Countries
Name 2 countries that start with the letter "J."
Japan, Jamaica, Jordan
What is the capital of Moldova?
Chisinau
Name at least three oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
How many people are there on Earth?
Over 8 billion!
What is the largest country in the world? (physically)
Bonus: What's the smallest?Russia is the largest country in the world with an area of 6,592,850 square miles (17,075,400 square km)
(Vatican City at 0.44 square km/0.17 square miles)
Name five capital cities.
Examples: Mexico City, Beijing, Paris, Tashkent, Santiago
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) tall!
Located along the border of China and Nepal
What do you call the middle point between the North and South Poles?
The equator
How many people live in Moldova?
3 million
What country is made up of over 7,000 islands and has Manila as its capital?
The Philippines
What is the largest capital city in the Americas?
Mexico City, Mexico with over 22 million people
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
6,650 kilometers (4,130 miles) in length
In Egypt!
What is the name for the imaginary horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator on a map?
Latitude
What percentage of the global population do children make up?
29.4% of the global population are children as of December 2024 (That's over 2.3 billion children!)
How many countries are there?
195 (including the Vatican and Palestine)
Constantinople was the name of what capital city?
Istanbul
What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara Desert
What is the name for the imaginary vertical lines that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian?
Longitude
What percentage of the world is female?
49.7%
Which country has 12 official languages, including Zulu, Afrikaans, and Xhosa?
South Africa!
(Fun fact: South African Sign Language is an official language!)
Canberra is the capital of which country?
Australia
Name three countries in Europe that are entirely located on islands
Cyprus, Malta, Iceland
(the UK, the Republic of Ireland)
What is the name of the line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and splits the Earth into east and west?
A. Equator
B. Prime Meridian
C. Tropic of Cancer
D. International Date Line
B. The Prime Meridian
What country has the fewest people?
(200 Bonus Points: how many people?)
Vatican City
(Approximately 500)