Q 01/05

The Appalachian Mountains stretch roughly 2,050 miles from central Alabama to which Canadian island?

A) Newfoundland

B) Vancouver Island

C) Cape Breton

D) Prince Edward Island

Answer · why

A) Newfoundland

The range runs along a southwest-northeast axis and even takes in a small French overseas territory.

Q 02/05

How high is Mount Mitchell, the tallest peak in the Appalachians?

A) 6,184 feet

B) 6,684 feet

C) 4,684 feet

D) 5,684 feet

Answer · why

B) 6,684 feet

It is also the highest point in mainland North America east of the Mississippi.

Q 03/05

Which French overseas collectivity means the Appalachians technically span three countries?

A) Guadeloupe and Barbuda

B) French Guiana

C) Saint Pierre and Miquelon

D) Martinique and Dominica

Answer · why

C) Saint Pierre and Miquelon

The islands lie off Canada's Atlantic coast.

Q 04/05

The Appalachians are geologically related to which mountains across the Atlantic, from the same Pangean range?

A) The Swiss Alps

B) The Pyrenees

C) The Carpathians

D) The Scottish Highlands

Answer · why

D) The Scottish Highlands

The Atlas, Scandinavian and Ouachita ranges were also torn from the same ancient chain.

Q 05/05

The three mountain-building orogenies that formed the modern Appalachians began roughly how long ago?

A) 480 million years

B) 48 million years

C) 4.8 million years

D) 480,000 years

Answer · why

A) 480 million years

That makes them one of the oldest surviving ranges on Earth.