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Q: Which country
does not border the
Black Sea:
Turkmenistan,
Turkey, Georgia?
A: Turkmenistan
Image credit:
Location of the
Black Sea,
7/25/2005,
Norman
Einstein
Q: An island that was
once the chief point of
entry for European
immigrants to the
United States is
claimed by both New
York and New Jersey.
Name this island.
A: Ellis Island
Image credit: Map of Ellis
Island, OpenStreetMap
contributors
Q: Ellis Island is part
of what National
Monument?
A: Statue of Liberty National
Monument
Image containing pictures of
Liberty Island and Ellis
Island.
Q: Along with?
A: Liberty Island
Image containing pictures
of Liberty Island and Ellis
Island.
Q: About threequarters of the
population of which
state lives in the
Honolulu
metropolitan area?
A: Hawaii
Q: The Maritsa River
flows through an
important agriculture
region in a country
that borders Greece
and Romania. Name
this country.
A: Bulgaria
Image credit: Maritsa
River, 9/8/2007,
Stoyan89
Q: Where is the
Maritsa River?
A: Bulgaria
Image credit: Maritsa
River, 9/8/2007,
Stoyan89
Q: Bulgaria is
between what 2
countries?
A: Greece and Romania
Image credit:
Location of the
Black Sea,
7/25/2005,
Norman
Einstein
Q: Lake Powell, a
reservoir on the
Colorado River, is
shared by Arizona
and which state?
A: Utah
Image credit: Colorado River,
12/27/2011, Shannon1
Q: What river is Lake
Powell located on?
A: Colorado
Image credit: Colorado River,
12/27/2011, Shannon1
Q: Lake Powell is
shared by what 2
states?
A: Arizona and Utah
Image credit: Colorado River, 12/27/2011,
Shannon1
Q: Jersey and Guernsey,
dependencies of the
British crown, are part of
a group of islands
located between England
and France. Name this
island group?
A: Channel Islands
Image credit: Map of Channel
Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa
Q: What land form
are the Channel
Islands?
A: Archipelago
Image credit: Map of Channel
Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa
Q: What body of
water are they
located in?
A: English Channel
Image credit: Map of Channel
Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa
Q: Which state was a
former British colony
established as a
settlement for
debtors as well as a
buffer against the
Spanish?
A: Georgia
Image credit: Location of Georgia, 7/30/2011, TUBS
Q: What is a debtor?
A: Someone who owes
money for a debt
A mid-Victorian depiction
of the debtors prison at
St Briavel Castle
1858, Henry Nicholls
Q: What European
country colonized
Florida?
A: Spain
Q: Where else did
the Spanish
colonize?
A: Southern
United
States,
Mexico,
Central
America and
western
South
America
Q: Where did the
Portuguese
colonize?
A: Eastern
and central
South
America
Q: Where did the
English colonize?
A: Eastern
United
States and
Canada
Q: Where did France
colonize?
A: Central
United
States,
south and
east
Canada
Q: Which country is
not crossed by the
Great Rift Valley:
Tanzania, Ethiopia,
Central African
Republic?
A: Central African Republic
Q: Bengal is a region
located in which two
countries?
A: India and Bangladesh
Q: Oil production in
the United Arab
Emirates is centered
on the country's
capital city. Name
this city.
A: Abu Dhabi
Q: What natural
resource is found in
abundance there?
A: Oil
Q: What large body
of water does the
United Arab Emirates
border?
A: Persian Gulf
Q: Lucknow, located
on the Gomati River,
was the site of a
mutiny against the
British in 1857 in what
present-day South
Asian country?
A: India
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly
Q: Where is Lucknow?
A: India, on the Gomati River
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly
Q: Where is the
Gomati River?
A: India
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly
Q: Which river is farther
north: Potomac, Rio
Grande, Chattahoochee
River?
A: Potomac
Image credit: Potomac River, 1/3/2011, Kmusser
Image credit: Rio Grande River,
8/18/2010, Kmusser
Image credit:
Chatahoochee
River, 9/5/2007, Pfly
Q: Which correctly
describes the location of
Aberdeen, Scotland:
West of the Grampian
Mountains, on the North
Sea, north of Kinnairds
Head?
A: On the North Sea
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: Where is it in
relation to the
Grampian
Mountains?
A: East
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: Where is it in
relation to Kinnairds
Head?
A: South
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: The Java Trench
is the deepest point
in which ocean?
A: Indian Ocean
Q: What is the
deepest point in the
Indian Ocean?
A: Java Trench
Map showing earthquake activity in
the vicinity of the Java Trench around
the time of the 2004 Indian Ocean
earthquake.
