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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Three most populated countries \| Where di Hinduism start? \| Where?	India	79%
Is there a god(s)?	No	79%
The Strait of Magellan is in the ______ tip of South America	Southern	79%
Land surrounded by water on all sides	Island	76%
Seven Continents \| What makes up Latin America?	South America	76%
Seven Continents	Asia	74%
Five Oceans	Atlantic	74%
Seven Continents	Europe	74%
Five Oceans	Indian	74%
Seven Continents	North America	74%
Five Oceans	Pacific	74%
Seven Continents	Africa	71%
Seven Continents \| The largest cold desert in the world	Antarctica	71%
Who started Christianity?	Jesus	71%
Longest mountain chain in the world	Rockies	71%
Country with the largest economy \| Four largest countries \| Three most populated countries	US	71%
Mountain range running down the western coast of South America	Andes	69%
Four largest countries \| Three most populated countries	China	69%
Sudden, violent movements along a fault line	Earthquake	69%
Major fresh water bodies	River	69%
Four largest countries \| What is the largest country in the world?	Russia	69%
The Western Hemisphere’s longest river	Amazon River	67%
Five Oceans \| Inland waterways are important for moving goods through Russia, but many long rivers drain north into the frigid _____ Ocean and freeze in winter.	Arctic	67%
Four largest countries	Canada	67%
Major American Food Exports	Corn (1/2)	67%
Major salt water bodies	Ocean	67%
A stretch of land surrounded by water on three sides \| What landform is the continent of Europe?	Peninsula	67%
A chain of islands	Archipelago	64%
Major fresh water bodies	Lake	64%
Five Great Lakes	Michigan	64%
What is the capital of the United States?	Washington D.C.	64%
Major American Food Exports	Wheat (1/10)	64%
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union	Cold War	62%
Alluvial deposit at a river’s mouth that looks like this Greek letter: Δ	Delta	62%
What makes up the United Kingdom	England	62%
What are the characteristics of a highlands climate?	Extremely Cold	62%
Major American Food Exports	Meat (1/5)	62%
Who started Islam?	Muhammad	62%
Area of low land usually between hills or mountains	Valley	62%
How much of the world's fresh water is in glaciers?	2/3	60%
How many noble truths are there?	4	60%
Five Great Lakes	Erie	60%
What state are the Everglade wetlands in?	Florida	60%
The religion that the most people practice in Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Northern African countries \| What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?	Islam	60%
The longest river in the world	Nile River	60%
Seven Continents	Oceania	60%
What language is spoken in Brazil?	Portuguese	60%
What makes up the United Kingdom	Scotland	60%
Major salt water bodies	Sea	60%
Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea	Tsunami	60%
What makes up the United Kingdom	Wales	60%
How much of that is freshwater?	3%	57%
Switzerland and Austria (as well as many other European countries) are located in what mountain range?	Alps	57%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Aztec	57%
What state is Death Valley (lowest point in the US and the highest temperature in the US) in?	California	57%
The Nordic countries include	Denmark	57%
Much of Saudi Arabia is a ______ so people must live near water.	desert	57%
Dry areas, sparse plant life; less than 10 inches of rain/yr; hot days, cold nights	Desert Climate	57%
What language is spoken in the Bahamas?	English	57%
The Nordic countries include	Finland	57%
What language is spoken in Haiti?	French	57%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Great Wall of China	57%
What makes up the United Kingdom	Northern Ireland	57%
The Nordic countries include	Norway	57%
Five Oceans	Southern	57%
The Nordic countries include	Sweden	57%
Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time	Climate	55%
The line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere; 0 degrees	Equator	55%
Why would a dam be built?	Flood Control	55%
What mountains range holds 9/10 tallest mountains in the world	Himalayas	55%
Five Great Lakes	Superior	55%
How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?	70%	52%
Where are the Pyrenees mountain located?	Between Spain and France	52%
A snowstorm with winds of more than 35 MPH, temperatures below freezing, and visibility of less than 500 feet for 3 hrs or more	Blizzard	52%
Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production	Communism	52%
Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens	Democracy	52%
Long, narrow inlet of the sea caused by glaciers	Fjord	52%
Large, thick body of slowly moving ice \| Major fresh water bodies	Glacier	52%
Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect	Global Warming	52%
Do lower latitudes have hotter or colder climates?	Hotter	52%
A large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters	Hurricane	52%
The Nordic countries include	Iceland	52%
A person moving into one country from another	Immigrant	52%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Inca	52%
Highest point on Earth	Mt. Everest	52%
