for Wilkin's first test in history
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Name the highest mountain in the world: | Mount Everest
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| Did Amundsen discover the North or South Pole? | South
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| Name the longest river in the world: | Nile
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| List one reason people explore the earth: | Learning
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| What continent was discovered in 1820? | Antarctica
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| True or False: Antarctica was discovered in 1509. | FALSE
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| Who was the first European to see Victoria Falls? | David Livingstone
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| Who discovered the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen
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| What is the largest island in the world? | Greenland
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| Who led the second team to reach the South Pole? | Robert F. Scott
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| What is the deepest place in the ocean? | Mariana Trench
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| What was the last continent to be discovered? | Antarctica
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| What are the imaginary lines that run north and south around the earth? | parallels of latitude
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| What are the imaginary lines that run east and west around the earth? | meridians of longitude
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| What is the half of the earth that is south of the equator? | Southern Hemisphere
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| What is the normal condition of the atmosphere at the earth's surface? | climate
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| What is the imaginary line that circles the globe at its "fattest" part? | Equator
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| What is the imaginary north-to-south line that passes through Greenwich, England? | prime meridian
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| What is the 180th meridian? | international dateline
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| What is the area between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn? | tropics
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| What is the area north of 66N latitude? | Arctic Circle
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| What is the area south of 66S latitude? | Antarctic Circle
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| What is the half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian? | eastern hemisphere
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| What is the mountain range with the highest altitude? | Andes
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| He charted ocean currents: | Matthew Fontaine Maury
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| What is the largest ocean in the world? | Pacific
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| What is the smallest of the seven continents? | Europe
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| What is the largest of the seven continents? | Asia
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| What is the combined name for the largest landmass in the world? | Eurasia
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| What is the half of the earth that is north of the equator? | Northern Hemisphere
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| What is the half of the earth that is west of the prime meridian? | Western Hemisphere
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| Who was the English missionary who served God in China? | Hudson Taylor
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| What did God put on the earth for our use and enjoyment? | Natural resources
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| List two characteristics that describe Amundsen's life: | brave and strong
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