Brain Quest

1. Most of Africa’s land lies south of the Equator. True or false?

2. Which is not part of the UK – Scotland, Wales, Ireland or Northern Ireland?

3. What country was once ruled by powerful czars and czarinas?

4. Gladiators fought tigers, bears, and lions in the Roman Coliseum. Were these animals local or imported?

5. Do rivers come together at a place called the confluence or the headwaters?

6. What do you call Florida’s marshy grassland where panthers and alligators live?

7. Are saris the traditional clothes of women in Japan, Egypt or India?

8. Can you see Native American totem poles in Northwest and Canada or the Southwest and Mexico?

9. Would you encounter the Doldrums near the Equator or at the South Pole?

10. Is San Francisco’s mild climate called a marine or Mediterranean climate?

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1. False – Africa reaches almost as far south as north, but most of its land is in north.
2. Ireland.
3. Russia.
4. Imported (lions and tigers were brought from the Middle East; bears came from as far away as Scotland).
5. The confluence (Cities often develop at the confluence of rivers.)
6. The Everglades (Home to many subtropical species, the glades cover more than 4,000 square miles.)
7. In India.
8. The Northwest and Canada (Totem poles serve as family crests for many of the region’s Indians.)
9. Near the Equator (This belt of unpredictable winds and calms caused many difficulties for early sailors.)
10. Mediterranean climate (Extreme temperatures are rare, it rarely freezes, and summers are mild and dry.)

Submitted by Lilya Konovalova