Around the World
This northeast African River flows for more than 41,000 miles.
The Nile River
What is the national sport of Brazil?
Soccer
What language has the most native speakers in the world?
Mandarin Chinese
What is the name of the first civilization?
Mesopotamia
What wonder of the world is made entirely out of marble?
The Taj Mahal
What country is both a continent and a country?
Australia
The kimono is the traditional garment on which country?
Japan
What is the most linguistically diverse CONTINENT in the world?
Africa
What was the first country to use paper currency?
China
What country has the most amount of lakes?
Canada
What two countries have land in both Europe and Asia?
Russia and Turkey
Consisting of 12 different animals, this calendar is celebrated by 1/5th of the world's population.
The Lunar Calendar
What is the national language of India?
Hindi
What did the Phoenicians invent?
The western alphabet
What country consumes the most icecream?
New Zealand
What is the smallest country in Europe?
The Vatican City
The name of the Hindu festival of colors, love, and spring. During this holiday, powder or liquid colors are thrown by participants are one another.
Holi
What is the most spoken language of North Africa?
Arabic
What is the name of the period of starvation that occurred in Ireland from 1845-1852?
The Irish Potato Famine
The world's ____ lake is in Cameroon, Africa.
Deadliest
The Mesoamerican Reef, the largest coral reef in the western hemisphere, is located off the coast of which country?
Honduras
Shaped by four different geographical regions (lowlands, highlands, jungles, and mainland) this South American country, although small, is a major cultural hub for the arts.
Ecuador
How many languages is South Asia home to?
Several hundred
The Mayans were best known for which two subjects?
Math and astronomy
What country is home to the Nobel Prize?
Sweden