BRAINS
Geography 2001
Questions

 

1) What is the name of the U.S. naval station in Cuba? 

2) Mount Rushmore marks the birth, growth, preservation and development of the United States of America. Between 1927 and 1941,  400 workers sculpted the busts of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to represent the first 150 years of American history. Question: Where is Mount Rushmore located?

3) Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the World. What is the name of the second highest mountain in the world?

(It straddles the border between China and Jammu and Kashmir in a territory currently claimed by Pakistan. Its name is derived from the fact that it is the second peak (of 35) in the Karakorum Range of the western Himalayas).  

4)The Grand Canyon is one of the icons of the American landscape. Every year, 5 million visitors come to gape into the abyss and take lots of pictures. Question: Where is the Grand Canyon located?

5) Where do I have to travel to if I want to visit Itaimbezinho Canyon ?

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