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2000 ACF Regionals - Packet by Vanderbilt - #2 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
This nation only achieved independence from Great Britain in 1971, though its ruling dynasty, the al-Khalifas, dates to 1783. It divides its 620 square kilometers of area into 12 administrative provinces, and it currently embroiled in dispute over the Hawar Islands with Qatar. FTP, name this island nation in the Persian Gulf, whose capital and only major city is Manama.
Answer: Bahrain
2000 ACF Regionals - Packet by Wichita State - #9 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Among the notable buildings of this city are the 19th-century Roman Catholic and Anglican cathedrals, Saint Mary's and Saint Finbar, respectively, and Queen's College, which has been part of the National University of Ireland since 1908. An important distribution center for Munster's agricultural region, it is located on the Lee River, and lies in the southern part of the Republic of Ireland at the head of a harbor inlet with which it shares its name. FTP, identify this second largest city in Ireland, whose name should be familiar to oenophiles.
Answer: Cork
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by ACF Editors (Playoffs) - #19 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
The topography of these islands is dominated by perpendicular cliffs, the highest being Mount Slaettara. Originally settled circa 700 by Irish monks, its name comes from a word meaning "Sheep Island", and its 17 inhabited islands include Sand, Vagar, Eystur, and Streym, the latter of which is home to its capital, Torshavn. FTP, name these islands between Iceland and the Shetland Islands which belong to the kingdom of Denmark.
Answer: Faeroe or Faeroese or Faeroerne islands
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Case Western Reserve - #26 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
The arid version of it is called a bajada. In geography, it can describe the debris deposited at the foot of a mountain. In the United States, it is a plateau where cotton and tobacco is grown, bounded by the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, north of Alabama and south of New Jersey. For ten points, give the name shared with the region surrounding the Po River valley in northwestern Italy, whose name means "at the foot of a mountain."
Answer: Piedmont
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Illinois - #9 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Its Central Highlands occupy the heart of this nation and contain some of its highest points including Pada, or Adam's Peak. Among its rivers is the Mahaweli, which runs through the legislative capital of Kotte. The famous Trincomalee harbor lies on the northeast coast, and of the northwest coast of this island is the Palk Strait. Its official language is Sinhalese, and it was once known as Ceylon. With its capital at Colombo, FTP, identify this island nation off the southeast coast of India.
Answer: Sri Lanka
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Seth Kendall - #8 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Its major inlets are the Korea Bay and the Gulf of Chilhi, to which it is connected by the Chilhi peninsula. Lying north of the East China Sea, from which it is separated by an east-west line connecting Cheju Island with mainland China, its major harbors include Tsingtao, Shanghai, Inchon, and Port Arthur. For 10 points name this body of water into which such rivers as the Yang-tze, Yalu, and Hwang-Ho drain, from whose silt deposits it gets its name.
Answer: Yellow Sea or Huang Hai
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Kentucky - #2 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
This region's rivers include the Beas, Ravi, and Sutlej, and its southeast is home to tropical thorn forests. Having an area of 38,300 square miles, its name means "five rivers", and it is bounded by the Shiwalik Hills on the north, the Yamuna River on the east, and the arid zone of Rajasthan on the south. Famed as the legendary site of the war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, FTP, name this large alluvial plain in northwest India.
Answer: Punjab plain
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Matt Bruce - #26 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Its metropolitan area includes Oshawa, Pickering, Mississauga [mis-eh-SAW-ga] and Oakville as well as the city itself. Landmarks include a modernistic city hall, completed in 1965, and an 1,800-foot communications spire. FTP, name this city on Lake Ontario, the largest and fastest growing urban center in Canada.
Answer: Toronto
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Michigan - #7 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Consisting of a large chunk of the Canadian Shield, it is bounded on the west by Hudson Bay, on the north by the Hudson Strait and the bay that shares its name, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea, and on the south by the St. Lawrence. Sparsely populated but rich in minerals, it was partitioned in 1927. FTP, name this Canadian peninsula, divided between Quebec and the Newfoundland region of Labrador.
Answer: Ungava Peninsula
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by Strayer - #25 [report this tossup]
Social Studies — Geography
Because of braiding, numerous islands lie along its middle course, including Elephant Island and MacCarthy Island. Flowing from its source in the Fouta Djallon across a plateau of Miocene-Pliocene sandstone, its major tributaries are the Sandougou and the Sofianiama. Numerous bolons, creeks, join it, the largest of which is the Bintang Bolon, which flows to it from the south. Banto faros also dot the lower river, while north-south river crossings are provided by ferries such as those plying between Barra and Banjul, or Banni and Kerewan. Rising in the Republic of Guinea and 700 miles long, it is the only western African river that is easily accessible to oceangoing shipping. FTP, name this river which flows westward through its namesake country into the Atlantic Ocean.
Answer: Gambia River