Greece/Rome
What word is made from the two Greek words for "people" and "rule"
Democracy
Russia
Moscow
Cortes, Valencia oranges, the Tidelands, matadors
Spain
What is the narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa?
Strait of Gibraltor
What word means "many islands"?
Who are the native inhabitants of Australia?
Aborigines
Who did Khrushchev threaten to "bury"?
the United States
What is Australia's capital?
Canberra
Who was the famous bard of ancient Greece?
Homer
Poland
Warsaw
John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower, Mont Blanc
France
What is the highest peak in Europe
Because Australia is completely below the equator it is often called what?
The Land Down Under
What country speaks more languages than any other in the world?
Papua New Guinea
Who was the founder of Communism?
Karl Marx
What is the longest coral reef in the world?
Great Barrier Reef
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus Caesar
Italy
Rome
Italy
What is the longest river in Europe?
The Volga
What is Australia the largest producer of?
What is place where manufacturing is done?
Industrial Center
Who was the first czar of Russia?
Ivan IV
What is the largest artesian basin in the world?
Great Artesian Basin
Who was the Roman general who "crossed the Rubicon"?
Julius Caesar
Austria
Vienna
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hitler, "Land of the Reformation," divided after World War II
Germany
What are the cold, treeless lands north of the Artic circle?
tundra
What are Australia's Central Lowlands and Western Plateau often called?
the Outback
What is an area of underground water called?
Artesian basin
Who was famous for the Great Purge?
Stalin
What is Australia's longest river flowing year-round?
Murray
What were the monks supposed to copy and preserve?
Scripture
Germany
Berlin
"Land of Fire and Ice", hot springs, geysers, glaciers, tundra
Iceland
What is the world's deepest freshwater lake?
Lake Baikal
What is the part of Oceania with the most people?
Melanesia
Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?
After the Soviet Union fell, who was the most powerful Russian leader?
Yeltsin
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
What were the series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage?
Punic Wars
Switzerland
Bern
"Land of the Midnight Sun", fjors, Oslo
Norway
What are the mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
What season does Christmas happen in Australia?
summer
Who is the most famous Antarctic explorer?
Richard Byrd
Who was the first leader of a Communist state?
Lenin
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
What were the series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks?
The Crusades
Norway
Oslo
Tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes, low lands
What is one of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea?
Bosporus/Dardenelles
What are the 20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific called?
Oceania
Who was the first man to sail around the Antarctic Circle?
Captain James Cook
What is Australia's highest peak?
Mt. Kosciusko
Finland
Helsinki
William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked, International Red Cross
Switzerland
What is the largest level region in the world?
West Siberian Plain
What is Australia's most important tree, also known as the gum tree?
Eucalyptus
Who were the early settlers of New Zealand?
Maoris
Which animal is the migration champion of the world?
Jutland, Hans Christian Andersen, Greenland
Denmark
What is the highest island peak in the world?
Mt. Wilhelm
The Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs or ? away from sheep?
Dingoes
Who was a famous missionary to the Pacific Islands?
John G. Paton
Vinson Massif