Which country is called “Land of snow”?

What is the name given to areas of land in the higher latitudes where short, cool summers do not permit trees to grow?

A. Arctic
B. Tropical
C. Savanna
D. Tundra

What is Mesopotamia known as today?A. Saudi Arabia
B. Iraq
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning ‘between two rivers’) was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey.

The United Nations International Day for Tolerance is observed on ___________?

A. 16 May
B. 16 Aug
C. 16 Nov
D. 16 Dec

in US Senate, each state is represented by__________?A. 2 Senators
B. 3 Senators
C. 4 Senators
D. 1 SenatorThe Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each state, regardless of its population size, is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years. There being at present 50 states in the Union, there are currently 100 senators.

 

Zambia is the new name of__________?A. Congo
B. Hispania
C. Northern Rhodesia
D. Euphra

The country now known as Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964. The new name was derived from the Zambezi river.