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- A. Coffee plantations
- B. Cattle ranching and wheat farming
- C. Sheep shearing
- D. Fruit orchards
Explanation: The Pampas' rich soils support cattle ranches and vast wheat fields.
Correct answer: Cattle ranching and wheat farming- A. Maize only
- B. Barley only
- C. Wheat
- D. Rice
Explanation: Wheat is the signature crop of the North American prairie wheat belt.
Correct answer: Wheat- A. Australia
- B. New Zealand
- C. Argentina
- D. South Africa
Explanation: Kangaroos graze Australia's grasslands and open woodlands.
Correct answer: Australia- A. Siberia
- B. Manchuria (north-east China)
- C. Korea
- D. Mongolia only
Explanation: The steppe belt runs from Eastern Europe all the way to Manchuria.
Correct answer: Manchuria (north-east China)- A. Lowveld
- B. Bushveld
- C. Seaveld
- D. Highveld
Explanation: Highveld, Bushveld and Lowveld are real South African regions; "Seaveld" is not.
Correct answer: Seaveld- A. Australia
- B. South America
- C. Asia
- D. Africa
Explanation: Wild lions live mainly in Africa's savanna grasslands.
Correct answer: Africa- A. Brazil
- B. Venezuela
- C. Argentina
- D. Colombia
Explanation: The Cerrado is Brazil's huge tropical savanna region.
Correct answer: Brazil- A. Paraguay
- B. Uruguay
- C. Chile
- D. Bolivia
Explanation: The Pampas grasslands continue eastward into Uruguay.
Correct answer: Uruguay- A. Settled rice farming
- B. Mining towns
- C. Nomadic herding
- D. Coastal fishing
Explanation: Mongolian steppe culture centres on nomadic herding of livestock.
Correct answer: Nomadic herding- A. The Canadian Prairies
- B. The Australian Outback
- C. The Argentine Pampas
- D. The Great Plains of the USA
Explanation: The Dust Bowl's dust storms devastated the US Great Plains in the 1930s.
Correct answer: The Great Plains of the USA- A. North American grasslands
- B. Australian downs
- C. Eurasian steppes
- D. African savannas
Explanation: Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents of the North American prairies.
Correct answer: North American grasslands- A. New Zealand's
- B. Australia's
- C. Tasmania's
- D. Fiji's
Explanation: New Zealand's South Island high country is known for tussock grasslands.
Correct answer: New Zealand's- A. Tundra
- B. Deserts
- C. Savannas
- D. Wetlands
Explanation: Steppes typically form the transition between forest zones and deserts.
Correct answer: Deserts- A. The Kruger ecosystem
- B. The Etosha ecosystem
- C. The Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem
- D. The Okavango Delta
Explanation: Over a million wildebeest migrate annually between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara.
Correct answer: The Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem- A. Odisha
- B. West Bengal
- C. Bihar
- D. Assam
Explanation: Kaziranga in Assam protects the world's largest population of one-horned rhinos.
Correct answer: Assam- A. Hans Island
- B. Ellesmere Island
- C. Devon Island
- D. Baffin Island
Explanation: The 2022 treaty split Hans Island between Canada and Denmark, ending the "Whisky War".
Correct answer: Hans Island- A. Twenty-eight
- B. Thirty-two
- C. Forty
- D. Twenty-two
Explanation: The UN's landlocked developing countries group has 32 members.
Correct answer: Thirty-two- A. Upernavik
- B. Ilulissat
- C. Qaanaaq
- D. Tartupaluk
Explanation: The island's Greenlandic name is Tartupaluk.
Correct answer: Tartupaluk- A. the Kingdom of Denmark
- B. Russia
- C. the United States
- D. Norway
Explanation: The deal drew Canada's first land border with the Kingdom of Denmark (via Greenland).
Correct answer: the Kingdom of Denmark- A. Hudson Strait
- B. Nares Strait
- C. Davis Strait
- D. Lancaster Sound
Explanation: Tiny Hans Island sits mid-channel in the Nares Strait between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
Correct answer: Nares Strait