Names of Countries
- POSTED ON: 19 May, 2016
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Question 1 / 5
When Sebastian Cabot visited this land in the 1520s, he happened to trade some silver jewellery with the local tribesmen. The river near which this incident took place came to be known as the ‘Silver River’ and later lent its name to the country itself. Which country was named in this way?
Argentina (from Argentum – the symbol for the chemical element is Ag)
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Question 2 / 5
A South American country gets its name from the zero-degree latitude. Name it.
Ecuador
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Question 3 / 5
Known as the Dutch East Indies in the past, this country’s present name actually means “Indian Islands”. Which country, one of the largest group of islands in the world, is this?
Indonesia
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Question 4 / 5
The English word that gives this country its name literally means “lowland” or “low country”. Which is this country that is actually below sea level?
The Netherlands
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Question 5 / 5
The Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra named the country after the striking mountains that he saw while sailing the West African coast in 1462. They looked like lions to him. Which country is this?
Sierra Leone
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