1. Strong marine currents can be found in La Perouse Strait, which separates the Sea of Japan from what other body of water?
2. For 250 years, Spanish ships called galleons carried on a flourishing trade between Acapulco, in New Spain, and a port on an island in East Asia. Name this port that served as Spain’s trade center for East Asia.
3. The Onge people live on a group of islands separated from Myanmar by the Preparis Channel. Name these islands.
4. Name southern Africa’s highest mountain range.
5. Name the small island group in the Atlantic Ocean that was once called Somers Islands.
6. Peru’s chief seaport is just west of Lima. Name this city.
7. Fish and frankincense are two of the exports from the largest island of Yemen. Name this island.
8. Gozo and Comino are two of the three inhabited islands that make up which small Mediterranean country?
9. On a clear day, one can see both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean from the top of Irazú. This volcano is located in which Central American country?
10. Bangweulu is an area of extensive swamps formed largely by the flooding of the Chambeshi River in which African country?
ANSWERS: 1. Sea of Okhotsk 2. Manila 3. Andamans 4. Drakensberg 5. Bermuda 6. Callao 7. Socotra 8. Malta 9. Costa Rica 10. Zambia
