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World Atlas Map

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japangirl

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Answer 10 questions and get a world map for your Kid.

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The artist is a recepticle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
- Pablo Picasso
 

Either is fine.

I think some people just like to increase their post total. I could care less about mine, but I did just add one to it. Yipdee-frickin-d.

Thanks for the post.
 
Easy quiz and nice looking map.

Not everyone who answers the questions right will get the map I assume?

Thanks.
 
BTW, I could care less about my post total I was just trying to save others some time. Here are the answers.

Mali, Gobi, Sardinia, Denmark, Ceyton, Honshu, Tropic of Capricorn, Erir, Strait of Magellan, and Caspian Sea, most of which I had to look up. 😉
 


<< Actually, Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes. Lake Erie is the shallowest. >>



Both of them are counted as correct answers. Ontario is smallest by surface area, Erie by volumn.
 
if you read this the contest/sweepstakes is over and it seems they are leaving questions up anyways for ppl to practice. just my opinion.
 
This person is correct. I'm the Oxford editor who started the contest, which has ended and is now just for fun (sorry!). We're putting together another geography contest right now--it will be up soon. Please note that everyone who took the contest will be sent an email one of these days when I get around to it and asked if they want to join a geography daily listserve that sends out a &quot;place of the day&quot;--a short profile of a US place--along with any geo news of the day. We won't automatically sign anyone up, I just want to let everyone know. If you don't want to get the email, don't take the quiz (although all you have to do is delete it.) Thanks.
 
Dear geography buff:

I would like to thank you for visiting the Oxford Atlas Website and taking &quot;The World Around Us&quot; geography
quiz. A special congratulations goes out to Susan Westhouse, our atlas contest winner. As posted on the quiz
page, we've had an overwhelming response to the quiz. Over the coming months we are planning more giveaways
and geography contests, as well as offering a geography listserve, so come back and visit the site. The
answers to the quiz are as follows:

1) Which African country is home to the legendary city of Tombouctou (Timbuktu)? Answer: Mali

2) Which desert is crossed by the Trans Mongolian Rail Road? Answer: Gobi

3) The city of Cagliari is located on which Mediterranean island? Answer: Sardinia

4) Which country owns Greenland? Answer: Denmark

5) What is the former name of the country and island of Sri Lanka? Answer: Ceylon

6) Which is the largest and most populated of the Japanese islands?
Answer: Honshu

7) Which parallel of latitude runs through S&atilde;o Paulo? Answer: Tropic of Capricorn

8) Which lake is the smallest of the Great Lakes? Answer: Both Erie (in volume) and Ontario (in surface area)
are being accepted as correct.

9) The island of Tierra del Fuego is separated from South America by which body of water? Answer: Strait of
Magellan

10) What is the largest inland body of water in the world? Answer: Caspian Sea

Thanks again for taking the quiz.
 
Dear geography buff:

I would like to thank you for visiting the Oxford Atlas Website and taking &quot;The World Around Us&quot; geography
quiz. A special congratulations goes out to Susan Westhouse, our atlas contest winner. As posted on the quiz
page, we've had an overwhelming response to the quiz. Over the coming months we are planning more giveaways
and geography contests, as well as offering a geography listserve, so come back and visit the site. The
answers to the quiz are as follows:

1) Which African country is home to the legendary city of Tombouctou (Timbuktu)? Answer: Mali

2) Which desert is crossed by the Trans Mongolian Rail Road? Answer: Gobi

3) The city of Cagliari is located on which Mediterranean island? Answer: Sardinia

4) Which country owns Greenland? Answer: Denmark

5) What is the former name of the country and island of Sri Lanka? Answer: Ceylon

6) Which is the largest and most populated of the Japanese islands?
Answer: Honshu

7) Which parallel of latitude runs through S&atilde;o Paulo? Answer: Tropic of Capricorn

8) Which lake is the smallest of the Great Lakes? Answer: Both Erie (in volume) and Ontario (in surface area)
are being accepted as correct.

9) The island of Tierra del Fuego is separated from South America by which body of water? Answer: Strait of
Magellan

10) What is the largest inland body of water in the world? Answer: Caspian Sea

Thanks again for taking the quiz.
 
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