GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES MCQs

DISCOVERER                                                             DISCOVERY
Christopher Columbus (Italian)...................... America
Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) ...... Sea route to India John Cabot (British)           

John Cabot (British) ......................................    New foundland

Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese)..................... Brazil

Tasman (Dutch) Island of Tasmania & New Zealand Captian Cook (British) . Sandwich (Hawaiin) Islands Robert Peary (USA)......................................................................... North Pole
Amundsun (Norway)................................... South Pole
Ferdinand de Lesseps (Designed).............. Suez Canal
David Livingstone (British)..................... Victoria Falls
Bartholomew Diaz (Portuguese)................. Cape of Good Hope
Norseman Eric.................................................... Greenland
Leif Ericsson.......................................................................... North America
Mungo park..................................... Nigeriariver in Africa
Richard Francis Burton........................................... Lake Tanganyika
Henry Hudson....................................................................... Hudson Bay
Gobot Sebastian............................................................ New Foundland
Marco Polo................................................................................................ China
Kepler.......................................................................................................... Planets
Eternal City .......................................................  Rome, Italy
Forbidden City  .......................................................Lhasa, Tibet
Gateway of Tears   ....................................................... Straitof Bab-el Mandeb
Garden of England     .......................................................  Kent
George Cross Island       ....................................................... Malta
Granite City     .......................................................     Atlantic Ocean
Hill Queen       .......................................................  Shimla
Holy Land       .......................................................  Palestine
Hermit Kingdom  .......................................................     Korea
Island of Pearls    .......................................................   Bahrain
Island of Cloves      ....................................................... Madagascar 

Key to the Mediterranean   .......................................................    Gibraltar 

Land of Eagles       .......................................................   Albania 

Land of Golden Fleece.......................................................          Australia

Land of Lilies           .......................................................    Canada

Landof GoldenPagoda     ....................................................... Myanmar 

Land of Maple ....................................................... Canada 

Land of Thousand Lakes     .......................................................Finland 

Land of  Morning Calm .......................................................

Land of  Setting Sun  ....................................................... Britain 

Land of Midnight Sun  .......................................................Norway 

Land of Lakes    .......................................................  Scotland
Land of the Tulips  ....................................................... Netherlands 

Land of  White Elephant .......................................................   Thailand 

Land of Thunder Bolt.......................................................     Bhutan 

Land of Thousand Elephants .......................................................    Laos 

Manchester of the Orient   .......................................................      Osaka  

Never, Never Land  .......................................................Prairies,N. Australia 

Land of Thunder Dragon     .......................................................     China 

Nation of Thousand Hills   .......................................................    Rwanda 

Pearl of Arabia   .......................................................    Bahrain
Pearl of Antilles    ....................................................... Cuba
Pillars of Hercules   .......................................................   Strait of Gibraltar 

Playground of Europe     .......................................................  Switzerland 

Quaker City of USA   .......................................................       Philadelphia,USA 

Queen of the Adriatic.......................................................  Venice, Italy 

Roof of the World      .......................................................      Pamirs
Sorrow of China        ....................................................... River Huang Ho
Sickman of Europe             :               Turkey