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| 1.Qanats, an ancient system of tunnels built by the Persians, are still used by people in Iran. Qanats are used for what purpose?Food Storage Irrigation Defense | Irrigation |
| 2.A country in Central America that gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 is home to the world’s first jaguar preserve. Name this country. Belize Costa Rica Argentina | Belize |
| 3.The world’s highest-quality emeralds are mined near Bogota in which South American country?Colombia Ecuador Venezuela | Colombia |
| 4.Name the Caribbean country that traces its cultural heritage to West Africa and France.Cuba Jamiaca Haiti | Haiti |
| 5.Baikal, Titicaca, and Victoria are all examples of what kind of physical feature?Mountains Lakes Rivers | Lakes |
| 6.Madagascar and Sri Lanka are island countries in which ocean?Arctic Pacific Indian | Indian |
| 7.Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated in the United States by people who emigrated from which Latin American country?Argentina Brazil Mexico | Mexico |
| 8.Antwerp, because of its location near the North Sea, has become the chief port and commercial center of which country in Europe?Norway England Belgium | Belgium |
| 9.Badlands National Park and Mount Rushmore are west of the Missouri River in which state?South Dakota Indiana Minnesota | Sout Dakota |
| 10.Name the capital of the only country in the Middle East that borders the Caspian Sea.Damascus Ankara Tehran | Tehran |
| 11.The world’s southernmost national capital is on an island country that is famous for its glaciers and fjords. Name this city.Canberra Wellington Santiago | Wellington |
| 12.The Brooks Range, in Alaska, acts as a divide for waters flowing north into the Arctic Ocean and south into which river that flows across the state into the Bering Sea?Yukon Colombia McKenzie | Yukon |
| 13.Vietnam’s history and culture have been influenced by the fact that it was controlled by which European country from 1883 to 1954?England Germany France | France |
| 14.Pineapples and which other crop are Hawaii’s chief plantation crops?Bananas Pineapplies Sugarcane | Sugarcane |
| 15.Which city on the Lena River is an important fur trading center in Siberia?Kiev Moscom Yukotsk | Yakutsk |
| 16.Ghana, Mali, Kanem-Bornu, and Songhai are names associated with which of the following?major religions in Africa, Arab centers in East Africa,early empires in West Africa | early empires in West Africa |
| 17.Baja California and Yucatan are peninsulas of what country? Mexico Hondras Guatemala | Mexico |
| 18.The Omaha, Crow, and Sioux all have reservations along the Mississippi River’s longest tributary. Name this tributary.Arkansas Ohio Missouri | Missouri |
| The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 to 1806 began at the mouth of the Missouri River and ended at the mouth of what other North American river?Ohio Colombia Snake | Colombia |
| 20.The mouth of the Rio Grande is in which state?Colorado Texas Utah | Texas |
| Kilts, bagpipes, and a folk dance called the Highland fling are part of the cultural tradition of which group?Finns Scots Swedes | Swedes |
| The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have their sources in which eastern Mediterranean country?Turkey Greece Israel | Turkey |
| The largest areas of grassland and desert in the United States are in which direction from the Mississippi River?West East South | West |
| The world’s northernmost national capital is heated almost entirely by geothermal energy. Name this city.Ottawa Helsinki Reykjavik | Reykjavik |
| The construction of the Aswan High Dam has caused silt to build up in what lake?Lake Nasser Lake Victori Lake Albert | Lake Nasser |
| The prime meridian is which line of longitude?90 Degrees 0 Degrees 180 Degrees | 0 Degrees |
| Name the sea that was created by the spreading of the earth’s crust along the junction of the African and Arabian Mediterranean Red Sea Baltic Sea | *Red Sea |
| 28.Which state Borders Alabama Georgia and Missippi to the North? Tennessee Oklahoma West Virginia | Tennessses |
| 29.What is the name of the body of water between the Bosporus and the Dardanelles?Sea of Marmara Black Sea Mediterranean Sea | Sea of Marmara |
| 30.What vegetables is most often associated with the states of MAine and Idaho Soyabeasns Corn Potato | Potato |
| 31.During Africa’s colonial period, which European power controlled most of eastern Africa from Egypt to what is now the Republic of South Africa?France Spain U.K | U.K |
| 32.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?Uruguay Paraguay Bolivia | Paraguay |
| 33.New York is the only state that borders which lake?Lake Ontario Lake Michigan Lake Superior | LAke Ontario |
| 34.Name North Africa’s most populous metropolitan area.Cairo Algiers Casablanca | Cairo |
| 35.When it’s 1 p.m. in Hawaii, what time of day is it in the state of New York?evening morning midnight | Evening |
| 36.Alberta and which other Canadian province are landlocked?Saskatchewan Newfoundland Ontario | Saskatchewan |
| The San Juan Islands are off the coast of which state?Washington Montana Maine | Washington |
| Which country in Europe is famous for it Fjords. Switzerland Norway Spain | Norway |
| 39.The largest country in the Commonwealth of Independent States also has the greatest number of different ethnic groups. Name this country.Turkmenistan Kazakstan Russia | Russia |
