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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	77%
Seven Continents \| What makes up Latin America?	South America	77%
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	72%
Seven Continents \| The largest cold desert in the world	Antarctica	72%
Who started Christianity?	Jesus	72%
Longest mountain chain in the world	Rockies	72%
Country with the largest economy \| Four largest countries \| Three most populated countries	US	72%
Mountain range running down the western coast of South America	Andes	70%
Four largest countries \| Three most populated countries	China	70%
Sudden, violent movements along a fault line	Earthquake	70%
Major fresh water bodies	River	70%
Four largest countries \| What is the largest country in the world?	Russia	70%
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 chain of islands	Archipelago	65%
Major fresh water bodies	Lake	65%
A stretch of land surrounded by water on three sides \| What landform is the continent of Europe?	Peninsula	65%
What is the capital of the United States?	Washington D.C.	65%
Major American Food Exports	Wheat (1/10)	65%
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union	Cold War	63%
What makes up the United Kingdom	England	63%
What are the characteristics of a highlands climate?	Extremely Cold	63%
Major American Food Exports	Meat (1/5)	63%
Five Great Lakes	Michigan	63%
Who started Islam?	Muhammad	63%
Area of low land usually between hills or mountains	Valley	63%
How much of the world's fresh water is in glaciers?	2/3	60%
How many noble truths are there?	4	60%
Alluvial deposit at a river’s mouth that looks like this Greek letter: Δ	Delta	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%	58%
Switzerland and Austria (as well as many other European countries) are located in what mountain range?	Alps	58%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Aztec	58%
What state is Death Valley (lowest point in the US and the highest temperature in the US) in?	California	58%
The Nordic countries include	Denmark	58%
Much of Saudi Arabia is a ______ so people must live near water.	desert	58%
Dry areas, sparse plant life; less than 10 inches of rain/yr; hot days, cold nights	Desert Climate	58%
What language is spoken in the Bahamas?	English	58%
Five Great Lakes	Erie	58%
The Nordic countries include	Finland	58%
What language is spoken in Haiti?	French	58%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Great Wall of China	58%
What makes up the United Kingdom	Northern Ireland	58%
The Nordic countries include	Norway	58%
Five Oceans	Southern	58%
The Nordic countries include	Sweden	58%
Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time	Climate	56%
The line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere; 0 degrees	Equator	56%
Why would a dam be built?	Flood Control	56%
What mountains range holds 9/10 tallest mountains in the world	Himalayas	56%
Five Great Lakes	Superior	56%
How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?	70%	53%
Where are the Pyrenees mountain located?	Between Spain and France	53%
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	53%
Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production	Communism	53%
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	53%
Do lower latitudes have hotter or colder climates?	Hotter	53%
A large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters	Hurricane	53%
The Nordic countries include	Iceland	53%
A person moving into one country from another	Immigrant	53%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Inca	53%
Highest point on Earth	Mt. Everest	53%
Someone who flees or is forced to flee a country for their own safety.	Refugee	53%
King or queen with complete and unlimited power to rule their people	Absolute Monarchy	51%
Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens	Democracy	51%
Long, narrow inlet of the sea caused by glaciers	Fjord	51%
Large, thick body of slowly moving ice \| Major fresh water bodies	Glacier	51%
Rule by a king or queen is limited by laws and a constitution	Limited Monarchy	51%
Belief in one god	Monotheism	51%
A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras	Pangea	51%
Natural resources are distributed unevenly, thus countries must _____ with each other \| What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	Trade	51%
What is the largest religion in the world? \| What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?	Christianity	49%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Northern Mariana Islands	49%
Five Great Lakes	Ontario	49%
Smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river	Tributary	49%
The most common official language of the countries of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Northern Africa	Arabic	47%
Where did it start?	Israel	47%
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	47%
Where did it start?	Southwest Asia	47%
Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs (language, religion, and history of a people)	Culture	44%
What natural disaster is the most widespread and deadly?	Flood	44%
Electricity generated from the energy of water	Hydroelectricity	44%
Spain, Portugal, and Andorra occupy the _______ Peninsula	Iberian	44%
Vertical lines across the earth; 0-180 degrees; part of a grid system	Longitude	44%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Taj Mahal	44%
Hot and wet throughout the year; avg 80 degrees F.; 80+inches of rain/year; lush vegetation	Tropical rainforest climate	44%
Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees N; farthest point N that receives direct sunlight	Tropic of Cancer	44%
When did the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 independent republics.	1991	42%
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land	Isthmus	42%
Horizontal lines across the earth; 0-90 degrees; part of a grid system	Latitude	42%
The main indigenous Latin American empires	Maya	42%
Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees S; farthest point S that receives direct sunlight	Tropic of Capricorn	42%
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	42%
About __ languages are spoken in Europe (base ten number)	50	40%
Major salt water bodies	Bay	40%
A person leaving a country to move to another	Emigrant	40%
End of a river (usually in a larger body of water)	Mouth	40%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Puerto Rico	40%
Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials	Republic	40%
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.	Weather	40%
An economic system in which the means of producing wealth is privately owned.	Capitalism	37%
What makes up Latin America?	Caribbean	37%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Guam	37%
The poles have constant sunlight (indirect) during summer and what during winter	No Sunlight	37%
Where?	Saudi Arabia	37%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Colosseum	35%
What decreased the population of the indigenous people of Middle and South America?	Disease	35%
Between which two rivers can you find the Fertile Crescent?	Euphrates	35%
Long, muggy summers, mild winters; southeastern US; short, mild winters; year round rain	Humid Subtropical Climate	35%
What is the oldest monotheistic religion? \| What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?	Judaism	35%
What makes up a culture?	Religion	35%
A government controlled by religious leaders	Theocracy	35%
Between which two rivers can you find the Fertile Crescent?	Tigris	35%
What is the minimum population a mega city must have?	10 million	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%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Machu Picchu	33%
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	33%
A tax on imports or exports	Tariff	33%
U.S. five permanently inhabited territories	Virgin Islands	33%
Who started Judaism?	Abraham	30%
Major Doctrine	Bible	30%
What makes up a culture?	Language	30%
The movement of people from place to place \| What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	Migration	30%
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources	Smog	30%
What was the official religion of the Spanish colonists?	Catholicism	28%
Deepest known depression on Earth; in the Pacific Ocean	Mariana Trench	28%
Belief in many gods	Polytheism	28%
The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer	Population density	28%
The line of longitude that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres; 0 degrees	Prime Meridian	28%
What is the only non-middle eastern/African OPEC country?	Venezuela	28%
What are the 3 factors that change cultures?	War	28%
Europeans set up colonies in Latin America to gain _____ for their home countries	Wealth	28%
A ban on trade by one country with another	Embargo	26%
The eastern Siberian region is covered with ________ and plateus	Mountains	26%
The beginning of river waters, e.g. a mountain spring	Source	26%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Chichen Itza	23%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Christ the Redeemer	23%
Native to a place	Indigenous	23%
All systems of transportation including roads, ports, highways	Infrastructure	23%
The Seven Modern Wonders of the World	Petra	23%
The western part of Russia is mostly _______	Plains	23%
Major Doctrine	Quran	23%
Dry areas, sparse plant life; often border deserts; dry, largely treeless grasslands; 10-20 inches of rain/year; hot summers, cool winters	Steppe Climate	23%
Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres or Easter and Western hemispheres	Hemisphere	21%
The largest warm desert in the world.	Sahara Desert	21%
Major Doctrine	Torah	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%
An inland grassland area (grasses can reach 12 feet high); common in the Great Plains	Prairie	19%
Something that would cause a person to go to a new place: job opportunities, good climate	Pull Factor	19%
Something that would cause a person to leave a place ex: Natural disaster, political oppression, economy	Push Factor	19%
The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas (countryside to cities)	Urbanization	19%
When?	600 AD	16%
What makes up a culture?	Economy	16%
What makes up Latin America?	Middle America	16%
The study of Earth’s physical features	Physical Geography	16%
Who started Buddhism?	Siddhartha Gautama	16%
Southern tip of Florida; dry winters, wet summers; high year round temperatures	Tropical savannah climate	16%
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	9%
The location of a place in relation to another place	Relative Location	9%
The use of violence to create fear in a given population	Terrorism	9%
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%
Pacific coast of US; 100+ inches of rain; cool summers and damp winters;	Marine West Coast Climate	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%
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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