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1 What three countries have shorelines along the Dead Sea?
A Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
2 What is the name of the strait of water that separates the two main islands of New Zealand?
A Cook Strait
3 What is the name for a geographic region where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons?
A Tundra
4 What is the circle of latitude that marks the most northerly position at which the Sun may appear directly overhead?
A Tropic of Cancer or Northern Tropic
5 Which sea lies between Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine?
A The Black Sea
6 What is the name of the large desert that covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa?
A Kalahari
7 Which mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain?
A Pyrenees
8 Which four English counties have a land boundary with Wales?
A (from north to south) Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire
9 The River Tigris runs through Iraq and empties itself into the Persian Gulf: in which country is its source?
A Turkey (Lake Hazar in the Taurus Mountains)
10 In which of the United States is the Grand Canyon?
A Arizona (the Colorado River runs through it)