Famous Locations
Name 3 of the seven wonders of the world
Great Wall, China
Taj Mahal, India
Colosseum, Italy,
Cristo Rei, Brazil
Machu Picchu, Peru
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Petra, Jordan
New Jersey is named after Jersey, an island in the English Channel. The other major island in the channel often associated with Jersey is ___.
Guernsey
Because of the way we draw maps, countries closer to the North and South Poles appear much larger than they actually are. A perfect example are the two largest african countries (by area). They appear to be much smaller than greenland, but are actually larger.
Algeria and DR Congo
The northernmost point in the USA.
Barrow, Alaska
The Southermost point of Japan, the island of Yonaguni, is just how far from Taiwan? (KM) *note: we'll take answers within 50KM of the correct one.
223 KM
The Christ the Redeemer Statue is a famous monument in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Less Famously, there are two other statues. One is in Lisbon and one is in this Asian nation, former Portuguese colony, invaded by Indonesia in 1975. Its capital is Dili.
Timor-Leste
New Jersey was the third state admitted to the Union. Which two states were admitted before it?
Pennsylvania and Delaware
Despite Russia's large geographic size, its population is quite comparable with this north american nation.
Mexico
The westernmost point in the US.
Attu station, AK
Before the invasion of Ukraine, the Russians invaded this country in 2008 to prevent it from joining NATO.
Georgia
Easter island is famous for its Moai statues. It is apart of what country?
Chile
New Jersey was originally colonized by the English, but also by the Dutch and these two Scandinavian European countries.
Sweden and Finland
The Indian ocean has an area of 70 million square kilometers, approximately the area of the 9 largest nations (by area combined). Hint: two of them are Argentina and a former Soviet Country.
Russia
US
Canada
China
Brazil
Australia
India
Argentina
Kazakhstan
The westernmost point of Africa is in what country?
Senegal
A dispute over Kuril islands is the reason Japan never signed peace with this country during World War II. Technically, the war never ended.
USSR
This peninsula is the only part of Egypt within Asia. It was also invaded and occupied by Israel during the Suez Crisis and then again during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It also borders the gaza strip on one side and the Suez Canal on the other.
Sinai Peninsula
the first European explorer to visit New Jersey was from this south european country famous for its food.
Italy: Giovanni da Verrazano
The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea at an area of 143,244 mi, or approximately the size of these two G7 Countries which happened to share a group in the 2022 world cup.
Germany and Japan.
The westernmost point of:
- continental Europe
- Any European Territory
1. Cabo da Roca, Portugal
2. French Polynesia (France)
There is a mostly forgotten archipelago in the arctic--Svalbard and Jan Mayen--owned by the scandinavian country famous for being the birthplace of both the best soccer and chess players today.
Norway
The tallest mountain in the world, mount everest, is located on the border of what two countries?
Nepal and China
New Jersey is what rank among US states in population density?
1
India's population is so large that its most populated state, Uttar Pradesh, has a population of 200 million people. If it was a country, what rank would it be among country population size? hint: it's in the top 20. We'll take answers within one of the correct answer.
#7
Southernmost Point of the USA
Including territories: American Samoa
Excluding: Hawai'i (the island, not the state)
the longest french border is with which other country? It's not in Europe.
Brazil