Geography Test 4 Questions

Who are the two men who led the first expeditions to the South Pole?

Amundsen and Scott

What is the lowest point on earth?

Challenger Deep

What body of water separates New Zealand's main islands?

Cook Strait

What country possesses the Sinai Peninsula?

Egypt

Into what body of water does the Nile River empty?

Mediterranean Sea

What is the world's largest desert?

Sahara

Who was the first black bishop to be ordained by the Church of England?

Samuel Adjai Crowther

Afrikaners are descendants of the Dutch who settled in what area?

South Africa

What is the world's biggest natural structure formed by living things?

The Great Barrier Reef

What are the native inhabitants of Australia called?

Aborigines

What event caused Australia's population to increase by nearly 200%?

Australian Gold Rush

What is the largest city in Africa?

Cairo

Who named Lake Victoria?

David Livingstone

What is Africa's latest freshwater lake?

Lake Victoria

What is the first independent black republic in Africa settled by freed slaves?

Liberia

What is Australia's highest peak?

Mt. Kosciusko

What is Australia's longest permanent river?

Murray

What is the world's longest river?

Nile River

What are the names of New Zealand's two main islands?

North Island and South Island

What is the capital of New South Wales?

Sydney