Prepared by the United States
Geological Survey.
The Java Trench is more recently
known as the Sunda Trench. Both
names are common.
Q: Which country, one of
Africa's most densely
populated, is bordered
by Uganda, Tanzania,
and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo?
A: Rwanda
Provinces of Rwanda
Q: What countries
border Rwanda?
A: Uganda,
Tanzania,
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
Provinces of Rwanda
Q: Name the channel
formed by the
confluence of the
Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers that flows into
the Persian Gulf.
A: Shatt al Arab
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: Where do the
Tigris and Euphrates
meet?
A: Shatt al Arab
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: Where does it
flow into?
A: Persian Gulf
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: What kind of body
of water is the Shatt
al Arab?
A: Channel
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: What present day
country does the
Tigris and Euphrates
run through before
meeting at the
channel?
A: Iraq
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: The southern end
of the Shatt al Arab
creates a border
between what 2
countries?
A: Iraq and Iran
Image credit: About.com
Geography
Q: Arabs from Africa
named a large rock
Gibraltar as they
landed on what large
European
peninsula?
A: Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula, home to the countries of Spain and Portugal, stretches toward North Africa in this true-color Aqua
MODIS image from January 24, 2003. Portugal sits on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, while Spain takes up the rest and
shares a border with France to the northeast. At the bottom of the peninsula is a narrow gap between Europe and North Africa.
This gap is the Strait of Gibraltar, which also serves as the buffer between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The
northern point of Morocco occupies the other side of the Strait, and farther to the east is northern Algeria.
Q: What is the
Iberian Peninsula
sometimes called?
A: Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula, home to the countries of Spain and Portugal, stretches toward North Africa in this true-color Aqua
MODIS image from January 24, 2003. Portugal sits on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, while Spain takes up the rest and
shares a border with France to the northeast. At the bottom of the peninsula is a narrow gap between Europe and North Africa.
This gap is the Strait of Gibraltar, which also serves as the buffer between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The
northern point of Morocco occupies the other side of the Strait, and farther to the east is northern Algeria.
Q: What famous
landmark is located
on the Iberian
Peninsula?
A: Rock of Gibraltar
Q: Which state is not
an important source
of coal for the U.S.:
West Virginia,
Washington,
Pennsylvania?
A: Washington
Top 10 Coal Mining States:
1. Wyoming (338,900)
2. West Virginia (158,257)
3. Kentucky (130,688)
4. Pennsylvania (74,619)
5. Texas (49,498)
6. Montana (38,352)
7. Illinois (33,444)
8. Virginia (32,834)
9. North Dakota (31,270)
10.Colorado (29,137)
As of 2000, per thousands of short tons
Q: Name the inland sea in
Central Asia that once was
the world's fourth largest
lake, but which has been
drastically reduced by
agricultural use of water
flowing into it.
A: Aral Sea
Left: 1989
Right: 2008
Q: Why was the Aral
Sea getting smaller?
A: It is being
used for
agricultural
purposes in
the area
Image credit: Shrinking of the Aral
Sea, 1/5/2008, NordNordWest
Q: What countries
are the Aral Sea
located in?
A: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
lake boundaries c. 1960
with present-day political
boundaries - countries with
any land draining into the
lake are in yellow
Image credit: Aral Sea map,
1/22/2007. Kmusser
Q: Mother Teresa's
work among the
poor was centered in
one of India's most
populous cities.
Name this city in
eastern India.
A: Kolkata
President Reagan presents Mother
Teresa with the Medal of Freedom at
a White House Ceremony, 1985
Q: What did Kolkata
used to be called?
A: Calcutta
Image credit: Location of West
Bengal, 12/29/2008, PlaneMad
Q: What is Kolkata
the capital of?
A: West Bengal
Q: English is the official
language in what South
American country whose
population is roughly 50
percent East Indian:
Ecuador, Guyana,
Venezuela?
Venezuela
A: Guyana
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of
South America, Eddo
Guyana
Q: Where is Guyana
located?
A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus
Q: What is the
official language in
Guyana?
Venezuela
A: English
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of
South America, Eddo
Guyana
Q: What is the
capital of Guyana?
A: Georgetown
Georgetown
Image credit: Georgetown,
Guyana, 12/2/2008,
NordNordWest
Q: Where is Ecuador
located?
A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus
Q: What language is
spoken in Ecuador?
Venezuela
A: Spanish
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of
South America, Eddo
Guyana
Q: What is the
capital of Ecuador?
