Subj:.Names of Countries       From: Seattle Times       on 7/1/2008 (S652b) Drawing from SeattleTimes...

The name derivation is provided. Identify the country.
(e.g., From the Iroquoian word "Kanata," meaning "village"
or "settlement." Answer: Canada.)
 
 

Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman
Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level, and 3 points
on the PH.D. level.
 

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Named after explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Answer________

2. South American country named after an Italian explorer.

Answer________

3. From the Latin "liber," meaning "free."

Answer________
 

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Named after the equator, on which it is located.

Answer________

5. It takes its name from the biblical patriarch Jacob.

Answer________

6. Named after King Philip II of Spain, who reigned 1556-1598.

Answer________
 

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. From "Land of the Aryans" or "land of the free."

Answer________

8. Named after Jesus. The name means "the saviour" in Spanish.

Answer________

9. The most recent figure to have a country named after him (1783-1830).

Answer________
 
 
 
 

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ANSWERS:

1. (United States of) America. 2. Colombia.
3. Liberia. 4. Ecuador. 5. Israel. 6. Philippines.
7. Iran. 8. El Salvador. 9. Bolivia (Simon Bolivar).
 
 

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SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor;
15 to 17 points — honors graduate;
10 to 14 points — you're plenty smart, but no grind;
4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder;
1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately;
0 points — who reads the questions to you?
 
 
 
 
 

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