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3621. What does IDL stand for?
- A. Indian Daylight Line
- B. International Daylight Line
- C. Intercontinental Distance Line
- D. International Date Line
Explanation: IDL stands for the International Date Line, the line where the calendar date changes.
Correct answer: International Date Line- A. The 180° meridian
- B. The 0° meridian
- C. The 90° E meridian
- D. The 90° W meridian
Explanation: The International Date Line roughly follows the 180° meridian, opposite the Prime Meridian.
Correct answer: The 180° meridian- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The International Date Line runs mainly through the Pacific Ocean to avoid splitting populated land areas.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. To avoid shipping lanes
- B. To follow ocean currents
- C. To align with time zone borders of the USA
- D. To accommodate countries and island groups within their chosen calendar dates
Explanation: The line zigzags so that island nations and territories stay on the same calendar date as their chosen side.
Correct answer: To accommodate countries and island groups within their chosen calendar dates- A. Add one calendar day
- B. Add twelve hours
- C. No change
- D. Subtract one calendar day
Explanation: Travelling westward across the date line, you repeat a day — you add one calendar day.
Correct answer: Add one calendar day- A. Subtract twelve hours
- B. Subtract one calendar day
- C. No change
- D. Add one calendar day
Explanation: Travelling eastward across the date line, you skip a day — you subtract one calendar day.
Correct answer: Subtract one calendar day- A. Wednesday
- B. Sunday
- C. Monday
- D. Tuesday
Explanation: Crossing the date line westward adds a day, so Monday becomes Tuesday.
Correct answer: Tuesday- A. Sunday
- B. Monday
- C. Tuesday
- D. Saturday
Explanation: Crossing the date line eastward subtracts a day, so Monday becomes Sunday.
Correct answer: Sunday- A. Banaba
- B. Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island
- C. Tarawa
- D. Tabiteuea
Explanation: Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in Kiribati uses UTC+14, the earliest time zone in the world.
Correct answer: Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island- A. UTC−10
- B. UTC−12
- C. UTC−11
- D. UTC+11
Explanation: Pago Pago in American Samoa uses UTC−11, near the end of the world's time zones.
Correct answer: UTC−11- A. Twenty-three hours
- B. Twenty-six hours
- C. Twenty-four hours
- D. Twenty-five hours
Explanation: The difference between UTC+14 and UTC−11 is 14 + 11 = 25 hours, the largest time gap between two inhabited places.
Correct answer: Twenty-five hours3632. If it is 10:00 AM Monday in Pago Pago (UTC−11), what time and day is it in Kiritimati (UTC+14)?
- A. 11:00 AM Tuesday
- B. 10:00 AM Tuesday
- C. 11:00 AM Monday
- D. 10:00 AM Monday
Explanation: Kiritimati is 25 hours ahead of Pago Pago, so 10:00 AM Monday there is 11:00 AM the next day, Tuesday, in Kiritimati.
Correct answer: 11:00 AM Tuesday- A. The Appalachian Highlands and the Atlantic Plain
- B. The Great Plains of the USA and the Canadian Prairies
- C. The Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin
- D. The Mississippi Delta and the Gulf Coast
Explanation: The flat, fertile Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies make up the continent's main wheat-growing zone.
Correct answer: The Great Plains of the USA and the Canadian Prairies- A. Those of France and Spain
- B. Those of Poland and Germany
- C. Those of Ukraine and southern Russia
- D. Those of Hungary and Romania
Explanation: Ukraine and southern Russia have rich chernozem (black earth) soils ideal for wheat.
Correct answer: Those of Ukraine and southern Russia- A. Punjab
- B. Balochistan
- C. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- D. Sindh
Explanation: Punjab is Pakistan's breadbasket and produces the bulk of the country's wheat.
Correct answer: Punjab- A. A Midwestern farming region, centred on Iowa and Illinois, that produces maize
- B. A wheat region of the Great Plains
- C. A fruit-growing region of California
- D. A cotton region of the southern states
Explanation: The Corn Belt covers the American Midwest, with Iowa and Illinois as its core, and grows mainly maize (corn).
Correct answer: A Midwestern farming region, centred on Iowa and Illinois, that produces maize- A. The Pacific Northwest
- B. The southern states, such as Texas and Mississippi
- C. New England
- D. The Great Lakes region
Explanation: The Cotton Belt stretches across the southern US states, historically centred on cotton production.
Correct answer: The southern states, such as Texas and Mississippi- A. Balochistan and Punjab
- B. Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- C. Punjab and Sindh
- D. Sindh and Balochistan
Explanation: Punjab and Sindh are Pakistan's main cotton-growing provinces.
Correct answer: Punjab and Sindh- A. Black (regur) soil
- B. Laterite soil
- C. Red soil
- D. Alluvial soil
Explanation: The moisture-retaining black regur soil of the Deccan is ideal for cotton cultivation.
Correct answer: Black (regur) soil- A. Mediterranean region
- B. Monsoon Asia
- C. Temperate Europe
- D. The Sahel
Explanation: Rice needs abundant water and warmth, so most of it is grown in the monsoon lands of South and Southeast Asia.
Correct answer: Monsoon Asia