MED: Notes

1. What is the capital of Chile?

a. Valparaiacute;so
b. Copiapoacute;
c. Antofagasta
d. !Santiago
2. Which of these is NOT a province in China?
a. Sichuan
b. !Yangtze
c. Guangdong
d. Fujian
3. Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
a. Russia
b. !Brazil
c. The United States
d. China
4. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. !Anatolia
b. Ottoma
c. Ismuth of Ottoma
d. Ismuth of Anatolia
5. What is the largest country in the world?
a. United States
b. China
c. !Russia
d. Canada
6. Which of the following countries has a flag featuring a yellow lion wielding a sword on a
dark red background?
a. Bhutan
b. Scotland
c. !Sri Lanka
d. Kiribati
7. What is the capital city of Slovenia?
a. Velenje
b. !Ljubljana
c. Trbovlje
d. Maribor
8. Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union?
a. Belarus
b. Tajikistan
c. !Romania
d. Turkmenistan
9. What is Laos?
a. River
b. City
c. !Country
d. Region
10. Is Tartu the capital of Estonia?

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a. !False
b. True
1. The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of what
country?
a. !The United Kingdom
b. Argentina
c. Austrailia
d. Japan
2. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the dwarf planet Pluto.
a. !True
b. False
3. All of the following are townsvillages in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati EXCEPT:
a. Rungata
b. !Urutora
c. London
d. Washington
4. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
a. !True
b. False
5. What is the official German name of the Swiss Federal Railways?
a. !Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
b. Schweizerische Staatsbahnen
c. Schweizerische Nationalbahnen
d. Bundesbahnen der Schweiz
6. Switzerland has four national languages, English being one of them.
a. True
b. !False
7. What is the capital of Slovakia?
a. !Bratislava
b. Ljubljana
c. Sofia
d. Sarajevo
8. Which ocean borders the west coast of the United States?
a. Atlantic
b. !Pacific
c. Arctic
d. Indian
9. Nova Scotia is on the east coast of Canada.
a. !True
b. False
10. Bridgetown is the capital of which island country in the Carribean?
a. Dominica
b. !Barbados
c. Cuba
d. Jamaicalrm;
1. What is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
a. Negombo
b. Kandy
c. Moratuwa

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d. !Colombo
2. The prefix Sino As in SinoAmerican is used to refer to what nationality?
a. !Chinese
b. Japanese
c. Russian
d. Indian
3. If soccer is called football in England, what is American football called in England?
a. Combball
b. Handball
c. !American football
d. Touchdown
4. All of the following are classified as FinnoUgric languages EXCEPT:
a. !Samoyedic
b. Finnish
c. Hungarian
d. Estonian
5. Which of the following countries is within the Eurozone but outside of the Schengen
Area?
a. Malta
b. Greece
c. !Cyprus
d. Portugal
6. What is the smallest country in South America by area?
a. Chile
b. !Suriname
c. Uruguay
d. Brazil
7. Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
a. The United States
b. China
c. Russia
d. !Brazil
8. What is the capital of Belarus?
a. !Minsk
b. Vilnius
c. Warsaw
d. Kiev
9. What is the smallest country in the world?
a. !Vatican City
b. Monaco
c. Maldives
d. Malta
10. What national museum will you find in Cooperstown, New York?
a. !National Baseball Hall of Fame
b. National Toy Hall of Fame
c. Museum of Modern Art
d. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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