| 40.The people of which ancient civilization are credited with building the most extensive network of paved roads?Chinese Egyptian Romans | Romans |
| 41.Genoa, the city believed to be the birthplace of Columbus, is in which present-day country?France Spain Italy | Italy |
| 42.Which city, sometimes called the Gateway to the West, is near the junction of the Mississippi and Miss New Orleans Baltimore St. Louis | St. Louis |
| 43.Name the Asian capital city that was the site of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.Seoul Jakarta Phnom Penh | Seoul |
| 44.Which of these countries is part of Central America?Costa Rica Uruguay Guyana | Costa Rica |
| 45.The republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are collectively known by a name shared with the body of water the countries border. Name this body of water.Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Gulf of Finland | Baltic Sea |
| 45.Which river forms the eastern boundary of Missouri?Mississippi, Potomac Arkansas | Mississippi |
| 47.Madagascar is the largest island in which ocean?Pacific Atlantic Indian | Indian |
| 48.The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current in which ocean?Atlantic Pacific Indian | Atlantic |
| 49.The range of the giant panda in the wild is limited in part by the availability of a kind of plant necessary to the panda’s diet. Name this plant.Bamboo, Eucalyptus,Cassava | Bamboo |
| 50.Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe?Mauritania Albania Romania | Mauritania |
| 51.Kodiak, Nunivak, and Baranof are islands that are part of which state?Texas Alaska Wisconsin | Alaska |
| 52.In which capital city would you find such historic landmarks as the Parthenon and the Temple of Athena Nike?Athens Rome Paris | Athens |
| 53.To learn what the symbols on a map represent, which map element would you look at?map scale map key map projection | map key |
| 54.Which country does not border the Gulf of Honduras?El Salvador Belize Guatemala | El Salvador |
| 55.Which valley lies between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains?Shenandoah Valley Death Valley Genesee Valley | Shenandoah Valley |
| 56.The Thames Barrier was built to protect which European capital city from tidal flooding?London Paris Madrid | London |
| 57.The echidna, or spiny anteater, is native to Australia and the large island directly north of that country. Name this large island.Vanuatu New Zealand New Guinea | New Guinea |
| 58.Nomadic herding is commonly practiced in which country?Mongolia Japan Mexico | Mongolia |
| 59.Land bordering the mouths of the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers is part of the Tidewater region of which state?Alabama Ohio Virginia | Virginia |
| 60.Name the Scandinavian capital that is located on Zealand, an island near the entrance to the Baltic Sea.Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo | Copenhagen |
| 61.Geneva, Bern, and Lucerne are cities in which European country?France Poland Switzerland | Switzerland |
| 62.During the era of the Vietnam War, which major river did most refugees from the war cross to reach safety in Thailand?Huang (Yellow) Irrawaddy Mekong | Mekong |
| 63.Puget Sound, which lies between the Olympic Mountains and the Cascade Range, is a major inlet of which ocean?Atlantic Pacific Arctic | Pacific |
| 64.After Antarctica, which continent has the fewest people per square mile?Australia Europe South America | Australia |
| 65.Which one of the Great Lakes of North America has the largest surface area?Lake Ontario Lake Superior Lake Michigan | Lake Superior |
| 66.Which port on the Great Lakes has developed as a major center for rail, plane, and ship traffic?Chicago Buffalo Cleveland | Chicago |
| 67.Lake Okeechobee is a physical landmark in which southeastern state?Florida Louisiana Georgia | Florida |
| 68.Which arctic animal has traditionally played an important role in the economy and lifestyle of the Sami?Musk-ox Reindeer Polar Bear | Reindeer |
| 69.The folk song Waltzing Matilda is associated with which region?Appalachia Australian outback Scottish Highlands | Australian Outback |
| 70.Which waterway serves as a shortcut for most ships traveling from New York to Los Angeles?Panama Canal Inside Passage SUez Canal | Panama Canal |
| 71.Most of Central America’s chief ports are on which body of water? | Pacific Ocean |
| 72.Name the 800-mile trail that was established in 1821 to encourage trade between Missouri and what is now New Mexico.Appalachian Trail Oregon Trail Santa Fe Trail | Santa Fe Trail |
| 73.Almost all of North America is in which hemisphere?Southern Eatern Western | Western |
| 74.In terms of export income, which of the following is Egypt’s most important crop? Soybeans Cotton Bananas | Cotton |
| 75.Which state is closest to Russia?Mane Alska Hawaii | Alaska |
| 76.Which state borders only one other state?Kansas Maine Oklahoma | Maine |
| 77.The Aegean, Ionian, and Adriatic Seas are all part of which larger sea?Caribbean Mediterranean Baltic | Mediterranean |
| 78.What is the term for a mass of ice that moves slowly over land?Fjord Glacier Fjord | Glacier |
| 79.The yak, a kind of long-haired ox, is used as a pack animal in the mountain regions of which continent?Europe South America Asia | Asia |
| 80.The Masai of Kenya and Tanzania base their wealth on which animal?Camel Cow Elephant | Cow |
| 81.What is the term for the flow of cultural ideas and traits from one culture group to another?Cultural Diffusion Cultural Hearth Cultural Interdependence | Cultural Diffusion |
