Multiple Choice
Geographers divide the Earth into halves. What are these halves known as?
Hemispheres
What is the primary religion within India?
Hinduism
What is Japan known as?
The Land of the Rising Sun
What is the most important line of latitude?
The Equator
What is the national animal of China?
The Panda
Who is considered to be the father of history?
Herodotus
Each year how many people move to Istanbul?
World War I lasted between what years?
1914-1918
What is the most important line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian
What is the nickname of China?
The Land of the Red Dragon
How many nations made up the original European Union in 1993?
12
Who was the author of the Jungle Book?
Rudyard Kipling
Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
Ellis Island
What was the name of the Chinese steel made during the Great Leap Forward?
Pig Iron
Chinese silk comes from what animal?
The silk worm
What is the official currency of the European Union?
The Euro
The United States consumes what percentage of the worlds oil?
24%
New Zealand is made up of two continental islands. What two continents are those islands from?
Australia and Antarctica
The Great Wall of China was created to keep what group of people out of China?
The Mongolians
Australia is known as what?
The Land Down Under
How many member countries are in the EU today?
28
What is the tallest waterfall in all of North America?
Yosemite Falls
Tahiti was once a colony of who?
What is the name of the famous desert in Australia?
The Outback
What is the constellation on the Australian flag?
The Southern Cross