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What massive river is the longest in the world?
The Amazon River
The Nile River
The Yellow River
The Mississippi River
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The sprawling fields of the Great Plains take up space in how many different American states?
5
6
8
10
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What is the name of the frigid area which takes up 77 percent of Russia's landmass but only sustains about 27 percent of its population?
The Sudetenland
Siberia
The Moorehead Plains
The Virgilus Forest
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What is the name of the rich sea which separates Europe and northern Africa from one another?
The Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
The Dead Sea
The Black Sea
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What continent is the majestic Gobi Desert located in?
North America
Africa
South America
Asia
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Which of the following desert zones technically receives the least rainfall on Earth?
The McMurdo Antarctic Valley
The Saharan Goldbelt Basin
The Gobi Valley of Ji-Cour
The Egyptian Arbos Zone
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What is the name of the world's largest system of coral reefs?
The Pacific Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
The Florida Reef
The Idun Reef
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How many different waterfalls make up the Niagara Falls system?
Two
Three
Four
Five
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What are the names of the two tropical zones of the Earth?
The Tropics of Maui and Manchester
The Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
The Tropics of Aquarius and Leo
The Tropics of Gemini and Sagittarius
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The Nile is peculiar because it is one of the few rivers on Earth which flows in which direction?
Northwards
Eastwards
Southwards
Westwards
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The Japanese Archipelago consists of roughly how many individual islands?
Just under 800
Just over 2000
Just under 7000
Just over 9000
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What is the name of the longest river in Europe?
The Siendli River
The Reichenbach River
The Handel River
The Volga River
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A vast majority of the world's freshwater is found on what continent?
Australia
South America
Antarctica
Africa
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What is the name of the tallest mountain on Earth?
Mt. Linea
Mt. Wilson
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Everest
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What American desert is famous for its mysterious moving rocks?
Death Valley
The Colorado Valley
The San Jose Desert
The Everglade Dunes
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What desert covers more area than any other on Earth?
The Ascher Desert
The Mongolian Desert
The Gobi Desert
The Sahara Desert
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About how much of of the earth's land mass is covered with tropical rain forest?
.03 percent
33 percent
3 percent
13 percent
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What is the name of the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
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What is the only continent with landmass in all four hemispheres?
Europe
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
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What is the name of the largest canyon on Earth?
The Andres Canyon
The Arapaho Canyon
The Obelisk Canyon
The Grand Canyon
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About what percentage of the world's surface is covered with water?
71 percent
85 percent
36 percent
60 percent
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What mountain, while not technically the tallest mountain on Earth, is the highest point of elevation on all of the Earth?
Mount Loussioule
Mount Chimborazo
Mount Wilson
Mount Tuttle
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What is the name of the occurrence on March 20th and September 23rd in which the amount of daylight and nighttime on Earth are equal?
The Umbra
The Cernus
The Solstice
The Equinox
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What two countries on Earth share the longest continuous international border with one another?
Chad and Nairobi
Brazil and Argentina
Russia and Ukraine
The U.S.A. and Canada
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Hang Son Doong, the world's largest cave system, is found in what nation?
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Chad
Suriname
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What is the name of the deepest natural trench on Earth?
The Mariana Trench
The Piers-Mathers Trench
The Ionian Trench
The Gut-Bend Trench
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The famous Northern Lights bear what scientific name?
Mouilles-Blanc Lights
Aurora Borealis
Scullis Portmant
Lumnis Callibere
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What is the largest freshwater lake on Earth in terms of its volume?
Lake Edwards
Lake Baikal
Lake Manhiti
Lake Hesser
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The Meghalaya State, because of its dramatic monsoon season, is the area of the Earth which receives the most rainfall every year. What country is this region a part of?
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
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What American state is The Grand Canyon located in?
California
Texas
Montana
Arizona
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Which of the following isn't one of the Great Lakes of North America?
Lake Huron
Lake Tahoe
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
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