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