you should do pretty well on this quiz!
Results
#1. How many time zones does the United States have?
Six. Did you remember Hawaii and Alaska?
#2. How many time zones does China have?
One.
China is as large as the continental US and could have five time zones. Crossing the China – Afghanistan border is a 3.5 hour time jump!
#3. What country is this?
Poland
Poland is approximately the same size as New Mexico. It is bounded (clockwise) by the Baltic Sea, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany.
#4. What country is this?
#5. What country is this?
Kenya
Kenya is bordered by (clockwise) the Indian Ocean, Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Kenya is about halfway between Texas and California in size.
#6. What is the largest French speaking city in the world?
Kinshasha.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasha as 12.6 million people. Paris has 12.1 million people.
#7. How much of the earth is salt water?
Just over two thirds. The earth is 71% covered by water and 96.5% of that is salt water. The rest is fresh water from lakes and ground water.
#8. What is the largest ocean?
Pacific. Technically there is only one ocean but it is divided into five oceans for historical and scientfic reasons.
#9. What is the largest continent?
Asia (17.2 million square miles / 44.6 million square kilometers) followed by:
Africa ( 11.6 million square miles / 30 million square kilometers)
North America (9.4 million square miles / 24.5 million square kilometers)
South America (6.9 million square miles / 17.8 million square kilometers)
Antartica (5.5 million square miles / 14.2 million square kilometers)
Europe (3.8 million square miles / 9.9 million square kilometers) and
Australia (3 million square miles / 7.7 million square kilometers)
#10. Where does Earth rank as far as the size of the planets (largest to smallest)?
Fifth.
It’s Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury.
