This river that flows through Egypt is not only the longest in Africa but the longest in the world.
What is the Nile.
100
This currency is used by most of the countries in the European Union.
What is the Euro.
100
This mountain range runs from Chile up through seven south American countries and is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
What are the Andes.
100
Even though this country has lowered its population growth significantly, it is still predicted to move from the second to the first most populated country by 2028.
What is India.
100
These animals are known for carrying their young in a pouch attached to their bodies.
What are marsupials.
200
This mountain is the highest in Africa, with three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira and is located in Tanzania.
What is Mt. Kilimanjaro.
200
This mountain range, the biggest in Europe, extends into eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and south east Germany, to the west, and Monaco and Italy to the south.
What are the alps.
200
This capital, the biggest city in the Americas, is suffering from pollution issues, flooding and other ecological problems.
What is Mexico city.
200
This mountain range is home to the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.
What is the Himalaya mountain range.
200
These are the native inhabitants of Australia and have been there for thousands of years.
What are the Aborigines.
300
One of the five pillars of Islam this is the largest gathering of Muslims in the world and is known as The Hajj.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca.
300
This political and economic community, has elements of both command and a capitalist economy, with strict standards for human rights, the environment and even recreational activities like fox hunting.
What is the European Union.
300
Experts believe that climate changing is increasing the number and severity of these storms, that move through the Caribbean.
What are hurricanes.
300
A 25,000 mile area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where there are 452 volcanoes, about 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.
What is the ring of fire.
300
Oceania boasts the worst record in this conservation category.
What is the extinction rate.
400
This movement for more democracy actually started in Tunisia when a simple fruit seller set himself on fire, but then quickly spread across the Middle East.
What is the Arab spring.
400
This country in the shape of a boot is where my mother is from and was our Embassy adoption country.
What is Italy.
400
The two major factors of deforestation in the world's largest rain forest in the Amazon.
What is human settlement and land development.
400
This terrorist group once ruled the government of Afghanistan and opposes education, and other rights for women.
What is the Taliban.
400
When people move with the intention of settling in a new place.
What is migration.
500
Conflict mineral used in the production of cell phones that is mined in the DRC.
What is tantalum.
500
These three countries in the North of Europe are often known for the sea that is next to them.
What is Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (The Baltics).
500
This criminal activity that revolves around the production and sale of a refined version of the coca plant and a natural weed is responsible for murders, money laundering and corruption that affects many countries in the Americas.
What is the drug trade.
500
These seven megacities, all located in Asia, are the largest in the world.
What is Tokyo-Yokohama (Japan), Jakarta (Indonesia), Seoul-Incheon (South Korea), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China) and Manila (Phillipines).
500
At 16,024 ft above sea level, this is the highest mountain in Indonesia, the highest on the island of New Guinea (which comprises the Indonesian West Papua region plus Papua New Guinea), the highest of Oceania (Australian continent), and the 5th highest mountain in political Southeast Asia.