Continents
Waters of the World
Mountains
Deserts
Miscellaneous
100

________ are the continents of the planet in order of size, largest to smallest.


What are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia?


100

The five oceans of the world in order of size.

What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic? (PAISA)

100

The tallest mountain in the world base-to-peak at 10,210m (33,500 ft), but only 4,205m (13,796 ft) is above sea level.

What is Mauna Kea?

100

Known as the largest desert on the planet, home to a few thousand researchers and a few hours south of Buenos Aires, it's name closely mimics it's location.

What is the Antarctic Desert? It measures a total of 13.8 million square kilometres and its annual precipitation can be less than 51 mm in the interior.

100

The western and easternmost state in the U.S.

What is Alaska? It stretches so far from the west that it falls into the eastern hemisphere. In fact, Semisopochnoi Island, part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, is technically the easternmost spot in all of North America. 

200

This continent, located entirely on the northern and western hemispheres also contains the largest island on the planet.

Bonus:  The largest island on the planet is _____.

What is North America?

Bonus:  What is Greenland?

200

Located halfway between the equator and the north-pole and barely touching a small part of the state of Maine, this Canadian body of water is known for its tidal range.

What is the Bay of Fundy?


200

The highest mountain above sea level is owned by these two countries.

What is Tibet (China) and Nepal? Nepal owns Everest’s south side and China its north. 

200

Almost the size of the U.S.A. at 99,200,000 square kilometres, you can reach the largest hot desert on the planet from Marrakech.

What is the Sahara Desert?

200

The only major city resting on two continents with the Bosphorus Strait running through it's center.  It has a 2,000-year-old history that includes serving as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.

What is Istanbul?

300

This continent makes up 60% - 70% of the world's freshwater supply.

What is Antarctica?

300

Located between Australia and New Zealand, you wouldn't have a "devil" of a time finding this sea.

What is the Tasman Sea?

300

At 8,000 feet above sea level, this city built as the royal estate for King Pachacuti, sits on this, the longest mountain range in the world.

Bonus:  Name the city.

What are the Andes? 4,300 miles long, stretching north to south through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. The highest peak in the Andes is Mount Aconcagua which rises to 22,841 feet.Bonus: Macchu Picchu

300

With a homophonous name to this creature, this desert covers an area of 1,295,000 square kilometres and is known as the largest dinosaur fossil reservoir in the world.

Bonus:  Continent in which this desert is located.

What is the Gobi Desert? Located in north-western China and southern Mongolia, it is one of the largest deserts in Asia.

300

Named after a species of seaweed that covers the area’s waters, it is the only sea without shores or coastlines.

What is the Sargasso Sea? Instead of being bounded by land, it is defined by four ocean currents. North Atlantic Current (N), Gulf Stream (W), North Atlantic Equatorial Current (S), and Canary Current (E). These currents form a clockwise-circulating gyre that surrounds the Sargasso Sea much like a terrestrial coastline would.

400

This continent has the most countries.

What is Africa? There are 54 countries on the African continent. About 1.3 billion people live in Africa. The largest cities of the African continent are Lagos/Nigeria, Kinshasa/DR Congo and Cairo/Egypt.

400

Known for its tufa (limestone) towers rising above its surface, this saline soda lake located east of Yosemite National Park is no stranger to a high plains drifter.

What is Mono Lake?

 

400

In addition to being a national symbol for its country, it is also the most climbed mountain in the world with around 300,000 visitors to its peak each year.

What is Mt. Fuji? 

400

The Atacama Desert on this continent is the driest place on Earth.

What is South America? The Atacama Desert in Chile sits between the Andes and Chilean Coast Range at such a height that prevents moisture reaching it from the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans. It receives less than 1mm of rainfall per year and some parts of the desert have no recorded rainfall at all.

400

The only three countries that are completely landlocked by another country are Lesotho (in South Africa), Vatican City and _________ (in Italy). 

 

Lesotho is located entirely within South Africa, while San Marino and Vatican City are both situated within Italy.

 

   

500

Australia is part of this region which includes the islands surrounding it.

What is Oceania? Australia which is part of Oceania is often referred to as the name of the continent, but we use Oceania/ Australia to include also the islands surrounding Australia as they otherwise would not be included in the traditional 7-Continent model. 

500

Although not really "blue," this second-longest river in Europe after the Volga, flows through much of Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest into the Black Sea, wandering through the largest number of countries (10 total).

What is the Danube?

500

At 6,684' in elevation, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in this mountain range in the U.S.

What are the Appalachians?

500

The largest desert in the USA bordered by the Rocky Mountains to the east, the Sierra Nevada range to the west, the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts to the south, and the Columbia Plateau in the north. Route 50, "the loneliest road in America" winds through this desert.

What is the Great Basin Desert? It stretches to approximately 541,730 square kilometres and is one of 4 U.S. deserts.

500

Vulcan Point Island is within a lake on an island within a lake on the island of Luzon.  Luzon is the largest island of this nation, located in the Pacific Ocean.  This nation is comprised of more than 7,000 islands in its archipelago.

What is the Philippines? You'll find Vulcan Point, an island within Main Crater Lake. Main Crater Lake is located on Volcano Island. Volcano Island is located in Lake Taal. Lake Taal is located on the island of Luzon. 

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