On your mark, get set, GEO! Take the current events geography challenge! (Special Report).

From: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication | Date: March 14, 2003 | Copyright information

Are you hot stuff when it comes to geography? A master of the mountains? A star of the seas? Probably not. Study after study has shown that U.S. kids are lost in the world of geography. Here's your chance to prove that research wrong. Current Events scoured the globe in search of questions that will put your worldly knowledge to the ultimate test. Do you think you can navigate your way through it? Get started!

Here's Your First Question:

1 What is the tallest mountain in North America?

a) Pico de Orizaba in Mexico

b) Mount Rainier in Washington

c) Mount Logan ...

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