geography pretest
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World GeographyPractice Game!
Round 1
Question 1 (1 point)
This country is the most populated country in the entire world.
Question 1 Answer
China
China has nearly 1.4 billion people. That is roughly 20% of the entire planet! India is not far behind with 1.2 billion.
Question 2 (3 points)
The United States is known as a “nation of _____________” because it is
populated by people from around the world.
Question 2 Answer
Immigrants
It is estimated that the United States has more than 150 different ethnicities and even more people who do not technically “fit” into one
particular category.
Question 3 (5 points)
It is widely believed that the earth’s continents started out as one big super
continent known as _____________. Over the last billion years, the
continents have been slowly drifting apart.
Question 3 Answer
Pangaea
Round 2
Question 1 (1 point)
This religion is the most widely practiced religion in the entire world.
Question 1 Answer
Christianity
Nearly 1/3 (33%)of the planet practices some form of Christianity. The second
most is Islam with about 20% and Hinduism with about 14%.
Question 2 (3 points)
Name this country:
Question 2 Answer
France
Question 3 (5 points)
The government of North Korea is what type of government?
Question 3 Answer
Communist
North Korea is a communist government run by the North Korean Worker’s Party. The chairman is Kim Jong-il.
Round 3
Question 1 (1 point)
The currency that is most widely used throughout Europe is known as
____________.
Question 1 Answer
The Euro
Question 2 (3 points)Name this famous building:
Question 2 Answer
The Kremlin
The Kremlin, located in Moscow, is Russia’s national government center, much like the United States’ Capitol Building.
Question 3 (5 points)
The reason we cannot buy/sell products from Cuba is that the United States has
a self imposed _____________.
Question 3 AnswerEmbargo
Since Cuba became a Communist government in 1960, the U.S. has refused to trade with Cuba and even making it illegal.
Round 4
Question 1 (1 point)
The tallest mountain range in the entire world are the ______________ Mountains.
Question 1 Answer
Himalayan Mountains
The top 100+ tallest mountains in the world are located in the Himalayas. The most notable mountains are Mount Everest and K2.
Question 2 (3 points)
• The arid, dry, desert like interior of Australia is more commonly referred to
as “_____________________”
Question 2 Answer
The Outback
Question 3 (5 points)
• The first Europeans to settle in North America were the ________________.
(Think carefully!)
Question 3 Answer
The Vikings
The Vikings landed and settled in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around 1000AD (nearly 500
years before Christopher Columbus). They named the it Vinland; however, the colony did not last long.
Final Question
Final QuestionWager 0-10 points
The former U.S.S.R. officially disbanded in 1991. What does U.S.S.R stand for?
____________ of ____________ _____________ _______________
Final Question
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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