What rainforest in South America is the largest in the world?
The Amazon Rainforest
This theme focuses on how people, goods, and ideas travel from one area to another.
Region, Human-Environment Interaction, or Movement.
Movement
The famous city high in the Andes. Often called the "Lost City of the Inca".
Machu Picchu
London is the capital of which country?
United Kingdom
Which line on the globe separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
World Cultures
The Amazon rainforest is sometimes called the “lungs of the Earth” because it produces a lot of what?
Oxygen
This theme asks where something is, either exactly (like coordinates) or in relation to other places.
Location, place, or region?
Location
This mountain-spanning network allowed messengers, soldiers, and goods to move quickly across the empire.
The Inca Road System
What country is Paris located in?
France
Which ancient civilization built pyramids as tombs for pharaohs?
Egypt
What popular Brazilian celebration is known for colorful costumes and parades before Lent?
Carnival
This theme is all about how people adapt to, change, or depend on their surroundings.
Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction
Human-Environment Interaction
The Inca grew crops on steplike fields carved into mountains called what?
Terraces or Terrace Farming
How many countries does Europe have in total?
45
In what country would you find the Amazon Rainforest?
Brazil
Which two oceans border South America?
Pacific and Atlantic
This theme groups areas together based on shared traits like climate, language, or culture.
Location, Place, or Region?
Region
The Inca were amazing engineers. Especially considering they stacked stones together without the use of ______ to bring them together.
Mortar
What ancient civilization created democracy?
Greece
What continent has the largest population in the world?
Asia
In which mountains did the Inca Empire once thrive?
Andes
This theme of geography describes what a location is like — including its landforms, climate, language, buildings, traditions, and anything that makes it different from anywhere else.
Location, Human Environment Interaction, or Movement.
Place
The Inca used these knotted strings to record numbers and information.
Quipus
Athens is the birthplace of what form of government?
Democracy
What is the name for a government ruled by a king or queen?
Monarchy