Answers from World Facts and Geography Quiz (Level III)

 

Answers

#1 – b –  Japan, Republic of Korea and Russia do not physically border each other. They are separated by bodies of water.

#2 - b – Nepal is not located in or border on the Indian Ocean

#3. – b – Mauritius is in the Indian Ocean not the Pacific Ocean

#4. –a – Japan is the only country not part of “Oceania”

#5 – c – Korea is the only country listed that is not part of Southeast Asia

#6 – d - they all are in the top 10 list of most populated countries in the world

#7 -  c. Japan and Thailand do not share a time zone. (there is a two-hour time difference)

#8  - a  - Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)

#9 – a – Sydney is not the capitol of Australia – Canberra is the capitol

#10 - b – they are all landlocked – do not border on any oceans.

 

Extra credit – b.  pula, krone and rand are not specific Asia-Pacific country currencies.  The Krona is from Sweden. The Rand from South Africa and the Pula from Botswana.

 

 

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