GeoQuiz Saturday, December 17th, 2005

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: Great Lakes...
  
• World Geography: European Exploration...
  
• Interesting Article: Bush Approves Eavesdropping...
  

FACT: Did you know that the Aztec Indians of Mexico believed turquoise would protect them from physical harm, so warriors used these green and blue stones to decorate their battle shields?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The corrrect answer to yesterday's question is d. Ohio has the most lighthouses on Lake Erie.

Today's question: As we wrap up Lake Erie, I would also like to study the other Great Lakes. Lake Erie holds six quadrillion gallons of freshwater. In only which two locations are there more freshwater than at the Great Lakes?

• a. Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
• b. Lake Baikal and polar ice caps
• c. Himalayan Plateau and Alaskan Plate
• d. none of the above

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes is the source of the Amazon.

Today's question: European exploration of the Amazon actually began in 1541. But the first European, a Portugese, to actually sail the river was whom?

• a. Teixeira
• b. Orellana
• c. Acuna
• d. Artieda

WORD OF THE DAY: staid - sober; grave

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_nsa