World Geography
Mount Everest is part of which mountain range?
a) Andes
b) Alps
c) Rockies
d) Himalayas
d) Himalayas
Which country was ruled by Adolf Hitler during World War II?
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) Austria
d) Spain
b) Germany
Which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) James Buchanan
a) Abraham Lincoln
Who is credited with discovering America in 1492?
a) Ferdinand Magellan
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Marco Polo
d) Vasco da Gama
b) Christopher Columbus
What was John Brown best known for?
a) Leading the Underground Railroad
b) Raiding Harpers Ferry
c) Signing the Emancipation Proclamation
d) Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
b) Raiding Harpers Ferry
Which country has the most natural lakes?
a) Canada
b) Russia
c) Brazil
d) United States
a) Canada
What event sparked World War I?
a) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b) The invasion of Poland
c) The sinking of the Lusitania
d) The Zimmerman Telegram
a) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
a) 13th Amendment
b) 14th Amendment
c) 15th Amendment
d) 19th Amendment
a) 13th Amendment
Which Italian explorer’s name is used for the Americas?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Amerigo Vespucci
c) Marco Polo
d) Giovanni da Verrazzano
b) Amerigo Vespucci
What was the main goal of John Brown's raid?
a) Freeing slaves in Virginia
b) Seizing weapons to arm enslaved people for rebellion
c) Assassinating pro-slavery leaders
d) Escaping to Canada
b) Seizing weapons to arm enslaved people for rebellion
Which river flows through Paris?
a) Rhine
b) Danube
c) Seine
d) Thames
c) Seine
Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?
a) Neville Chamberlain
b) Winston Churchill
c) Clement Attlee
d) Harold Macmillan
b) Winston Churchill
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) John Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Jefferson
d) Thomas Jefferson
Which explorer is known for his extensive travels in China and Central Asia?
a) Marco Polo
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Vasco da Gama
d) John Cabot
a) Marco Polo
Which famous abolitionist was asked to join John Brown's raid but declined?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Frederick Douglass
c) William Lloyd Garrison
d) Sojourner Truth
b) Frederick Douglass
Which country is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'?
a) China
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) Thailand
b) Japan
Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Nero
c) Augustus
d) Constantine
c) Augustus
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Harry Truman
d) Dwight D. Eisenhower
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Marco Polo
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Henry Hudson
a) Vasco da Gama
Who captured John Brown after the raid on Harpers Ferry?
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Robert E. Lee
c) William Tecumseh Sherman
d) Stonewall Jackson
b) Robert E. Lee
Which country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
a) Indonesia
b) Australia
c) Philippines
d) New Zealand
b) Australia
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
a) 1985
b) 1987
c) 1989
d) 1991
c) 1989
Which U.S. state was the last to join the union?
a) Hawaii
b) Alaska
c) Arizona
d) New Mexico
a) Hawaii
Which explorer led the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) James Cook
d) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Ferdinand Magellan
In what year did John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry occur?
a) 1859
b) 1861
c) 1857
d) 1863
a) 1859