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The Americas Geography by Letter - G

Can you guess these North and South American geographical answers that start with the letter G?
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First submittedAugust 26, 2014
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Famous bridge of San Francisco
Golden Gate
Mile-deep gorge in Arizona
Grand Canyon
Southern U.S. state
Georgia
Central American country
Guatemala
Michigan, Erie, Superior,
Huron, and Ontario
Great Lakes
Decaying industrial city in Indiana;
Birthplace of Michael Jackson
Gary
National park in northern Montana
Glacier
South American country
Guyana
Posh D.C. neighborhood or
capital of the above
Georgetown
Mexico's second biggest city
Guadalajara
Island nation invaded by the
United States in 1983
Grenada
Clue
Answer
Nickname of New Jersey
Garden State
Pennsylvania Civil War battleground
Gettysburg
Term for a "cowboy" of South America
Gaucho
Texas city on a barrier island; Site of the
deadliest hurricane in U.S. History
Galveston
The vast flat area in the middle
of North America
Great Plains
U.S. naval base in Cuba
Guantánamo Bay
NYC bridge; The busiest in the world
George Washington
Biggest city in Ecuador
Guayaquil
U.S. territorial acquisition of 1853
Gadsden Purchase
Second biggest city in Michigan
Grand Rapids
Lower Manhattan neighborhood
called "The Village"
Greenwich Village
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39 Comments
thecoolestdude2
+2
Level 68
Jan 21, 2015
I got the Gadsden Purchase but missed the NYC bridge-- total history nut.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 4, 2015
I got the purchase but only after googling the spelling. I tried Gadsen.. Gasden.. knew it was something like that.
caribdevist
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Level 61
Jan 28, 2015
According to wikipedia, Guadelejara is only the third largest city in Mexico now. Might wanna verify that.
stubblyhead
+2
Level 75
Mar 4, 2015
Everything I saw listed it as second after Mexico City. Link?
jriddycuz
+2
Level 67
Mar 4, 2015
Ecatepec is a suburb of Mexico City. OP might want to change the hint to 2nd largest metropolitan area.
Symmetrik
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Level 57
Mar 4, 2015
Gros Morne? National park in Newfoundland, also happens to be a world heritage site. A much better choice than Glacier National Park.
quizzicalguy
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Level 66
Mar 4, 2015
Um, you do realize that Glacier National Park is also a Canadian National Park as well? One of two (along with Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park) shared national parks between Canada and the US, Glacier NP is, in addition to being very beautiful, a very bright example of cooperation and friendship among two nations.
Roger77024
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Level 57
Mar 4, 2015
The northern extension of Glacier N.P. into Canada is called Waterton Lakes N.P.
ilikebikes
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Level 66
Jul 13, 2024
Canada's Glacier national park is about 300-400km north of the US border. It is completely separate from the US Glacier national park.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Mar 4, 2015
UNESCO slaps "World Heritage Site" on anything that has been around for more than 30 years. That label is meaningless.
Symmetrik
+5
Level 57
Mar 5, 2015
Is that why Glacier National Park is a World Heritage Site? Oh wait, it's not, even though its 105 years old.
Symmetrik
+2
Level 57
Mar 5, 2015
Also happens to be one of the few (possibly only) place in the world where you can actually walk on the Earth's mantle. It's very important geologically, because of the exposed mantle as well as deep ocean crust.
samiamco
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Level 69
Oct 23, 2018
Annual visitors to Gros Morne: 238,540. Annual visitors to Glacier? 3.31 million.
mikeb
+2
Level 65
Mar 4, 2015
Tried "Gasden" and "Gadsen"; @#&! that second D!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 4, 2015
heh, me too
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 4, 2015
Probably only got Guayaquil because it show up on my best airports in the world quiz I made recently.
Antofagasta
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Level 71
Jan 13, 2017
It's worth it for the colours.
JustinH17
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Level 69
Mar 4, 2015
y is there nothing about the frozen wasteland of Canada?
EdPsycho
+16
Level 55
Mar 5, 2015
17/22 items on the Americas quiz have a direct or somewhat indirect link to one nation. It is not exactly an "Americas" quiz when the farthest south an item reaches is Guyana.
brandybuck96
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Level 83
Nov 27, 2015
I got so far through the comments hoping that this would be the one quiz without that one comment.
