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Geo test 4 9th grd
Geography test 4 9th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| into what body of water does the Nile River empty? | Mediterranean Sea |
| who is one of the two men who led the first expeditions to the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen or Robert Scott |
| what are the native inhabitants of Australia called? | Aborigines |
| who named Lake Victoria? | David Livingstone |
| what country posses the Sinai Peninsula? | Egypt |
| what is the world's largest desert? | Sahara |
| what is the world's biggest natural structure formed by living things? | Great Barrier Reef |
| what event caused Australia's population to increase by nearly 200%? | Australian Gold Rush |
| what famous African Christian was the first black bishop to be ordained by the Church of England? | Samuel Adjai Crowther |
| What are the names of New Zealand's two main islands? | North Island and South Island |
| what is Australia's highest peak? | Mount Kosciusko |
| what is the largest city in Africa? | Cairo |
| what is the lowest point on the earth? | Challenger Deep |
| what is the capital in Sydney, Australia that has the biggest suburban area in the world? | New South Wales |
| what is the world's longest river? | Nile River |
| what body of water separates New Zealand's main islands? | Cook Strait |
| what was the first independent black republic in Africa that was settled by freed slaves? | Liberia |
| what is Africa's largest freshwater lake? | Lake Victoria |
| what is Australia's longest permanent river? | Murray River |
| where did the Afrikaners, descendants of the Dutch, settle? | South Africa |