Someone who flees or is forced to flee a country for their own safety.	Refugee	52%
King or queen with complete and unlimited power to rule their people	Absolute Monarchy	50%
Rule by a king or queen is limited by laws and a constitution	Limited Monarchy	50%
Belief in one god	Monotheism	50%
Five Great Lakes	Ontario	50%
A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras	Pangea	50%
Natural resources are distributed unevenly, thus countries must _____ with each other \| What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	Trade	50%
What is the largest religion in the world? \| What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?	Christianity	48%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Northern Mariana Islands	48%
Smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river	Tributary	48%
The most common official language of the countries of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Northern Africa	Arabic	45%
Where did it start?	Israel	45%
Man made canal in Panama that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Allows for much shorter trade routes. Controlled by the USA until 1999, now controlled by Panama	Panama Canal	45%
Where did it start?	Southwest Asia	45%
Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees N; farthest point N that receives direct sunlight	Tropic of Cancer	45%
When did the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 independent republics.	1991	43%
Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs (language, religion, and history of a people)	Culture	43%
What natural disaster is the most widespread and deadly?	Flood	43%
Electricity generated from the energy of water	Hydroelectricity	43%
Spain, Portugal, and Andorra occupy the _______ Peninsula	Iberian	43%
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land	Isthmus	43%
Vertical lines across the earth; 0-180 degrees; part of a grid system	Longitude	43%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Taj Mahal	43%
Hot and wet throughout the year; avg 80 degrees F.; 80+inches of rain/year; lush vegetation	Tropical rainforest climate	43%
Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees S; farthest point S that receives direct sunlight	Tropic of Capricorn	43%
About __ languages are spoken in Europe (base ten number)	50	40%
Major salt water bodies	Bay	40%
Horizontal lines across the earth; 0-90 degrees; part of a grid system	Latitude	40%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Maya	40%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Puerto Rico	40%
Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials	Republic	40%
Climate zone closest to the polar regions; very cold; winter darkness and bitter cold last for half the year; indirect sun rays bring constant summer light but little heat; low bushes, very short grasses, mosses, and lichens	Tundra	40%
What makes up Latin America?	Caribbean	38%
A person leaving a country to move to another	Emigrant	38%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Guam	38%
End of a river (usually in a larger body of water)	Mouth	38%
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.	Weather	38%
An economic system in which the means of producing wealth is privately owned.	Capitalism	36%
What decreased the population of the indigenous people of Middle and South America?	Disease	36%
Between which two rivers can you find the Fertile Crescent?	Euphrates	36%
The poles have constant sunlight (indirect) during summer and what during winter	No Sunlight	36%
What makes up a culture?	Religion	36%
Where?	Saudi Arabia	36%
A government controlled by religious leaders	Theocracy	36%
Between which two rivers can you find the Fertile Crescent?	Tigris	36%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Colosseum	33%
One of two days (March 21 and September 23) on which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length	Equinox	33%
Major salt water bodies	Gulf	33%
Long, muggy summers, mild winters; southeastern US; short, mild winters; year round rain	Humid Subtropical Climate	33%
What is the oldest monotheistic religion? \| What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?	Judaism	33%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Machu Picchu	33%
A tax on imports or exports	Tariff	33%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Virgin Islands	33%
What is the minimum population a mega city must have?	10 million	31%
What makes up a culture?	Language	31%
The movement of people from place to place \| What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	Migration	31%
Area around the Pacific Ocean that is known for having frequent earthquakes and numerous volcanoes as a result of the high plate activity	Ring of Fire	31%
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources	Smog	31%
Who started Judaism?	Abraham	29%
Major Doctrine	Bible	29%
What was the official religion of the Spanish colonists?	Catholicism	29%
Belief in many gods	Polytheism	29%
What is the only non-middle eastern/African OPEC country?	Venezuela	29%
What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	War	29%
