Continent Quiz Answers

Australia

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1. Smallest
2. Land Down Under
3. True
4. a - over 33 per cent
5. d - over 1,500
6. a - 50,000 years ago
7. d - all of the above

Asia

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1. Largest
2. b - a third
3. c - Mount Everest
4. a - Salt
5. e - Platypus
6. c - Four
7. d - China and India
8. c - Asia has none of the top 10 largest shopping centres in the world (they actually have all of them!)

Europe

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1. b - third
2. d - Vatican City
3. a - 10
4. c - Italy and Switzerland
5. a - Taj Mahal (located in Asia)
6. a - Ancient Greeks
7. e - All of the above
8. True

North America

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1. b - 23
2. c - Mexico
3. a - more than 20
4. d - seven
5. a - North East Asia
6. d - Mexico City
7. d - Death Valley
8. b - Lake Superior

South America

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1. c - Rainforest
2. b - 20 per cent
3. False - the Amazon River is the second longest river in the world
4. a - Brazil
5. True
6. d - Orchids
7. b - Chile
8. a - Venezuela

Africa

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1. True
2. d - Sahara
3. False - The Congo Rainforest is the second largest in the world
4. c - Lion
5. b - Wet and Dry
6. c - 5,000 (but Egyptian hunters and fisherman first settled along the Nile over 8,000 years ago, so you get a half point if you selected d)
7. c - 56
8. True

Antarctica

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1. a - driest
2. True
3. d - rain
4. b - Antarctic Ice Sheet
5. b - 1972
6. Climate Change and Meteors
7. d - 90
8. b - fifth