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What percent of the petroleum production of the world is produced in North America?

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  1. 15%

  2. 20%

  3. 25%

  4. 30%

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Correct Option: C

The Canadian prairies are drained by the river _______.

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  1. Mississippi

  2. Saskatchewan

  3. Ohio

  4. Panama

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The prairies cover parts of the United States of America and parts of Canada. They are bound by the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. The prairies in the USA are drained by the tributaries of Mississippi and the Canadian prairies are drained by the tributaries of Saskatchewan Rivers.

The Mississippi Ohio waterway connects the interior parts of the USA with _______.

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  1. Gulf of Mexico in the South

  2. Sargosa sea in South east

  3. Gulf of California in South West

  4. Pacific Ocean in the West

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States.

It is located in the midwestern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania south of Lake Erie to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. The Ohio River drains to the Mississippi River which flows to the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic Ocean. 

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River Mississippi drains the ______________.

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  1. Canada

  2. Africa

  3. USA

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

River Mississippi drains the USA.

The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin ("watershed" or "catchment"). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km2), including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sierra Nevada is the name of _______________.

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  1. An animal of America

  2. A disease found in America

  3. A fruit found in America

  4. A mountain in America

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.