the South China Sea to the east and southeast, and the gulf of Thailand to the southwest?

5.  In August 1883, a volcanic eruption on the Island of Krakatau destroyed most of the island and started a tsunami that claimed over 35,000 lives; this island is in what country?


Answers


1.  Myanmar
2.  Thailand
3.  Cambodia
4.  Vietnam
5.  Indonesia

Geographica: Asia

     Today I asked Ally to prepare the quiz early so I wouldn't be sitting here typing at night.  She wrote all her questions this afternoon.  Here I am at night, typing.  Days are so busy, a wonderful whirl.  My mental list (I'm sorry, I just hardly ever make physical lists, but like daily goals) remains far from completed.  I think, I hope, it was a good day anyway.  The important things are done, though the floor remains unmopped.

The Quiz: Asia

1.  The name of the Gobi Desert comes from Mongolian meaning "waterless place".  The Gobi desert is in Mongolia and what other country to the south?

2.  With the Thar Desert in the west and the Himalayas to the north; and the Deccan Plateau in the central region, this is what country?

3.  The Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust, a charity organization, is located in which landlocked country?

4.  What peninsula is between the Yellow Sea to the southwest and the Sea of Japan to the northeast?

5.  Shinto and Buddhism are the major religions in this country where the currency is the Yen?

Bonus Question
The seventh largest island in the world is Honshu; Honshu is an island of what country?


Answers

1.  China
2.  India
3.  Nepal
4.  Korean Peninsula
5.  Japan
Bonus Question:  Japan

Geographica: Central Asia

   
     Ally spent her afternoon feverishly reading the conclusion of Our Mutual Friend (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens.  My sister in law gave me the BBC movie for Christmas, Our Mutual Friend, and we liked it so much that the next day we were off to the library to find the book.  This afternoon was interrupted by girlish giggling and romantic sighs, and you know Dickens always makes everything come out right for the hero or heroine, though things can be rather bleak all around them.  Obviously, Ally could not possibly be expected to write geography questions when the revelation of the family fortune was waiting in the wings and faithful love was about to be amply repaid.  This was no time for the atlas, only a warm spot on the couch with the book.  Now she's hastily constructing a little quiz for you.  I said I could blog about something else tonight, but followed my offer up with a weary sigh of, "I don't know what."  Smile.  She's a good girl, that Ally.

The Quiz: Central Asia
1.  The Aral Sea has lost ninety percent of it's water; the Aral Sea is on the border between Uzbekistan and what country?
2.  What country, with no railroads and few roads, has Kabul as it's capital and borders Pakistan on the south?
3.  The Kura River begins in the Caucasus Mountains, in Georgia; it then runs through T'Bilisi, then it flows into the Caspian Sea, just south of Baka, the capital of what country?
4.  The Indus River Valley and the Punjab Plains are in what country, that has its capital in Islamabad?
5.  The Syr Darya River begins in Kyrgyzstan and goes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan into what lake (sea)?
Bonus: (Ally says 110% to anyone who gets this question...)  Communism Peak, at 24,590, and Dushanbe, which is the capital, are in what country?


Answers
1.  Kazakhstan
2.  Afghanistan
3.  Azerbaijan
4.  Pakistan
5.  Aral Sea
Bonus:  Tajikistan (Bria says, I didn't get it right!)

Geographica: The Middle East

     Ally is studying for the State Geo Bee in earnest these days.  We don't know for certain that she qualified, but we're assuming she will.  Today she's been pouring over maps of the provinces or states in Argentina, Brazil and China.  I feel so proud of her, just watching her work.  At this point it doesn't matter how well she does in competition, she's shown us hard working, persistent, self-motivated character qualities and in my eyes, that's success enough.  Here's the quiz she prepared for you today:

1.  An average of 50,000 ships travel the Bosporus per year; the Bosporus links the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea in what country?

2.  The Dead Sea is between Israel and Jordan and is the lowest point on Earth; the Dead Sea is on what river?

3.  Muslims make pilgrimages to Mecca.  Mecca is in what country that has the largest oil reserves in the world?

4.  The Babylonian and the Persian empires were in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates in what present day country?

