Basic Social Studies
Europe
Latin America
Canada
Australia
USA
100

What are the four cardinal directions?

North, South, east, West

100

What is the largest Country in Europe?

Europe

100

What is the dominate language spoken in Latin America?

Spanish

100

Which body of water connects the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes?

St. Lawrence River

100

Which three Oceans touch Australia?

Pacific, Southern, and Indian

100

Three Oceans that touch the USA

Arctic (Alaska), Atlantic, Pacific

200

 What is the Imaginary line that circle the earth, dividing it into a northern and southern hemisphere?

Equator

200

What natural phenomenon is responsible for warming the United Kingdom and Western Europe?

Gulf Stream

200

Which is the only Latin American country to have a Socialist/Communist Government

Cuba

200

What are the three oceans surrounding Canada?

Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific

200

Where do most Australians live?

Urban Areas (cities) in eastern, southeastern, and southwestern coastlines.

200

How is the USA version of democracy different from the UK when it comes to how our leader is chosen?

USA is a Presidential Democracy, Leader elected directly

300

Name the seven continents.

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

300

What European physical feature allows the country of Germany to grow a surplus of food?

European Plain

300

Why don't most Brazilians live in the center or west of the country?

No one much wants to live in the Amazon Rainforest

300

Why do most Canadians live in the South near the USA border?

Milder or warmer climate, the North is in the Arctic Circle,

300

The Australia Outback (center) has what type of climate?

Arid/Desert

300

What are the three branches of the USA government?

Legislative, Judicial, Executive

400

Name the 5 Oceans of Earth.

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, and Indian

400

How is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom chosen?

The citizens elect their local representative, the representatives go to the Parliament, the majority party (party that had the most people elected) picks the Prime Minister from their party

400

Which mountain chain keeps air pollution in Mexico City?

Sierra Madres

400

Acid Rain/Air pollution is a problem for Canada. It is mostly caused by automobile and factory exhaust. Why can't Canada do much about this problem?

Most of the pollution is from the USA

400

Australia was settled and heavily influenced by this European country.

United Kingdom or Great Britain

400

Which branch of the US government's primary function is to enact laws, manages government funding, conducts oversight of the executive branch, and confirms or rejects presidential appointments. 

Legislative Branch/US Congress

500

Which Continent is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres

North America

500

How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to World War II?

Blamed Germany for the war, forced them to pay reparations bankrupting them, and took their colonies, land with natural resources (Rhine), and wiped out their military- Germans were ticked

500

Which Latin American country exports oil, automobiles, and agricultural products to their Northern neighbor the USA?

Mexico

500

Why do many residents of Quebec feel they should be an independent country?

They are French (language, Catholics, and culture) the rest of Canada is British/English

500

This current brings warm tropical water from the Equator to Northern Australia. 

East Australian Current

500

Which Latin American man-made feature did the USA complete for military and trade under President Teddy Roosevelt?

Panama Canal

600

Which climate do most people live in on Earth?

Temperate

600

How does Germany's many navigable rivers impact its trade?

Germany tends to use the rivers as highways and trade with neighboring countries in Europe.

600

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations all believed they had to do this to appease their gods and keep the sun rising. 

Human Sacrifice

600

How is the Territory of Nunavut unique?

Its the newest since 1999, few people live here due to its harsh arctic climate, Inuit people are the majority

600

What is the term that refers to a period in Australia's history where Aboriginal children were removed from their families through government policies  from the mid-1800s to the 1970s?

Lost Generation

600

US state with the largest population and the fifth largest economy / GDP in the world. 

California

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