Europeans set up colonies in Latin America to gain _____ for their home countries	Wealth	29%
A ban on trade by one country with another	Embargo	26%
Deepest known depression on Earth; in the Pacific Ocean	Mariana Trench	26%
The eastern Siberian region is covered with ________ and plateus	Mountains	26%
The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer	Population density	26%
The line of longitude that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres; 0 degrees	Prime Meridian	26%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Chichen Itza	24%
All systems of transportation including roads, ports, highways	Infrastructure	24%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Petra	24%
The western part of Russia is mostly _______	Plains	24%
The beginning of river waters, e.g. a mountain spring	Source	24%
Dry areas, sparse plant life; often border deserts; dry, largely treeless grasslands; 10-20 inches of rain/year; hot summers, cool winters	Steppe Climate	24%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Christ the Redeemer	21%
Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres or Easter and Western hemispheres	Hemisphere	21%
Native to a place	Indigenous	21%
Major Doctrine	Quran	21%
System of government in which a small group holds power. Get power from wealth, military power, social position, or a combination of these elements.	Oligarchy	19%
The largest warm desert in the world.	Sahara Desert	19%
Major Doctrine	Torah	19%
The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas (countryside to cities)	Urbanization	19%
When?	600 AD	17%
What makes up a culture?	Economy	17%
What makes up Latin America?	Middle America	17%
The study of Earth’s physical features	Physical Geography	17%
An inland grassland area (grasses can reach 12 feet high); common in the Great Plains	Prairie	17%
Something that would cause a person to go to a new place: job opportunities, good climate	Pull Factor	17%
Something that would cause a person to leave a place ex: Natural disaster, political oppression, economy	Push Factor	17%
Who started Buddhism?	Siddhartha Gautama	17%
Southern tip of Florida; dry winters, wet summers; high year round temperatures	Tropical savannah climate	17%
What god makes up all other gods in Hinuism?	Brahma	14%
derived from the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits.	Human Characteristics	14%
Most people in Middle and South America live in urban areas, central Mexico, and along _____	Rivers	14%
System of government that divides power between a national government and a state government	Federalism	12%
What makes up a culture?	Government	12%
Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because of it ________	Landscape	12%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Samoa	12%
The study of how humans affect the earth	Cultural Geography	10%
The location of a place in relation to another place	Relative Location	10%
The use of violence to create fear in a given population	Terrorism	10%
The exact location of a place on the earth’s surface	Absolute Location	7%
Tropical climate because of prevailing wind patterns; contains the world’s largest rain forest	Amazon Basin	7%
The process in which connections around the world increase and cultures merge	Globalization	7%
What are latitudes closest to the poles?	High latitudes	7%
Northeastern US into southeastern Canada; cold winters (blizzards) and summers get cooler the farther north you are, and Europe	Humid Continental Climate	7%
What are latitudes closest to the equator?	Low Latitudes	7%
What makes up a culture?	Social Groups	7%
Major Doctrine	Vedas	7%
Farming organized as a business	Commercial Farming	5%
Regions defined by a function; if the function ceases to exist, the region does as well.	Functional Region	5%
Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another	Grid System	5%
Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive	Subsistence Farming	5%
Elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow	Timberline	5%
Regions loosely defined by people's perception	Vernacular Region	5%
Five regions of the contiguous states	Appalachian Mountains	2%
European conquest in Middle and South America destroyed Native American _______, created colonies with European influences, Forced Natives to speak their language and follow their religion	Civilizations	2%
Group of people that have a common language, history, and place of origin	Ethnic Group	2%
Five regions of the contiguous states	Pacific Coast	2%
Five regions of the contiguous states	Coastal Plains	0%
Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries; not open to dispute, therefore physical regions fall under this category	Formal Region	0%
Five regions of the contiguous states	Interior Plains	0%
Pacific coast of US; 100+ inches of rain; cool summers and damp winters;	Marine West Coast Climate	0%
Five regions of the contiguous states	Mountains and Plateaus	0%
Rating system which includes income, education levels, food consumption, food production, population size, and population prediction.	Standard of Living	0%

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