Q 01/05

Long Island stretches how far east from New York Harbor into the Atlantic?

A) 118 miles

B) 148 miles

C) 178 miles

D) 208 miles

Answer · why

A) 118 miles

Long Island measures about 118 miles from New York Harbor to its eastern tip, yet only 23 miles at its widest, which is why locals give directions by ...

Q 02/05

Long Island's eight million-plus people are roughly what share of New York State's population?

A) 15%

B) 25%

C) 40%

D) 30%

Answer · why

C) 40%

Long Island's four counties hold about 8 million of New York State's roughly 20 million residents, close to 40%, which makes it the most populous isla...

Q 03/05

Which two of Long Island's four counties are also boroughs of New York City?

A) Nassau and Suffolk

B) Kings and Queens

C) Kings and Nassau

D) Queens and Suffolk

Answer · why

B) Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens are New York City boroughs: Kings County is Brooklyn and Queens County is the borough of the same name. Nassau and Suffolk make up wh...

Q 04/05

The 1650s Dutch name for the island, 't Lange Eylandt, was paired on maps with what Native American name?

A) Paumanok

B) Sewanhacky

C) Wamponomon

D) Matouwacs

Answer · why

D) Matouwacs

Dutch maps of the 1650s, such as the Visscher map, label the island ''t Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs'; Paumanok, the name a later poet favored, comes...

Q 05/05

What formed Long Island's two east-west ridges, Harbor Hill and Ronkonkoma?

A) An ancient river delta

B) Volcanic activity

C) Coral reef growth

D) Ice Age glaciers

Answer · why

D) Ice Age glaciers

Ice Age glaciers built both ridges as terminal moraines during the last pulses of the Wisconsin glaciation about 21,000 years ago; the same ice scoope...