Capitals
USA (Under 15 only)
Berkeley Department of Geography
Geography- different topics
Acronyms and Portmanteaus
100

TAIPEI

What is the capital of TAIWAN?

100

The capital of ARIZONA (Tucson, Phoenix, or Santa Fe)

What is PHOENIX?

100

University with the oldest Geography department in the United States

What is UC BERKELEY

100

In this country, 26% of its population is age 65 or older, more than any other country (Afghanistan, India, Japan, or Malaysia)

What is JAPAN

100

GMT  (time)

What is Greenwich Mean Time

200

BRUSSELS

What is the capital of BELGIUM?

200

State with the smallest population:  New York, California or Wyoming

What is WYOMING

200

Year that UC BERKELEY's Department of Geography was founded (1798, 1898 or 1958)

What is 1898?

200

The study and practice of making maps.

What is CARTOGRAPHY

200

The term used to describe the United Kingdom's proposed withdrawal from the European Union

What is BREXIT

300

CAIRO

What is the capital of EGYPT?

300

State located in the Great Plains (Kansas, Oregon, or Maine)

What is KANSAS

300

Ranking of UC Berkeley Geography in the world, according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings

What is #4 (#1 in the US)

300

This critic of capitalism argued that human societies develop through class struggle and authored the three volume Das Kapital

Who is Karl MARX

300

GIS

What is GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

400

PORT-AU-PRINCE

What is the capital of HAITI?

400

The capital of Washington state (Walla Walla, Seattle, or Olympia)

What is Olympia

400

Chair of the Department from 1923-1954, this Carl is considered one of the century's most influential geographers and was a fierce critic of environmental determinism

Who is Carl SAUER?

400

Usually calm and nonagressive, this animal has about half of its known population living in the Virunga region of East Africa

What is the mountain GORILLA

400

ESS (Earth ______   Science)

What is EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE

500

MONTEVIDEO

What is the capital of URUGUAY?

500

The state with the Aleutian Islands (Hawaii, Alaska, or Michigan)

What is ALASKA?

500

NUMBER OF LADDER RANK FACULTY in the Department of Geography (as of 2019, including % shared with other departments) :  11, 22, 33

What is 11

500

World weather patterns are influenced by El NiƱo, which is characterized by unusually warm water temperatures in this ocean.  

What is the PACIFIC OCEAN

500

Portmanteau describing region of Contra Costa County, California, comprising Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga

What is Lamorinda?

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