CITIES
PEOPLE
MOUNTAINS, DESERTS, WATER
"STATE" THE FACTS
EUROPE AND ASIA
100

The city that fought against Rome in the Punic Wars and the continent this city was located

Carthage, Africa

100

The Native American tribe that became famous as breeders of Appaloosa horses

Nez Perce

100

Danube River empties into this body of water

Black Sea

100

The state where the first night baseball game was played

Indiana

100

The phrase that was used to describe the unseen barrier between the free world and the Communist world

Iron Curtain

200

In 1960, the Brazilian government moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to this city

Brasilia

200

The largest Native American tribe in the United States today

Cherokee

200

The desert plant that is native to the Western Hemisphere

cactus

200

Two states that were famous for gold rushes

California and Alaska

200

The European country where the Protestant Reformation began

Germany

300

This ancient city is known for the system of catacombs beneath it

Rome

300

The people that developed a calendar with 365 days

the Maya

300

The Yangtze River empties into this body of water

East China Sea

300

The state wherein the largest active volcano in the world is located

Hawaii

300

The dividing line between North and South Korea in the Korean War

the 38th parallel

400

This city is known as the "Pearl of the Andes"

Tarma, Peru

400

Egypt's only known woman pharaoh

Queen Hatshepshut

400

The George Washington Bridge crosses this river to New York City

Hudson River
400

The major crop of Idaho

potatoes

400

The narrow inlets along the coast of Norway are called these

fjords

500

The city in Germany where Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to a door

Wittenburg

500
After the Great Flood, the first people to develop and use writing

Sumerians

500

The Niagara Falls is located between these two Great Lakes

Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

500

The state that produces the most maple sugar and syrup

Vermont

500
The American who helped open commercial relations between America and Japan

Commodore Perry

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