The CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
Geographically Challenging Two is a short
geography puzzle quiz designed to get you on the trail to a well
stocked cache. The cache is a larger sized ammo box. The original
cache contents included: a wide selection of swag, several
trackables, pencils, log book and a Canadian Geographic video for
the FTF.
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Answer the eight multiple choice questions and use the table
below the questions to convert the answers into the numbers needed
to find the final coordinates. Simply substitute the answers for
the question numbers into the following co-ordinate pattern:
N51 1(1).(2)(3)(4) W114 2(5).(6)(7)(8)
If the answer to question one is (a), the number substituted
into position (1) would be 1 and so on.
THE QUESTIONS!
1. What was the main agricultural crop grown by
the Native Peoples of Canada before European settlement?
a. maize b. sunflowers c. wheat d. potatoes
2. The first European people to create a
settlement in what is now Canada were neither English nor French.
Where did they come from?
a. Iceland b. Poland c. Scandinavia d. Spain.
3. A European explorer drew maps of the coast
of present-day British Columbia in 1793-94. Name the explorer.
a. Campbell b. Abbotsford c. Backstrom d. Vancouver
4. The Aztecs were to Mexico as the WHAT was to
Peru?
a. Byzantines b. Etruscans c. Incas d. Olmecs
5. The city of New York was not established
first by English speaking Europeans. By what country was the area
first settled?
a. Denmark b. The Netherlands c. Spain d. Portugal
6. In 1869 the government of Canada bought the
area known as Rupert's Land from the company that owned it. What
was the name of the company?
a. Hudson's Bay Company b. Rupert's Land Company c. North West
Company d. Pacific Western Company
7. Of what type of physical feature are Baikal,
Rudolf, and Chad examples?
a. plateaus b. seas c. mountains d. lakes
8. Name the country that led the development
and manufacturing of high speed trains, referred to as TGV in
Europe.
a. Switzerland b. Germany c. France d. Spain
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1. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
3. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
4. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
5. (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
6. (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
7. (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
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You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.