1. The Pacific is much larger than the Arctic or the Indian ocean, 2. The Sahara is the biggest desert in North Africa. 3. Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps. 4. The City of London stands on the river Thames. 5. Is the Mississippi longer or shorter than the Rhine? 6. Portugal is a small country in the west of Europe; on one of its borders is Spain, on the other the Atlantic Ocean 7. Who was the first to reach the North Pole? 8. The USA is the biggest country of North America. 9. Lake Ontario, or the Ontario, is one of the largest lakes in the north of the United States on the border with Canada. 10. Greece is situated in the south of Eastern Europe on the coast of the Mediterranean. 11. The official name of Holland is the State of the Netherlands, or just the Netherlands; the latter word is used with an article because it literally means “low lands”. 12. The forests of Eastern Siberia and of the Far East are the greatest forest resources in the east of modern Russia. 13. The United Kingdom includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland; it occupies the British Isles. 14. In what country of Northern Europe is the Hague situated? 15. The birthplace of our civilisation was the area situated between the Tiger and Euphrates rivers, which is now called the Middle East