5.  What country is between the Caspian Sea to the north and the Persian Gulf to the south?


Answers:
1.  Turkey
2.  The Jordan
3.  Saudi Arabia
4.  Iraq
5.  Iran

Geographica: Europe

Here's Ally's quiz of the week:
1.  The Laps live in Lapland and herd reindeer.  Lapland is in Norway, Sweden and what other country?
2.  Amsterdam's inner city is divided by canals into 90 "islands."  Amsterdam and The Hague are the capitals of what country?
3.  The Channel Tunnel is 31 miles long and took seven years to build.  It runs under the English Channel from the UK to what European country?
4.  In Ajaccio, Corsica on August 15, 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born.  Corsica belongs to what country?
5.  Transylvania, the Carpathian Mountains and the mouth of the Danube River are in what country?
And a Bonus Question:  The Balkan Mountains are on the Balkan Peninsula in what country on the Black Sea?


The Answers:
1.  Finland
2.  The Netherlands
3.  France
4.  France
5.  Romania
Bonus:  Bulgaria

Geographica: Africa

Hope you all are enjoying your week before Christmas. Tomorrow and Wednesday I'll post some photos of this place, tucked away in Colorado. It will be visual geography.
The Quiz: Africa
1. The Aswan Dam is on the Nile River, in what country whose capital is Cairo?

2. The confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile is in Khartoum, the capital of which country?

3. The Niger River is 3000 miles long from its starting place in Guinea to its mouth in Nigeria; which ocean does the Niger River flow into?

4. The Okavango River's delta flows into northern Botswana, eventually the water disappears in the Kalahari Desert; the Kalahari Desert is shared between Namibia and which other country?

5. Madagascar is separated from Africa by the Mozambique Channel; Madagascar is in what ocean?


Answers
1. Egypt
2. Sudan
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. South Africa
5. Indian Ocean

Geographica: South America

     I'm reading of wild winter storms in the midwest and thinking of poor stranded travelers in airports and, worse, in cars.  But if your safe and warm a quiet day at home, enforced solitude, can be a sweet day.  When we homeschooled in Pennsylvania we often took "snow days."  Some mothers love the fact that a homeschooled student can always get to school.  I loved those unexpected days off.  Kids could play in the house, and in the snow.  There was lots of hot chocolate, cookies in the oven, and read alouds on the couch under the quilt.  Here in sub-tropical Arkansas, I've promised my kids a snow day every time it snows.  It just doesn't happen often and "ice days" don't conjure up the same warm emotions.  If your in the car today, have safe travels.  If your home, which is always nicer, make the choice to savor the day.  And now, Ally's quiz:

Geography Quiz:  South America
1.  Surrounded by the Andes Mountains, Quito is the second highest capital in the world.  Quito is the capital of what country?
2.  Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is in the Orinoco River System in what country?
3.  Lake Titicaca and Lake Popoo are connected by the Desaguadero River in what country?
4.  The Gran Chaco was made by river deposits from the Andes Mountains and is mostly free of stones.  The Gran Chaco is in Paraguay and which other countries?
5.  The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth with an average rainfall of .004 in. per year.  What country is the Atacama Desert in?  (Bonus fact:  Ally just told me that one part of the desert hadn't had rain for 400 years.)
Bonus Question:  The southernmost tip of South America is known by what name?


Answers:
1.  Ecuador
2.  Venezuela
3.   Bolivia
4.  Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia
5.  Chile
Bonus Question:  Cape Horn

Geographica: The Continents

Okay, so strictly speaking I'm not sure you say the Inca people are "indigenous."  It seems they should properly be referred to as the Inca civilization.  The verb form should probably be past tense.  But I'm so tired tonight and this editor's brain isn't working well.  Pardon the poorly worded sentence and try to overlook our clumsiness with the English language.  Enjoy Ally's test of your knowledge of the continents.

1.  Lamas and Inca people are indigenous to the Andes Mountains on what continent?

2.  The Pyrenees Mountains and the Elbe River are on what continent?

3.  The Orange River starts in the Drakensburg Mountains in southern Lesotho on what continent?

4.  The KaraKum Desert and Borneo Island, which is the 3rd largest island in the world, are on what continent?

5.  The Gibson Desert and Uluru, also called Ayers Rock are on what continent?



Answers

1.  South America
2.  Europe
3.  Africa
4.  Asia
5.  Australia