Geography

This week's quiz contains 20 questions on Geography.

1. City in North Central Texas.
   A) Houston
   B) Austin
   C) Dallas
   D) Texarkana
   
2. City in western California, coextensive with San Fransisco County.
   A) Lackawanna
   B) Kokomo
   C) Baja California
   D) San Fransisco
   
3. State in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States.
   A) Colorado
   B) New Jersey
   C) South Dakota
   D) Utah
   
4. River, Iowa, rising in the northern part of the state, near the Minnesota border.
   A) Orange
   B) Minnesota
   C) Negro, Rio
   D) Iowa
   
5. Capital city of Arizona and seat of Maricopa County located on the Salt River in the south central part of the state.
   A) Phoenix
   B) Santa Fe
   C) Tempe
   D) Cheyenne
   
6. Capital city of Wyoming and seat of Leramie County, in the southeastern part of the state, on Crow Creek.
   A) Sacramento
   B) Cheyenne
   C) Austin
   D) Phoenix
   
7. Capital city of Tennessee and coextensive of Davidson County.
   A) Nashville
   B) David
   C) Charleston
   D) Springfield
   
8. Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, eastern Massachusetts, stretching some 64 km. (40 miles) from Cape Ann on the north to Plymouth Bay on the south: Cape Cod Bay is sometimes included in it.
   A) Massachusetts Bay
   B) Puget Sound
   C) North Sea
   D) Prince William Sound
   
9. Capital city of Hawaii and seat of Honolulu County, located on the southeastern coast of Oahu Island.
   A) Honolulu
   B) Hartford
   C) Albany
   D) Boston
   
10. One of the principal rivers of Europe.
    A) Jordan
    B) Loire
    C) Rhine
    D) Thames
    
11. Capital city of Idaho, and seat of Ada County.
    A) Pierre
    B) Cheyenne
    C) Columbia
    D) Boise
    
12. One of the Pacific states of the United States.
    A) California
    B) Florida
    C) Oregon
    D) Maine
    
13. State in the north central United States.
    A) New Mexico
    B) Missouri
    C) Minnesota
    D) Nebraska
    
14. Republic in Southwest Asia, bounded on the north by Turkey; on the east by Iran; on the south by Saudi Arabia; and on the west by Jordan and Syria.
    A) Islam
    B) Iran
    C) Sudan
    D) Iraq
    
15. Federated country of North America, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the East by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
    A) United States of America
    B) South America
    C) Canada
    D) North America
    
16. State in the United states, classified as one of the west south central states.
    A) Alabama
    B) South Dakota
    C) Oregon
    D) Arkansas
    
17. Capital city of Minnesota, seat of Ramsey county, located on the Mississippi River, in the eastern part of the state.
    A) Annapolis
    B) Indianapolis
    C) Minneapolis
    D) Saint Paul
    
18. Capital city of Georgia located in the northern part of the state.
    A) Baton Rouge
    B) Tallahassee
    C) Charleston
    D) Atlanta
    
19. River, Wisconsin, that rises in Lac Vieux Desert, near the border with Michigan, and flows 692 km. (430 mi.) south and West to the Mississippi River.
    A) Illinois
    B) Wisconsin Dells
    C) Michigan, Lake
    D) Wisconsin
    
20. 19th-century route extending 806 km. (501 mi.) between Nashville, Tennessee, and Natchez, Mississippi.
    A) Oregon Trail
    B) Santa Fe Trail
    C) Cape Brenton Highlands National Park
    D) Natchez Trace Parkway

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