GeoQuiz Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: Minnesota's Biomes...
• World Geography: Greek Mountains...
• Interesting Article: Bush Defends Spying...

FACT: Did you know that no one knows where Mozart is buried?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is e. The Second Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, Anglo-American Convention, and Webster-Ashburton Treaty all helped shape and define Minnesota's boundaries today.

Today's question: Minnesota has a mainly flat surface due to erosion of ice glaciers, and also many lakes. Also, it contains three classified biomes. Which biomes are they, and in what areas?

• a. grasslands (Great Plains), decidious forests (eastern US), and boreal forests (Canada)
• b. grasslands (Great Plains), decidious forests (Canada), and boreal forests (eastern US)
• c. subtropical lands (Midwest), decidious forests (eastern US), and tundra (eastern Canada)
• d. desert (Tornado Alley), decidious forests (Canada), and arctic (eastern Canada)

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is c. The Minoans and Myceneans were the two civilizations the roamed on Greek land before the Greeks.

Today's question: The geography of Greece is very interesting. Consisting of over 3,000 islands, Greece is also contains the Peloponnesus peninsula and the Pindus mountains, an extension of the Dinaric Alps. The highest point in Greece, even not in the Pindus, is on what mountain?

• a. Mount Peloponnesus
• b. Mount Olympus
• c. Mount Athens
• d. Mount Zeus

WORD OF THE DAY: facile - easy to be completed or performed

INTERESTING ARITCLE: http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Espionage_and_Intelligence