FUN FACTS
What country has the most lakes in the world?
Canada-With over 3 million lakes 9% of Canadian territory is actually fresh water and over 60% of all the lakes in the world are found within its borders
What color ink is best for business cards in China?
Gold
How many countries have a GDP greater than $1 trillion?
26
What can Germans publicly deny the existence of the earn five years in prison?
The Holocaust
What is the currency called in Spain?
Euro
What country has the youngest population?
Niger
What is the correct way to exchange business cards in China?
With two hands face up, studying it carefully after receiving
This term describes the broadening and deepening of the interactions and interdependencies among peoples and countries of the world
Globalization
What organization elects the 15 judges of the World Court?
Which CONTINENT is the most linguistically diverse in the world?
Africa! The continent is home to anywhere from 800 to 1,500 of the world’s languages.
What country is Dacca the capital of?
Bangladesh
You have arrived at a business meeting in South Korea, and are going to meet the company president:
Bow and wait for him to initiate a handshake
A common trade barrier that discourages consumers from buying an imported product by increased taxes is called
Duties
What country is the world's oldest functioning democracy?
Ireland
What is the most popular language in the world?
With almost 1.2 billion native speakers, the most popular language in the world is Chinese. In fact, one in six people in the world speak Chinese!
How many countries does Africa have?
54
You can't do business in Muslim countries on what day?
Friday
he means by which people in a society make the rules that control and influence their lives is a called a
Political System
What 2 countries are the only two countries in Africa that were not colonised by the European powers.
Liberia and Ethiopia
Which country is the largest producer of oxygen?
Siberia is home to approximately 25 percent of the world’s forests that span an area larger than the continental U.S., making Russia the largest producer of most of the world’s oxygen.
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
In the UK, what is a business associate trying to tell you when he or she taps his or her nose during a discussion?
Keep information confidential
A country impose a trade ______________ against another country to stop all import and export trade with that country.
Embargo
What is the oldest of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, that is still in existence and it is located in Egypt!
The Pyramid of Giza
Where was the world’s oldest fossil found?
A 3.4 billion-year-old fossil was found in Australia