A: Quito
Quito
Image credit: Quito,
Ecuador, 12/9/2008,
NordNordWest
Q: Where is
Venezuela located?
A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus
Q: What is the
language of
Venezuela?
Venezuela
A: Spanish
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of
South America, Eddo
Guyana
Q: What is the
capital of Venezuela?
A: Caracas
Caracas
Image credit: Caracas,
Venezuela, 9/21/2009,
NordNordWest
Q: What condition is
necessary for the
formation of coral
reefs: Warm ocean
temperature, deep
water, annual rainfall
of 300 inches?
A: Warm ocean temperature
Coral reef locations
Q: The Thames
Barrier was built to
protect which
European capital city
from tidal flooding?
A: London
Image credit:
Thames Barrier,
9/22/2005, Roger
W. Haworth
Q: Which term is
Russian for the
region of coniferous
forest located south
of the tundra?
A: Taiga
Image credit: Distribution of the Taiga and Boreal forest biome, and its ecoregions,
4/19/2009, GeForce3
Q: What does
coniferous mean?
A: Having cones
Q: Malaysia, China, and
the Philippines are
among the countries
that claim sovereignty
over a group of islands
in the South China Sea.
Name these islands.
A: Spratly Islands
Q: Where are they
located?
A: South China Sea
Q: What countries
claim sovereignty
over them?
A: Malaysia, China, Philippines
Q: Which of the following
architectural features is
most characteristic of
Russian Orthodox
churches: onion shaped
domes, minarets, Doric
columns?
A: onion shaped domes
Image credit: Christ the
Savior Cathedral in Moscow,
Russia, 8/23/2011, Voytek s
Q: Where would you
find onion shaped
domes?
A: Russian Orthodox churches
Image credit: Christ the
Savior Cathedral in Moscow,
Russia, 8/23/2011, Voytek s
Q: Where would you
find minarets?
A: Islamic mosques
Islamic-Specific
Architecture in a
Mosque with Two
Minarets in Nishapur
Q: What are
minarets?
A: Tall spires with cone shaped
top, typically taller than the
other structures or free
standing
Islamic-Specific
Architecture in a
Mosque with Two
Minarets in Nishapur
Q: Where would you
find the 3 main
classical column
types?
A: Ancient Greece and Rome
Illustration of Doric (first three), Ionic (next three) and Corinthian (final two) columns.
Q: What are the 3
main classical
column types?
A: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Illustration of Doric (first three), Ionic (next three) and Corinthian (final two) columns.
Q: What was the
name of the shortlived island republic
that united with
Tanganyika to form
the country of
Tanzania in 1964?
A: Zanzibar
Q: The production of
maple syrup is an
important economic
activity in which
state?
A: Vermont
Image credit: Location of
Vermont, 7/30/2011,
TUBS
Q: Name the
Caribbean country
that traces its
cultural heritage to
West Africa and
France.
A: Haiti
Q: Seismographs are
used to detect and
record which natural
hazard?
A: Earthquakes
Q: What is used to
detect and record
earthquakes?
A: Seismographs
Q: What state has a lot
of earthquakes?
A: California
Map of the San Andreas Fault,
showing relative motion
Q: The Terai is a
region of plains that
extends from India's
northern border to the
foothills of the
Himalaya in which
Asian country?
A: Nepal
Image credit: Aerial view of field in Terai in Nepal, 7/12/2011, Barunkhanal
Q: What borders
Nepal to the north?
A: China
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: What is the
world’s highest
mountain?
A: Mt. Everest
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: What mountain
range goes through
Nepal?
A: Himalayas
Image credit: Graphic Maps
Q: Which city has a
more arid climate:
Amarillo, TX;
Chicago, IL;
Charleston, SC?
A: Amarillo, TX
Amarillo: semi-arid climate
Chicago: humid continental climate
Charleston: humid subtropical climate
Q: Which one of the
contiguous United
States has the
northernmost point:
Wisconsin, New
York, Minnesota?
A: Minnesota
MN
WI
NY
Q: Which region is
closer to the Atlantic
Ocean: Piedmont,
Great Plains,
Allegheny Plateau?
A: Piedmont
Image credit:
Allegheny map,
1/12/2007, Kmusser
Great Plains
Image credit:
Piedmont map,
5/25/2006, Kmusser
Q: Whitewashed
houses are a
common site for
tourists visiting the
Cyclades islands.
The Cyclades are
part of which
European country?
A: Greece
Image credit: Traditional Greek
houses, 7/14/2007, Hans Peter
Schaefer
Q: The only Viking
ship ever discovered
in Sweden was
found in the Göta
River near Sweden's
second most
populous city. Name
this city.
