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Where Rivers Carve Worlds: Multiple Choice
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- 01The starchy root vegetable taro, a staple food in many tropical regions, is believed to have been first domesticated in the wetlands of which island?
- 02The ancient Sumerian city of Ur was situated on a now-extinct channel of which major river?
- 03The Harappan civilization's major city of Mohenjo-Daro was built on the banks of which river?
- 04Annapurna was the first 8,000-meter peak to be successfully climbed, an achievement by a 1950 expedition from which country?
- 05Who led the first documented European expedition down the entirety of the Amazon River in 1541-1542?
- 06What is the geomorphological term for a river that is older than the geological structures, such as a mountain range, that it flows through?
- 07In glacial geology, what is the term for a mountain pass formed by two cirque glaciers eroding back to back?
- 08Which river, originating in the Peruvian Andes, is considered the main-stem source of the Amazon River?
- 09The "floating gardens" or chinampas of the Valley of Mexico were a key agricultural innovation of which civilization?
- 10Thomas Cole's famous 1836 painting "The Oxbow" depicts a distinctive bend in which American river?
- 11The catastrophic 1887 flood that dramatically altered the course of the Yellow River occurred during which Chinese dynasty?
- 12The unique, isolated ecosystem of Lake Baikal in the Siberian Rift Valley is home to what endemic freshwater seal?
- 13The Great Basin of the United States is hydrographically defined as the endorheic basin between the Rocky Mountains and which other range?
- 14Who was the climbing partner of Edmund Hillary on the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest in 1953?
- 15The 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is set on a river now properly known by what Thai name?
- 16The name of the Volga River, Europe's longest, is thought to derive from a Proto-Slavic term meaning what?
- 17Germany's Ruhr industrial region is named after the Ruhr River, which is a major tributary of what larger river?
- 18The second-longest river in Africa, the Congo, is uniquely deep, reaching over 220 meters in a section known as what?
- 19Which pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty moved Egypt's capital from Thebes down the Nile to a new city he founded, Akhetaten?
- 20In James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon," the fictional paradise of Shangri-La is located in which mountain range?