Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Knowing the World we live in...

You will surely know that the earth consist of 7 continents(Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia ), and 5 oceans(Pacific,Atlantic, Indian, Antarctica and Arctic oceans). Apart from this, you may also know that the largest country in the world is Russia. But how about the second largest country (question 1)? (according to the area km2)

Let me ask you some questions.. see if u can answer them, ya?
2) The largest landlocked country in the world?
3) The largest island in the world? (considering that continents are not counted as islands)
4) The largest country in South-East Asia(SEA), the region we are living in.
5) The largest country in European Union(EU) and West European region
6) The smallest country in Asia
7) United Kingdom consist of which 4 countries?
8) Which country has a shape of a 'boot' on the map?
9) What is the Capital of Sweden?
10) Which country or city is rank first in the world for having the highest quality of life?

Do you know which countries are these places located?
a) Temple of Heaven
b) The Colosseum
c) Eiffel Tower
d) Leaning Tower of Pisa
e) Taj Mahal
f) Statue of Liberty
g) Mount Fuji
h) Mount Everest
i) Big Ben
j) Angkor Wat

Answer:

1) Canada (Second largest country in the world)
2) Kazakhstan
3) Greenland
4) Indonesia
5) France
6) Maldives
7) England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
8) Italy
9) Stockholm
10) Switzerland, Zurich.

Answer:

a) Beijing, China
b) Rome, Italy
c) Paris, France
d) Pisa, Italy
e) Agra, India
f) New York, USA
g) Chubu, Honshu, Japan
h) Himalaya, Nepal
i) London, United Kingdom
j) Siem Reap, Cambodia

How many did you guess correctly? Hope you learnt something from here. :)
You can always Google/Yahoo!/Wikipedia these places! Wanna see the world more!!

-del

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