Countries and Capitals
This capital city is named after the country's first President, a general who fought in a war of independence against Britain.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This is the number you get when you subtract death rate from birth rate.
What is the natural rate of increase?
This is the largest island in the world (not counting continents, or the continent-sized Australia).
What is Greenland?
This famous river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile?
This peak on the Nepal-India border is the second highest mountain in Nepal (and the third in the world).
What is Kanchenjunga?
This city first became the capital of its country in 1264, under emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty
What is Beijing?
This is the phrase for a single child having to support both parents and up to four grandparents after their retirement.
What is the 4-2-1 problem?
This island nation lies just south of India in the Indian Ocean.
What is Sri Lanka?
This river, moving through a major rainforest basin, carries more water than any other river in the world.
What is the Amazon?
This mountain range stretches along the western edge of South America.
What is the Andes?
This city was capital of the Abbasid Empire after 762 AD, and has been capital of Iraq since 1920.
What is Baghdad?
The world population reached roughly this number in 1800.
What is one billion?
This large island off the east coast of Africa is famous for its small primates and other rare animals and plants.
What is Madagascar?
This river flows through the world's deepest gorge, with 8,000 meter peaks on either side.
What is the Kali Gandaki?
This US state holds the highest mountain in North America, known as Denali or Mt McKinley.
What is Alaska?
The name of this South American capital city means "fair winds" or "good air."
What is Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina?
In this island country in North America (the Caribbean Sea), the total fertility rate is higher than the replacement rate of 2.1.
What is Haiti?
This island in the Mediterranean sea is the smallest country in the European Union.
What is Malta?
This European river flows through countries including Germany, Austria, Hungary and Romania before reaching the Black Sea.
What is the Danube?
This mountain in Tanzania is the highest peak in Africa.
What is Kilimanjaro?
This African country changed its capital in 1996 from Dar es Salaam (a coastal trading city) to Dodoma (in the interior of the country).
What is Tanzania?
In this stage of the demographic transition model, death rates have already fallen and birth rates begin to fall, causing a slowing of population growth.
What is Stage Three?
This large Asian island is shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
What is Borneo?
This river begins on the Tibetan Plateau and flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
What is the Mekong?
This mountain range, running through Russia, is considered the boundary between Europe and Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?