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Geography Bowl - "People of the World" - 6th History - Byrd

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What great Italian chief invented the Cherokees' written language?Sequoya
Which Native Americans were named for their curly hair?Shoshone
The Wampanoags shared what holiday with the Pilgrims?Thanksgiving
Which tribe is the largest Native American tribe in the United States today?Navajo
Who was Egypt's only woman pharaoh?Queen Hatshepsut
What liquid was first used as a medicine in china and is now consumed by more people thatn any other caffeine beverage?tea
Who was the Greek slave who wrote many well-known fables?Aesop
The people of what country were members of social casts?India
Which group of people developed porcelain?Chinese
The people of what country traditionally eat at low tables, wear kimonos and sleep on straw mats?Japan
Most Irishmen are decendants of what group of people?Celts
Most of the people who live in Cyrus are of what nationality?Greek
What Middle Eastern country is composed largely of refugees from other countries?Israel-a Jewish nation since 1948
People who live on the Yucatan peninsula would be citizens of what country?Mexico
What country is named for a Germanic tribe called the Franks?France
The people of Brazil speak what language?Portuguese
Bushmen from what country invented the boomerang?Australia
The people of what country enjoy the national sport of bullfighting?Spain
James Watt, a Scottish engineer, perfected what great invention in 1765?steam engine
What invention by Eli Whitney affected the economic and social congitions of the entire United States?cotton gin
The people of what country got most of their farmland from the sea?The Netherlands
The people of what country are associated with a great potato famine?Ireland
Letts are people from what Baltic country?Latvia
Which Mexican Indians were conqured by Cortes?Aztecs
What Viking discovered Greenland?leif Ericsson
The winter homes of many Inuits are made of what unusual building material?blocks of snow
What women held the position of British Prime Minister longer than any other British leader in the twentieth century?Margaret Thatcher
Which race of people was he first to inhabity the Western Hemisphere?Indian
What is the term given to people who study the past by uncovering the remains of ancient cultures?archaeologists
What nation made an attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?Japan
Wha are the people who live on Monaco called?Monegasques
Which group of people are called by their continent's name instead of their country's name?Americans
which ancient people developed the idea of a democracy?Greeks
Explorers from what country made many important discoveries in the New World and controlled most of Canada for years?France
Amy Carmichael was a missionary to the people of what country?India
What group of soldiers captured San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War?Rough Riders
The people of what nation were first to claim Brazil?Portugal
What name is given to the people of Denmark?Danes
What name is given to the long, flowing robe worn by the women of India?sari
What Native American tribe got its name from the black moccasins that the people wore?Blackfeet
In a warm climate like Mexico's, the people take a rest period around noon which they call what?siesta
What name was given to the trained fighting men during the Middle Ages?knights
Some of the best watches and clocks in the world are made by the people of what country?Switzerland
The people of what country are known for their favorite hot drink, tea?England
What name was given to the people who came to the New World aboard the Mayflower?Pilgrims
William Tell is a great hero of the people of what country?Switzerland
The people of what nation have in their country the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still stands?Egypt (pyramids)
The people of what Middle Eastern country were ruled by a Shah until 1979?Iran
People who live in Australia's dry, flat Western Plateau are said to live in the what?"the outback"
The people of what Southeast Asian nation, formerly called Siam, have never been colonized?Thailand


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