Vocabulary
Asia
Skills
Attractions
People
100
A ringlike coral island and reef that nearly or entirely encloses a lagoon that typically does not sustain human life.
What is an atoll
100
The oldest organized world religion
What is Hinduism
100
Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, there are this many time zones in the United States.
What is 4
100
Largest monolith in the world and sacred site to the oldest continuous civilization in the world
What is Ayers Rock (acc: Uluru)
100
The highest position of power in Canada, England, and Australia is this title
What is Prime Minister
200
one of the earth's large land masses
What is continent
200
The largest Theocracy in the world is found here
What is Iran
200
The number of people per square kilometer
What is population density
200
Most visited attraction in the United States and world
What is Grand Canyon
200
An icon in India, felled by an assassin's bullet, inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr among others
Who is Mohatmas Gandhi
300
A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting found usually along coastlines
What is escarpment
300
In 2004, the devastation left by this in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka is still being felt
What is tsunami
300
Northwest, Southeast, Northeast, and Southwest
What are Intermediate Directions
300
Mount Olympus calls this country home.
What is Greece
300
Very few had heard of him until he went viral in 2012, and people everywhere looked up Uganda
Who is Joseph Kony
400
An area of low-lying land, especially in the Netherlands, that has been reclaimed from a body of water and is protected by dikes
What is polder
400
Johnny Cash and Japan share this in common, as they both are "burning, burning, burning," and "shaking, shaking, shaking."
What is Ring Of Fire
400
This map measures both population density, population distribution, and total population
What is cartograph (acc: cartogram)
400
Many attractions including the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, and St. Peter's square are found here
What is Vatican City
400
Recently won election in Russia against the Chechen people's wishes
Who is Vladimir Putin
500
a long narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs formed by glacial action, typically found in Norway
What is fjord
500
This country was caught in the middle between Iraq and United States in 1991.
What is Kuwait
500
When a flight leaves Denver (MST) at 10:30 AM. It lands in Houston, Texas (CST) at 1:00 PM. It is delayed on the ground an hour. It arrives in Chicago at 6 PM. What was the TOTAL elapsed time of the flight from Denver to Chicago?
What is 6 1/2 hours
500
See the place where the largest asteroid to ever hit the Earth on the Yucatan peninsula in this country
What is Mexico
500
His famous speech "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" many attribute to helping end the Cold War.
Who is Ronald Reagan