People of the World
What invention by Eli Whitney affected the economic and social conditions of the entire United States?
What is the cotton gin
What desert plant is native to the Western Hemisphere?
What are cactus
Which is the only state named for a president?
What is Washington
In what European country did the Protestant Reformation begin?
What is Germany
What is Europe's longest river?
What is the Volga River
James Watt, a Scottish engineer, perfected what great invention in 1765.
What is the steam engine
What is the name and location of the highest North American peak?
Where is Mt. McKinley, Alaska
In which state was the first night baseball game played?
What is Indiana
What name is given to the region north of the Artic Circle?
What is Lapland
What is Africa's largest city?
What is Cairo, Egypt
The people of what country are associated with the great potato famine?
What is Ireland
Through which two Africa countries does the Nile River flow?
What are Egypt and Sudan
Which colony was the first to declare independence from England?
What is New Hampshire
What American helped to open commercial relations between America and Japan?
Who is Commodore Perry
What country has more sheep than any other country?
What is Australia
The people of what country got most of their farmland from the sea?
What are the Netherlands
What is the principal mountain range in the eastern United States?
What are the Appalachian Mountains
In which state is the largest active volcano in the world located?
What is Hawaii
What are the narrow inlets along the coast of Norway called?
What are fjords
What is the world's largest lake?
What is the Caspian Sea
The people of India have two main languages. Hindi is one; what is the other?
What is Bengali
What is the world's deepest lake?
What is Lake Baikal (Russia)
What two states were famous for gold rushes?
Who were California and Alaska
What event in Spanish history led to the death of many true Christians in the 1500's?
What was the Spanish Inquisition
What is the world's largest archipelago?
What is Indonesia (Malay Archipelago)