World Deserts
What are the 4 main types of deserts?
Subtropical, Coastal, Cold, Polar
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
What is the largest island in Oceania?
Papua New Guinea
What is the largest island in Greece?
Crete
What is the name of the modern nation in which Jesus was born?
Israel
What is ONE common trait of all deserts? In other words, what is THE defining feature of ALL deserts?
They ALL receive less than 10 inches of rainfall per year
Africa’s largest island is home to unique flora and fauna, including several species of lemurs. Name this island.
Madagascar
What Country in Oceania has the greatest wealth?
Australia
What is the largest island in the Dodecanese Islands of Greece?
Rhodes
Name this biblical lake that flows into the Jordan River.
Sea of Galilea
What is the largest non polar desert in the world?
Sahara Desert
The Cook Strait separates the two main islands of which Pacific Ocean country?
New Zealand
Name 3 regions of islands in Oceania.
Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Australasia
Name 3 Ionian Islands.
Corfu, Paxi, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Zakynthos
In what city is the head Greek Orthodox Patriarch located?
Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
Which is the DRIEST desert in the world?
Atacama Desert
Which island, the largest of the Greater Antilles, lies 90 miles south of Florida?
Cuba
What line of longitude divides Eastern and Western Oceania?
International Date Line
Name 4 island groups in Greece.
Saronic, Cyclades, Dodocanese, Aegean, Ionian, Sporades
On what island did St. John the Theologian write Revelations?
Patmos
Name 3 deserts that are located in the United States.
Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan
Which maritime province/island of Canada is connected by the Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick?
Prince Edward Island
What is the capital of French Polynesia?
Tahiti
What is the largest island in the Cyclades?
Naxos
What Saronic Island contains the Holy Relics of St. Nektarios?
Aegina