US/Canada
What mountain range runs through Canada and the US?
Rocky Mountains
Which language is spoken throughout most of Latin America? HINT: It's not Latin!
Spanish
(except Brazil which speaks Portuguese)
What is the name of the international organization that ties much of Europe together politically and economically?
EU or European Union
Which country has been at war with its neighbors off and on since the end of World War II?
Israel
60% of the world's population lives in Asia. India is the most populous country. Which country is #2?
China
What acronym helps us remember the Great Lakes?
HOMES
Which mountain range is 50% longer than the Rocky Mountains?
Andes
Which country has the strongest economy in Europe despite having lost WWII?
Germany
(The German government just collapsed today and will soon have a new chancellor)
Which part of Africa (north, south, east or west) has experienced devastating droughts over the last 20 years?
East (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea)
Name one of the two countries that are archipelagos (group of islands) in Asia
The Philippines, Indonesia
Why do 90% of Canadians live within 150 miles of the US border?
Because much of the northern region is uninhabitable or too cold
Name one of the major lakes in Central or South America
Lake Maracaibo, Lake Titicaca, Lake Nicaragua
Which country left the EU in what became known as "Brexit"?
United Kingdom
What are the two primary branches of Islam that are frequently at odds with each other?
Sunni and Shia
What country has five times as many sheep as people?
New Zealand
What is the term for Canadian "states"?
Provinces
Central America has 70 active ______________ .
Volcanoes
Ukraine was part of what confederation before its collapse in 1991?
USSR or Soviet Union
Which group of mountains is the only significant range in Africa?
Atlas Mountains
What continent is also a country in Oceania?
Australia
If this state were a country, it would have the fifth largest economy in the world!
California
Where is most of the wealth south of the US located driven by banking and tourism?
Caribbean
Name one of the three major rivers that runs through Europe?
Volga, Danube, Rhine
The leader of which country just fled once rebel fighters entered the capital?
Syria
Chiang Kai-shek fled China and landed on which island, which is now a thriving democratic nation?
Taiwan