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100

This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

Berlin Wall

100

The chemical symbol for gold

What is Au

100

This PEI First Nation reserve is believed to be the first reserve in Canada owned by its own people, having been purchased in 1878 rather than set aside by the Crown.

Lennox Island

100

This NHL team won five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960, a record still unmatched.

Montreal Canadiens

100

This is the largest ocean on Earth.

Pacific Ocean

200

This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu.

the Incas

200

This planet is known as the Red Planet

Mars

200

PEI's famous "Singing Sands" at Basin Head make audible squeaking sounds because of this unusual characteristic of the sand.

High silica content

200

The number of players each soccer team has on the field at one time

11

200

This desert covers much of northern Africa.

Sahara

300

He crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804

Napoleon Bonaparte

300

This is the only letter that does not appear anywhere in the periodic table's one- or two-letter element symbols.

J

300

This West Prince attraction claims to house the world's largest collection of potato-related farm machinery and features the world's largest potato sculpture.

Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary

300

This country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930, defeating Argentina in the final.

Uruguay

300

This country is the only one to border both the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.

Canada

400

This explorer's 1492 voyage connected Europe and the Americas

Christopher Columbus

400

The process plants use to convert sunlight into food

Photosynthesis

400

The Island known today as Prince Edward Island was called this French name from 1720 until Britain took control after the Seven Years' War

Île Saint-Jean

400

The country that has won the most FIFA World Cups

What is Brazil

400

This country has the most islands in the world.

Sweden

500

This important English document limiting the king's power was signed in 1215

Magna Carta

500

The largest living structure on Earth is neither a forest nor a whale. It is this Australian ecosystem, visible from space.

the Great Barrier Reef

500

Before joining Canada in 1873, Prince Edward Island seriously explored entering into a union with only Nova Scotia and New Brunswick instead of all of British North America. This proposed political arrangement was known by this name.

Maritime Union

500

This Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on grass courts in London, England

Wimbledon

500

This mountain range separates Europe from Asia in Russia.

Ural Mountains

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