Statistics for North American Geography Quiz #1

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What valley is home to the lowest, driest, and hottest location in North America?	Death Valley	95%
What strait separates Russia from Alaska?	Bering Strait	93%
On what peninsula would you find Cabo San Lucas?	Baja California	90%
What island is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic?	Hispaniola	88%
What was the original name of New York City?	New Amsterdam	88%
What U.S. state has the largest Mormon population?	Utah	88%
Which of the Great Lakes does Canada NOT border?	Lake Michigan	84%
What is the name of the U.S. naval base in Cuba?	Guantanamo Bay	83%
On what river are the cities of Omaha, Kansas City and Pierre located?	Missouri River	80%
What famous fault line runs along most of California's coast?	San Andreas	80%
What is the smallest province in Canada?	Prince Edward Island	77%
What Afrocentric religion originated in Jamaica? (Bob Marley practiced it)	Rastafari	75%
What country was home to the first place Christopher Columbus landed in America?	Bahamas	74%
What A name is given to the majority of the islands in the Caribbean Sea?	Antilles	68%
What is the capital of Belize?	Belmopan	68%
What small island nation did the U.S. invade in 1983?	Grenada	68%
What "line" divides the northern and southern U.S. states?	Mason-Dixon Line	68%
What is the newest territory of Canada?	Nunavut	63%
What ocean current brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe?	Gulf Stream	56%
What Mexican city's "La Quebrada" area is known for cliff divers?	Acapulco	46%