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Nov 19, 2018
Amen EdPsycho
CardinalSin
+8
Level 79
May 30, 2019
If you Americans want to avoid seeing such comments, then you need to be far less insular. EdPsycho is spot on with his comment.
TheForsakenFurby
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Level 74
Feb 26, 2024
This is one of the few quizzes where such a comment is completely warranted.
Lemondance
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Level 68
Oct 14, 2024
Perhaps the quiz has changed since you left this comment, but Guayaquil and the homelands of gauchos are further south than Guyana. There's not too much in South America that starts with G - Goiânia? Goiás? I'm taking the Galapagos as part of Oceania rather than the Americas but I suppose that's an option?
Danno
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Level 68
Mar 7, 2015
I would like to point that Grenada was saved by the US from cuban backed forces, not invaded.
TheWombat
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Level 73
Apr 30, 2015
What? The US invaded because a moderate Prime Minister was overthrown (and subsequently executed) by hardline opponents. Also because Reagan reckoned the civilian runway under construction on Grenada was actually being built to accommodate heavy military aircraft. Cuba had nothing to do with it, other than Reagan also thought that the presence of Cuban construction workers was suspicious. Hardly good reasons to invade a country.
divantilya
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Level 36
Mar 10, 2018
You are correct. Reagan invaded because its Premier, Maurice Bishop, (a socialist, not a communist) was overthrown, and murder-ed by his former compatriot, Bernard Coard. Bishop had initially approached the USA for assistance when he seized power from Eric Gairy, and was rebuffed so he turned to Castro for assistance. While there were Cubans working on lengthening (and lighting) the airport, no quid-pro-quo existed. Bishop was firmly socialist while Coard, who was in Bishop's Cabinet, leaned toward Communism. That was what created the chasm between the former "friends". Reagan was aware of this and invaded because he feared what would happen if Coard gained power. (He was also intent on protecting the students attending St. George's Medical School)
NOTKimJongUn
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Level 75
Mar 7, 2015
How the hell did so many people get Greenwich Village? I've never heard of it
reverendmeat
+1
Level 83
Feb 3, 2023
I only know about it from "Friends"
DanJS
+4
Level 74
Mar 10, 2015
Too Americas-centric.
shuriken15
+1
Level 39
Mar 23, 2015
That's why it's called "Americas Geography".
xyzzy
+6
Level 71
Mar 22, 2016
I think they mean USA centric.
Finnisme
+2
Level 58
Dec 2, 2020
I think they mean a joke.
awesomeguy
+1
Level 36
Mar 23, 2016
I live in Gadsden!! Nice quiz
ChaosLord
+3
Level 75
Jan 5, 2021
I'd just like to say that the USA isn't the only country in the Americas, and this quiz does absolutely no justice to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay or Argentina. Chichen Itza, Macchu Picchu, the Andes, Atacama, Amazon rainforest and river, the Rio de la Plata, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, the Pampas, Tierra del Fuego and Angel Falls are all significant geographical features in American countries which aren't the USA. And that doesn't even go into the Caribbean islands and Central America, which themselves barely got a mention. Most quizzes on this site are USA-centric, but this one in particular is ridiculous. Make the quiz more diverse.
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2021
None of the things you mentioned start with G.
reverendmeat
+2
Level 83
Feb 3, 2023
lol.
Snoppap
+2
Level 74
Sep 13, 2024
I know the old "too US centric" argument is tiring and I admit that this one is at least a tiny bit less US centric than other quizzes of this series, but I still think that for G there are a bunch of good alternatives to make it more divers without making it too obscure (though I might be biased because for me as a European a lot of questions regarding the US are obscure and quite boring. So here are a few suggestions:

-Granada (colonial city on Lake Nicaragua)

-Guerrero (southern state of Mexico where Acapulco is located)

-Gallo Pinto (typical Central American dish with rice and beans)

-Guajira (Colombian peninsula where you can find South Americas northernmost point)

-Punta Gallinas (South Americans northernmost point)

-Goiás (Central Brazilian state) or Goiânia (its capital)

-Galapagos Islands (Ecuadorian Archipelago famously visited and studied by Darwin)

-Guanajuato (Central Mexican city where Miguel Hidalgo triggered the War of Independence)

-Guadeloupe (French overseas Region)

IBRK
+1
Level 73
Oct 19, 2024
Nothing about the Galapagos?
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