Geography
The country Alaska was purchased from in 1867.
Russia
Home to the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia
These small animals forget where they bury food, accidentally helping forests grow.
Squirrels
This is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Roman or Greek god.
Earth
This famous tower in Italy started leaning before construction was even finished.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
This is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres.
Africa
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara Desert
This country is the largest in the world by land area.
Russia
This fruit is actually a berry, but strawberries are not.
Banana
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
This protest involved colonists throwing tea into a harbor instead of paying taxes.
Boston Tea Party
This is the hottest planet in our solar system
Venus
This river is the longest in the world.
Nile River
This country has more sheep than people and is known for “Lord of the Rings.”
New Zealand
This sweet food can last forever and never spoils.
Honey
This astronaut was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
This structure in Rome was used for gladiator battles.
The Colosseum
This number is so large it’s written as 10¹⁰⁰.
Googol
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
Pacific Ocean
This country is both a continent and a nation.
Australia
This animal has three hearts.
Octopus
This planet has a day longer than its year.
Venus
This woman was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
The only U.S. state with one syllable.
Maine
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
The Equator
Smallest country in the world
Vatican City
These animals existed before trees.
Sharks
This is the name of the force that keeps planets orbiting the sun.
Gravity
This war was a long period of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without direct fighting.
The Cold War
What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
The fear of long words
This narrow waterway separates Alaska from Russia.
Bering Strait
This country has the Amazon rainforest and is the largest in South America.
Brazil
These birds lay eggs in other birds’ nests and let them do the parenting.
Cuckoos
This planet has a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Jupiter
These seafarers were known for raiding but also explored and traded.
Vikings
What is the name of the person that picks you up for speech?
Ms. Shawna