World Geography
Latin America
Africa
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
This large African island lies to the east of the continent.
What is Madagascar?
100
The official language of Brazil.
What is Portuguese?
100
This desert is the largest and hottest in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
100
This person won the 2008 presidential election.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
A warm ocean current that flows along the western coast of South America that affects global weather patterns
What is El Nino?
200
Russia lies in these two continents.
What are Asia and Europe?
200
This mountain range runs through South America.
What is the Andes?
200
These nomadic people trade salt for a living.
Who are the Tuareg?
200
This person was the Republican nominee for president.
Who is John McCain?
200
A narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land.
What is an isthmus?
300
This ocean is located on California’s coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
Most people in Latin America do this for a living
Who are farmers?
300
The Baka, a tribe in Central Africa, are also referred to as this, which means "people of short stature."
What is a pygmy?
300
The 3 branches of government
What are executive, legislative and judicial?
300
A large raised area of mostly level land.
What is a plateau?
400
The seven continents
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Antarctica
400
The only two countries in South America that do not border the ocean.
What are Paraguay and Bolivia?
400
Aside from the Sahara, these are the two biggest deserts in Africa.
What are the Namib and Kalahari Deserts?
400
This is the person in a bullying situation who witnesses the act of bullying.
Who is the bystander?
400
Unable to read or write, a challenge for many people in Africa and Latin America
What is illiterate?
500
Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean make up this region
What is Latin America?
500
This explorer is responsible for the downfall of the Aztec.
Who is Cortes?
500
Fantasy coffins are made by these people.
Who are the Ga?
500
The term for countries working together and exchanging products, goods and services
What is global interdependence?
500
A river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary?
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