A: Göteborg
The Äskekärr ship, named after the
place it was found, is Sweden's
only and the Nordic region's best
preserved Viking ship, and dates
back to the 10th century.
http://www.goteborg.com/en/Travel
/Articles/Goteborg-Viking-era/
Image credit: Map of the river Göta älv,
Sweden, 11/9/2007, Nordelch
Q: In which state is
more land used for
agriculture: Illinois,
Connecticut, New
Jersey?
A: Illinois
Top 10 Agriculture States by Receipts ($1,000)
1. California: 31,835,183
2. Texas: 16,498,398
3. Iowa: 14,652,946
4. Nebraska: 11,779,728
5. Minnesota: 9,794,912
6. Illinois: 9,708,304
7. Kansas: 9,502,727
8. North Carolina: 8,210,497
9. Wisconsin: 6,864,150
10.Florida: 6,843,731
New Jersey is ranked 40th with 866,719
Connecticut is ranked 44th with 526,580
Q: The prime
meridian is also
known by the name
of a London borough
that was the site of a
royal observatory.
Name this borough.
A: Greenwich
Image credit: The Prime Meridian,
Greenwich, 8/10/2005, ChrisO
Q: What is a
borough?
A: Self governing township
•The term Borough is used frequently in Europe,
particularly in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
•There are seven states in the U.S. that use boroughs:
•Alaska
•Connecticut
•Minnesota
•New Jersey
•New York
•Pennsylvania
•Virginia
Q: What other names
are the Prime
Meridian known as?
A: International Meridian,
Greenwich
Meridian
Image credit: picture of the
laser at Royal Greenwich
Observatory. The Laser marks
the zero meridian line and is
projected northward over
London. 9/8/2006,
Markhamilton
Q: Magyars are the
largest ethnic group
in a Central
European country
that borders
Slovakia. Name this
country.
A: Hungary
Image
credit:
Magyars,
Scooter20
Q: To the north of
Hungary is what
country?
A: Slovakia
Image
credit:
Magyars,
Scooter20
Q: Peanuts are the
principal export of
the African country
that is almost
completely
surrounded by
Senegal. Name this
country.
A: Gambia
Q: Gambia is almost
completely
surrounded by what
country?
A: Senegal
Q: In 1741, explorers
discovered large
populations of sea otters
and fur seals in the waters
around the Aleutian
Islands. The explorers
claimed the area for what
country?
A: Russia
Q: Where are the
Aleutian Islands?
A: Between the Bering Sea
and Pacific Ocean
Q: Which state
produces more corn:
Nebraska, Maine,
Kentucky?
A: Nebraska
Q: The Institutional
Revolutionary Party,
or PRI, had been the
dominant political
party in which North
American country
throughout most of
the 20th century?
A: Mexico
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo
Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Q: In the 20th
century what is the
dominant political
party in Mexico?
A: Institutional
Revolutionary Party, or PRI
Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo
Q: If it’s the
Institutional
Revolutionary Party,
why are the initials
“PRI”?
A: In Spanish it is Partido
Revolucionario Institucional
Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo
Q: New Zealand's
two main islands are
separated by what
strait?
A: Cook Strait
Q: Which city has
weather affected by
its location on a
lake: Louisville,
Chicago, Atlanta?
A: Chicago
Q: Which lake?
A: Lake Michigan
Q: The Chaco, a
semiarid plain that is
home mostly to cattle
ranchers, makes up
most of the western half
of what landlocked
country in South
America?
A: Paraguay
Q: Where is
Paraguay?
A: South America
Image credit: South America, Cantus
Q: What is the
capital of Paraguay?
A: Asuncion
Asuncion
Image credit: Location of
Asuncion, 7/25/2008,
NordNordWest
Q: What language is
spoken in Paraguay?
A: Spanish
Paraguay
Image credit: Languages of
South America, Eddo
Q: What is The
Chaco?
A: A semi arid plain in the
western half of Paraguay
Q: Which country
does not border the
South China Sea:
Brunei, Philippines,
Saudi Arabia?
A: Saudi Arabia
Image credit: South China Sea,
6/13/2006, Yeu Ninje
Q: Name another
country that borders
the South China Sea.
A: China,
Philippines,
Malaysia,
Indonesia,
Singapore,
Vietnam
Image credit: South China Sea,
6/13/2006, Yeu Ninje
Q: Before the rise of
cotton, African
slaves were used in
the Americas to farm
indigo, rice,
sugarcane, and what
other plantation
crop?
A: Tobacco
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