World Geography Final
Australia
A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of ___ to increase by nearly 200%
the Netherlands
About 1/4 of ___ is older that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land.
South Africa
Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of ___
Canberra
Australia
India
Because its major religion prohibits the killing of cattle, the country of ___ has more livestock than any other country in the world
Jerusalem
Both Jews and Muslims consider ___ a holy city
Ottawa
Canada
Beijing
China
Cairo
Egypt
Peru
Fransisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Indians of ___?
Athens
Greece
New Delhi
India
Tokyo
Japan
Monrovia
Liberia
Tripoli
Libya
Manila
Philippines
Brazil
Sao Paulo, ___, is South America's largest city in population
Seoul
South Korea
Madrid
Spain
Bangkok
Thailand
Ecuador
The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?
Drake Passage
The ____ separates South America from Antarctica
Kiev
Ukraine
Amsterdam
the Netherlands
the Panama Canal
What canal of North America provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Mt. Aconcagua
What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?
Andes
What is the longest mountain range on land?
Portuguese
What is the official language of Brazil?
the Philippines
What is the only Asian country where a majority of the people practice Roman Catholicism?
estuary
What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?
Great Barrier Reef
What is the world's biggest natural structure formed by living things?
Lake Titicaca
What is the world's highest navigable freshwater lake?
Angel Falls
What is the world's highest waterfall?
Grand Canyon
What is the world's largest canyon?
Sahara
What is the world's largest desert?
Lake Superior
What is the world's largest freshwater lake in area?
Greenland
What is the world's largest island?
Nile River
What is the world's longest river?
Rocky Mountains
What mountain range is considered the "Backbone of North America"?
Roman Catholicism
What religion do the majority of South Americans practice?
the St. Lawrence Seaway
What seaway is the world's largest inland seaway?
Liberia
Which African country was settled by freed slaves?
Lake Maracaibo
Which South American lake is the continent's largest?
Cuba
Which country became the Western Hemisphere's first Communist dictatorship?
Simon Bolivar
Who is remembered for leading Venezuela and several other South American countries to independence from Spain?
Quebec
____ is Canada's French province
Argentina
____ is known as the "Granary of the South"
Colombia
____ produces more emeralds than any other country