| 82.The highest and lowest points in North America are in which country?Canada United States Mexico | United States |
| 83.Brazzaville stands directly across from what other capital city on opposite banks of equatorial Africa’s chief river?Lagos Luanda Kinshasa | Kinshasha |
| 84.Bogota and Medellin are cities in which South American country?Chile Colombia Peru | Colombia |
| 85.Worldwide, languages that belong to which language family are spoken over the widest geographical area?Indo-European Sino-Tibetan Austro-Asiatic | Indo-European |
| 86.What condition is necessary for the formation of coral reefs warm ocean temperature deep water annual rainfall of 300 inches | warm ocean temperature |
| 87.Mahogany and rosewood are valuable timber trees that grow in what kind of climate?arid tundra tropical wet | tropical wet |
| 88.Basques are a group of people who live primarily in the northern foothills of which country?Spain Switzerland Romania | Spain |
| 89.In 1885, the completion of which kind of transportation system encouraged the settlement of western Canada?river highway railroad | Railroad |
| 90.In 1858, U.S. President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria were among the first to exchange a transatlantic greeting using what means of communication?telephone telegraph carrier pigeon | telegraph |
| 91.After being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Roger Williams established a new colony on Narragansett Bay, which became which present-day state?Vermont Maryland Rhode Island | Rhode Island |
| 92.Most of Yellowstone National Park is in which state?Wyoming Arizona California | Wyoming |
| 93.What is the term for a ring-shaped coral island in the open ocean?aurora atoll key | atoll |
| 94.Which of these cities is at the highest elevation?Buffalo, New York San Diego, California Denver, Colorado | Denver, Colorado |
| 95.Which West African country on the Gulf of Guinea supports that continent’s largest population?Togo Nigeria Ghana | Nigeria |
| The term outback is commonly associated with the dry interior region of which country?Australia Saudi Arabia China | Australia |
| 97.In 1652, the Dutch established which African port as a supply post for ships bound for Asia?ALgiers Alexandria Cape Town | Cape Town |
| 98.The port of Chicago is on the southwestern shore of which lake?Lake Mead Lake Michigan Great Salt Lake | Lake Michigan |
| 99.What is the term for a kind of trade that is based on the exchange of goods for other goods rather than for money?barter black market free market | barter |
| 100.The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean with which other body of water?Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea | Caribbean Sea |
| 101.Which of the following countries does not have one of the Romance languages as its official language?Albania Spain Italy | Albania |
| 102.If you took a raft trip through the Grand Canyon, which river would you be navigating?Platte Rio Grande Colorado | Colorado |
| 103.Bayous, which provide habitat for a variety of fish and game animals, play an important economic role in states that have coastlines along which body of water?Chesapeake Bay Gulf Of Mexico Puget Sound | Gulf Of Mexico |
| What large body of water separates Texas from Cuba?Gulf Of Mexico Guantanomo Bay Hudson Bay | Gulf Of Mexico |
| 105.The capital of Nova Scotia is Canada’s chief seaport on the Atlantic. Name this port city.Halifax Yarmouth St.Johns | Halifax |
| 106.Wild ponies attract tourists to the barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague. These islands help protect areas along which coast of the United States?Pacific Atlantic Gulf | Gulf |
| 107.Which of the following is not an island group off the coast of Scotland?Ornkey Shetland Falklands | Falklands |
| 108.Activity along the San Andreas Fault in North America helped create which peninsula?Baja California Yucatan Florida | Baja |
| 109.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?Russia Netherlands Great Britain | Russia |
| 110.Which sea separates most of northeastern Africa from Asia?Red Sea Tasman Sea Caspian Sea | Red Sea |
| 111.Which state straddles the Tropic of Cancer?hawaii Alaska Floridaa | Hawaii |
| 112.What is the term for a tax that makes goods imported by a country more costly than similar goods produced within that country?embargo tariff value-added | tariff |
| 113.Baffin Bay and Davis Strait separate Baffin Island, in Canada, from which other island?Greenland Iceland Prince Edwards | Greenland |
| 114.Many Irish immigrated to the United States in the mid-1800s because of the failure of what crop?Potato Corn Wheat | Potato |
| 115.Chicago, Illinois, is in the same time zone as which one of these places?Guatemala Vancouver Colombia Nassau,Bahamas | Guatemala |
| 116.The lithosphere is part of which region of the earth?Core Crust Atmosphere | Crust |
| 117.New Providence, Andros, and San Salvador are among the chief islands that make up which country?Bahamas Jamaica Cuba | Bahamas |
| 118.What name is given to the major economic development that started the rural-to-urban population movement in Europe in the late 18th century?Industrial Revolution Great Depression Irish Potato Famine | Industrial revolution |
| 119.Which of these continents has the largest land area?North America Europe Australia | North America |
| 120Which Canadian province produces twice as much wheat as all the other provinces combined?Saskatchewan New Brunswick Ontario | Sakatchewan |
