EDU: Lab

1. What is the capital of the American state of Arizona?

a. !Phoenix
b. Raleigh
c. Tallahassee
d. Montgomery
2. What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States?
a. Yukon
b. Washington D.C.
c. !Olympia
d. Seattle
3. You could walk from Norway to North Korea while only passing through Russia.
a. False
b. !True
4. The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
a. France
b. Luxembourg
c. !Belgium
d. Andorra
5. Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
a. !Brazil
b. The United States
c. Russia
d. China
6. What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?
a. Zakopane
b. Pozna
c. !Gdask
d. Warsaw
7. Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
a. Norway
b. !Lithuania
c. France
d. Netherlands
8. What039;s the first National Park designated in the United States?
a. Sequoia
b. !Yellowstone
c. Yosemite
d. Rocky Mountain
9. Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?
a. Ural
b. !Volga
c. Danube
d. Dnieper
10. Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union?
a. Tajikistan
b. Belarus
c. !Romania

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d. Turkmenistan
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Cyprus
b. Sicily
c. Sardinia
d. !Crete
2. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?
a. !Participating in cannibalism.
b. Performing a ritual involving murder.
c. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
3. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Athena
b. Demeter
c. Zeus
d. !Apollo
4. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
5. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Ymir
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Odin
6. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Minotaur
b. !Centaur
c. Gorgon
d. Pegasus
7. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. Crocodile
b. !Spider
c. Monkey
d. Wild dog
8. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under
a long white cloud?
a. !New Zealand
b. Fiji
c. Hawaii
d. Vanuatu
9. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Strength
b. !Victory
c. Courage
d. Honor
10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?

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a. Ake
b. Asger
c. Asmund
d. !Ask
1. What is the capital of Indonesia?
a. Bandung
b. Medan
c. Palembang
d. !Jakarta
2. All of the following are classified as FinnoUgric languages EXCEPT:
a. Finnish
b. Hungarian
c. !Samoyedic
d. Estonian
3. The derisive acronym quot;PIIGSquot; refers to which of the following European
countries and their economic statuses?
a. Portugal, Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Serbia
b. Poland, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Serbia
c. Poland, Iceland, Italy, Greenland, Spain
d. !Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain
4. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
a. !Monaco
b. Liechenstein
c. Bahrain
d. Malta
5. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
b. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
c. !The 1936 Olympics
d. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
6. The Space Needle is located in which city?
a. Los Angles
b. !Seattle
c. Vancouver
d. Toronto
7. California is larger than Japan.
a. False
b. !True
8. Which Canadian province has Charlottetown as its capital?
a. Saskachewan
b. Northwest Terrirories
c. !Prince Edward Island
d. Ontario
9. How many countries does Mexico border?
a. 4
b. !3
c. 1
d. 2
10. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?

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a. !Anatolia
b. Ismuth of Anatolia
c. Ottoma
d. Ismuth of Ottoma

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