GEOGRAPHY
1.Which is the smallest country (by territory) in the world and how small (or big) is it? Which one is the largest country (by territory) and how big is it?
A:
The smallest country in the world is Vatican City and its area is 0.44km².
The largest country is Russia and its area is 17 098 242km².
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallest_country
http://www.hackstaff.com/images/vatican/vaticancity_map.jpg
http://www.russia-tourism.ru/images/gi/russia-map.jpg
2.What caused the Dead Sea to form? What country (counrties) does the Dead Sea reside in?
A: In this part of the world there is a rift forming where two crustal plates are spreading apart. The East Rift Valley runs through most of Africa, but it starts north of the Dead Sea and runs south along the eastern side of the continent. The Sea is located right along the Rift Valley where the earth's crust is being stretched thin.
Dead Sea resides in Israel and Jordan.
Sources: http://www.extremescience.com/DeadSea.htm
http://www.extremescience.com/maps/MapOfDeadSea.htm
3.Which highest peak of a continent is also known as the Carstensz Pyramid ?
Sources:
http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11360
http://www.papuaweb.org/gb/foto/muller/glaciers/glacier-02.jpg
4.Which is the third longest river in the world?
A: The third longest river in the world is Yangtze.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length
5.Which is the deepest ocean trench in the world?
A: Mariana Trench in Pacific ocean.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deepest_ocean_trenches
6.Why was the famous explorer Sir Walter Raleigh placed in the Tower of London ?
A: The Queen had him thrown in the Tower of London because she was displeased with his love affair with one of her Maids of Honour, Bessie Throckmorton. He was released after one of his ships brought back a huge treasure on the captured Spanish ship "Madre De Dios".
Sources: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/sir-walter-raleigh.htm
http://www.britishexplorers.com/woodbury/raleigh.html
7. What is the biggest body of water in the world?Illustrate.
A: The biggest body of water is Pacific ocean (155,557,000km²).
Sources: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-worlds-largest-bodies-of-water.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ocean
http://schools-wikipedia.org/images/718/71817.png
8.What is the largest desert of the world? Give a short overview of its inhabitants in the history.
A:The largest hot desert of the world is Sahara and the largest cold desert of the world is Antarctica.
Berbers are one of the oldest known inhabitants of the Sahara Desert. They are the people that occupied (and still occupy) more than two thirds of the Sahara's total surface.
Here are the rest of inhabits (They are ordered chroncly): Nubians, predynastic Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, urban civilization.
There has been also Trans-Saharan trade and European colonialism, which began in the 19th century.
You can read more about Sahara from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara and http://looklex.com/e.o/sahara.htm
Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara
9.By whose name was America named? When?
A: America was named by Amerigo Vespucci in 1507.
Source: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/amerigo-vespucci.htm
10.Who was the famous explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru and when?
A: Francisco Pizarra was the famous explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru in 1532.
Source: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-pizarro.htm
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