Scramble for Africa
This event hosted by Otto von Bismarck in 1888 was an attempt of European countries to diplomatically discuss which countries would have access to specific African nations.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Covering less than .5 square kilometers, this country and capital play host to the Papacy.
What is Vatican City?
This is the highest peak in North America.
What is Denali?
This sailor is often said to be the first to circumnavigate the globe, yet he never actually made it home being killed in the Philippines.
Who is Magellan?
This Sea contains the Crimean Peninsula.
What is the Black Sea?
This is the number of sovereign nations in Africa currently.
What is 54?
This country and capital is located in the Pyrenees Mountains. It has no commercial airport or railway, so you must access it through Spain or France.
What is Andorra?
This is the longest river in South America.
What is the Amazon River?
Approximately 70% of the earth's surface is covered by this liquid.
What is water?
This large island is located in the Mediterranean Sea at the entrance to the Aegean Sea forming a sort of natural border for the nation of Greece in ancient times.
What is Crete?
In 2011, this was the last African nation to declare its independence.
What is South Sudan?
What is Singapore?
While the lowest point on Earth is Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, this location is the site of the lowest point on dry land which is on the banks of this body of water.
What is the Dead Sea?
This continent is the most populous in the world.
What is Asia?
Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt and across this sea before leading them to the Promised Land.
What is the Red Sea?
This is the world's largest hot desert located in Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Home to the lowest point in Africa, this country and capital provides a trade hub for neighboring landlocked country of Ethiopia.
What is Djibouti?
This is the smallest continent on the planet.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This island is located in the Mediterranean is one of 18 French regions and was home to Napoleon I.
What is Corsica?
This landlocked country is located completely within the country of South Africa, sometimes referred to as the "Kingdom in the Sky" since its entire land area is located above 1000 meters in elevation.
What is Lesotho?
This country, the second smallest in the world, and capital is located on the French Riviera and its city streets are transformed annually into a Formula 1 racetrack.
What is Monaco?
The Mauna Loa Volcano is the biggest volcano in this State.
What is Hawaii?
The canal constructed in this country between 1904 and 1914 allowed ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to go south around the tip of South America.
What is Panama?
This sea located south of the Gulf of Mexico is home to the second largest barrier reef in the world running along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
What is the Caribbean Sea?