WPT Travel and Geography 2

Question 1

What does a passport allow a U.S. citizen to do?

Accepted Answer

Travel internationally as proof of citizenship and identity

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Drive legally in foreign countries

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Receive consular services without charge abroad

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Work legally in any country without a visa

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of a visa when traveling internationally?

Accepted Answer

To grant official permission to enter, stay in, or leave a foreign country

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To insure a traveler against trip cancellations

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To convert currency at official government exchange rates

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To register a traveler's itinerary with their home government

Question 3

What is the International Date Line?

Accepted Answer

An imaginary line at roughly 180° longitude where the calendar date changes

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The line of latitude that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres

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The prime meridian that passes through Greenwich, England

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A boundary line used to set international time zone regulations

Question 4

Which ocean borders the western coast of the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Pacific Ocean

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The Atlantic Ocean

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The Arctic Ocean

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The Indian Ocean

Question 5

What is a peninsula?

Accepted Answer

A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected to the mainland on one side

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A body of land entirely surrounded by water

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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses

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An elevated area of flat land bordered by steep cliffs

Question 6

What does the term 'continental divide' refer to in North American geography?

Accepted Answer

A ridge that separates river systems draining to the Pacific from those draining to the Atlantic or Gulf

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The border between the United States and Canada

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The Rocky Mountains as a political boundary between states

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The line dividing the Eastern and Western time zones