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Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing

A) wheat and barley	B) tea and coffee
C) Surgarcane and beet	D) orange and lemons

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) orange and lemons

Explanation:

The hot dry summers and cool wet winters are especially suited for citrus fruits and therefore these lands are some times reffered to as the 'world's orchard land' .

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Amur, one of the longest rivers in the world is in

A) Africa	B) South America
C) Asia	D) Europe

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Asia

Explanation:

The river flows through south eastern parts of former USSR close to the china border and drains into sea of Okhotsk. It is 4510 Km long

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_______ and _______ are called the "Low countries" of Europe

A) Spain and portugal	B) Holland and Belgium
C) England and Ireland	D) Denmark and Germany

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Holland and Belgium

Explanation:

Holland is also known as Netherlands, which means "Low lands". Dutch Engineers reclaimed considerable part of the seabed by building dykes and pumping out the sea water into canals. Some houses in Holland are below sea level. Belgium has also Low lands bordering the North Sea and dykes are constructed to control the encroachment of the sea.

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A hinterland is

A) an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports	B) the interior of a valley
C) an elevated area	D) an area occupied by backward community

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports

Explanation:

It is also the land that accommodates the imports of the port.

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The Shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is

A) Over the Atlantic Ocean	B) Over the Pacific via Siberia
C) Over the North pole	D) Through the latitude which passes through them

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Over the Atlantic Ocean

Explanation:

Moscow $37^{o}$ and Los Angeles $118^{o} W$ show a longitude difference of $155^{o}$ across the Atlantic and of $205^{o}$ across the Pacific.

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If i wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America , I would have to use

A) Florida Straits	B) Dardaelles
C) Magellan Straits	D) Bosporus

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magellan Straits

Explanation:

a) joins the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, and touches USA and Bahama Island.

b) joins the sea of Marmara and Aegean Sea, touching Asian Turckey and European Turkey

d) joins Black sea and sea of Marmara touching Asian Turkey and European Turkey

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Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?

A) Pygmies	B) Kazaks
C) Masai	D) Lapps

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pygmies

Explanation:

The pygmies are hunting nomads

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Which is the largest fishing ground in the world?

A) Japan sea	B) North sea
C) North-East-Pacific	D) Newfoundland water

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) North sea

Explanation:

North sea is the largest fishing ground while the North-West pacific is the greatest region

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