1. The largest lake in Turkey, a salt lake that was the site of a severe earthquake in 1976, has no apparent outlet. Name this lake.
2. In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed through the treacherous strait that separates New Guinea and the Cape York Peninsula. Name this strait.
3. The United Kingdom’s second-largest city was known as “the city of a thousand trades” during the Industrial Revolution. Name this city that lies in the Midlands region northwest of London.
4. The low-pressure zone with light or no wind that lies within 10 degrees of the Equator is known by what name?
5. Name the cold ocean current that mixes with the warmer Gulf Stream to create fog along the coasts of New England and southeastern Canada.
6. In July 2005, Typhoon Haitang made landfall just south of Taipei, flooding streets and shutting down cities on what island?
7. Seventy percent unemployment and a severe fuel shortage have virtually paralyzed economic activity in which country east of Botswana?
8. Darwin, a city that is closer to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea than to its own national capital, is a territorial capital in what country?
9. In 1768, the explorer Bougainville claimed the largest island in what is today French Polynesia for France. Name this island.
10. Two of the world’s largest islands, Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island, are located in which Canadian territory?
ANSWERS: 1. Lake Van (Also acceptable: Van Gölü) 2. Torres Strait 3. Birmingham 4. doldrums (Also acceptable: Intertropical Convergence Zone, ITCZ) 5. Labrador Current (Also acceptable: Arctic Current) 6. Taiwan 7. Zimbabwe 8. Australia 9. Tahiti 10. Nunavut
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