Where In The World . . .#4 Islands of the World…

1.  Name Japan’s four main islands.      Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu    

2.  Hawaii, the 50^th US state, lies in the middle of the         Pacific     ocean.

3.   Hawaii was formed by  _volcanoes___________, only one of which, Mauna Loa remains active today.

4.   Name the island, an Australian state, off the coast of Australia that was discovered in 1642.   __Tasmania______________

5.  What islands off the west coast of Africa are named after a bird?  __The Canary Islands________

 6.  After visiting these Islands, Darwin wrote a paper discussing the theory of evolution.   Name these islands.  ___Galapagos Islands___________

7.  In which ocean would you find the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? ___Indian_______________

8.  To which country do the Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong?   _____India______________

9.  Islands in “ The__Ring of Fire_____” are in a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.  This zone, that encircles the basin of the Pacific Ocean, is sometimes called the circum-Pacific seismic belt.

10.  Which large Indonesian island was located closest to the December 26, 2004  9.0 Earthquake? ____Sumatra________________