The smallest country is currently Vatican City - 0.2 square miles, the Vatican has a population of 770, none of whom are permanent residents. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics (over 1 billion strong). Also known as the Holy See, Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
Russia is the largest by area, with 17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2). Russian Federation is a country in Europe and Asia. . The number of people living in the country is about 144,000,000. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/smallcountries.htm 2.What caused the Dead Sea to form? What country (counrties) does the Dead Sea reside in?
The Dead Sea is a salt lake in Jordan to the east and Israel to the west. In this part of the world there is a rift forming where two crustal plates are spreading apart. The East Rift Valley runs through most of Africa, but it starts north of the Dead Sea and runs south along the eastern side of the continent. The Sea is located right along the Rift Valley where the earth's crust is being stretched thin.
http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php/earth-records/37-dead-sea3.Which highest peak of a continent is also known as the Carstensz Pyramid ?
Puncak Jaya(4,884 metres) is the highest mountain in Carstensz Pyramid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puncak_Jaya
4.Which is the third longest river in the world?
The 3rd longest in the world is The Yangtze (Chang) River .
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_third_longest_river_in_China
5.Which is the deepest ocean trench
in the world?Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the world's oceans, and the lowest elevation of the surface of the Earth's crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres long but has a mean width of only 69 kilometres. It reaches a maximum depth of about 11,033 metres.
at the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor, at its southern end.
Part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system, the trench forms the
boundary between two tectonic plates, where the western edge of the Pacific Plate is subducated beneath the small Mariana Plate.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench 6.Why was the famous explorer Sir Walter Raleigh placed in the Tower of London ?
In 1591 he secretly married Elizabeth Throckhorn, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without requesting the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
7. What is the biggest body of water in the world?Illustrate.
he Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. At 169.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 30% of its total surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
8.What is the largest desert of the world? Give a short overview of its inhabitants in the history.
9.By whose name was America named? When?
Americus Vespucius is the Latinized version of the Florentine explorer Amergio Vespucci's name, and America is the feminine form of Americus. America was named after Amerigo Vespucci in 1507.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/amerigo-vespucci.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas
10.Who was the famous explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru and when?
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas of Peru. Founding Lima, Peru
1535 6 January: Pizarro founded Lima, Peru which he called Ciudad de los Reyes meaning 'City of the Kings'
1535: Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incan capital of Cusco.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-pizarro.htm
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