Geography
In which Direction does the Earth Spin?
Eastward
Why is this important?
By 1950, what were the two largest cities?
Tokyo and New York City
In any order, what are the top five most practiced religions in the world?
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism
How are the first three similar?
Name the three main fossil fuels
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
Which country in South America will you find the most political violence (until 2009)?
Colombia
What kind of map shows how people have divided the world into countries?
Political Map
Name 3 things you would find on a political map
Which continent has the largest Rural Population?
Africa
If you travelled to Libya(Africa), which religion which you expect to witness being practiced?
Islam
How might Islam had been spread to SE Asia?
How many gallons of of oil does Saudi Arabia and Iran every day?
436,800,000 and 184,800,000 gallons every day respectively.
Which terrorist organization attacked the United States on Sept 11th, 2009?
al Qaeda
This kind of map alters the size of the map to represent something other than land area
Cartogram
Give 3 examples of Cartogram Maps
Name the top 5 most spoken languages in order
1. Chinese (Mandarin)
2. Hindi
3. English
4. Spanish
5. Arabic
Bonus Points: What is the largest language family?
Which continent is the most diverse religiously?
Asia
Which countries are not represented on the map on pages 40-41. Why do you think this is?
How many country flags have the color purple?
1 - Qatar
Why do you think this is? Go around the table
What country has had the longest running low-level insurgency (low-level war)?
Israel
Flash Thought: Why do you think this is?
The Straight of Gibraltar is between what two countries?
Spain and Morocco
Go around the table...
What is a major difference, either geographically, politically, ethnically, religiously, etc, between these two countries? You cannot repeat something that has already been said.
According to the atlases (as of 2009), which countries are the two most recent additions to the European Union?
Romania - 2007
Bulgaria 2007
According to the map(pgs. 88/89), Croatia, Macedonia, and Turkey are Candidate countries. Do a quick search to see if they are current members or not (30 seconds)
Jerusalem is a Holy City to which three religious peoples?
Christians, Muslims, and Jews
Name the two kinds of agricultural land
Cropland and Grazing Land
What might you find in a nonagricultural land?
Between 2003 and 2008, how many attacks were there in Iraq?
61 Attacks
How many countries claim Antarctica?
7 countries
Why are these claims not recognized by the Antarctic Treaty?
Which two countries have the most people fleeing their country?
Afganistan and Iraq
Flash response: Give one reason why
Where (City and Country) can you find Islam's most holiest shrine?
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Which state in the Western Coast of the United States will you find a lot of fossil fuels?
California
Which town in Russia was there a large concentration of terrorist attacks between 2000 and 2008?
Beslan
Quick Search, what happened? (30 seconds)