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Algebraic Geography Quiz study set below.
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1
If the Nile River is 6,650 km long and the Amazon River is x km long, and the difference in their lengths is 250 km (Nile being longer), what is the length of the Amazon River in km?
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A
6,400
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B
6,900
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C
6,500
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D
6,350
2
If Japan has 4 main islands and the Philippines has x main islands, and the total number of main islands in both countries is 11, what is x?
3
Mount Everest is 8,848 meters tall. If a climber reaches a camp at x meters, and they have 3,848 meters left to climb to the summit, what is x?
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A
4,000
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B
5,000
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C
6,000
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D
4,500
4
The population of Australia is approximately 26 million. If the population of New Zealand is x million, and their combined population is 31 million, what is x?
5
The Sahara Desert covers about 9 million square kilometers. If the Gobi Desert covers x million square kilometers, and the Sahara is 7.7 million square kilometers larger than the Gobi, what is x?
6
If the Earth takes 24 hours to complete one rotation, and the time zone offset between two cities is x hours, and the local time in the second city is 24 - x hours, what is x if the offset is 5 hours?
7
The distance from Earth to the Moon is about 384,000 km. If a spacecraft has traveled x km and has 184,000 km remaining, what is x?
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A
200,000
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B
100,000
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C
150,000
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D
250,000
8
A standard globe represents the Earth's surface. If a model represents 1,000 km with 1 cm, how many cm (x) would represent 5,000 km?
9
The Arctic Circle is at 66.5 degrees North latitude. If the Antarctic Circle is at x degrees South latitude, what is x?
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A
55.5
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B
66.5
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C
76.5
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D
46.5
10
If a ship sails 400 km on the first day and x km on the second day to complete a 900 km journey, what is x?
