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Peaks and Puddles
la geografía
What’s His Name
Battles Borders and Bunkers
100

It’s the continent with no permanent human residents.

What is Antarctica?

100

It’s the mountain that dominates the landscape of Switzerland.

What are the Alps?

100

Colombia has taken in hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the humanitarian and economic crisis in this country.

What is Venezuela?

100

This Venezuelan leader was kidnapped by the US in early 2026.

Who is Nicolas Maduro?

100

It’s the country where you might want to be in the event of a nuclear attack since the entire population plus can fit inside their extensive system of underground bunkers.

What is Switzerland?

200

He was the leader of the expedition aboard the Endurance to traverse the Antarctic continent.

Who is Earnest Shackleton?

200

It’s the longest mountain range in the world.

What is the Andes mountain range?

200

They are the mechanism used in the Panama Canal to raise and lower ships as they pass through the canal.

What are locks?

200

He’s the Ukrainian president who famously said that he needed “ammunition, not a ride” when offers of extraction were offered after Russia invaded in 2022.

Who is Zelensky?

200

It’s the resistance group that formed in Gaza and attacked Israel in 2023, sparking prolonged and intense conflict with the Jewish State.

What is Hamas?

300

It’s one of the reasons that Antarctica is colder than the Arctic.

  1. What is its high elevation?

  2. What is the water/ocean beneath the ice is warmer than the land beneath the Arctic?

  3. What is when the earth is farthest away from the sun, it is winter in the antarctic?

300

Saudi Arabia doesn’t have any rivers, but it does have these seasonal water features.

What are wadis?

300

The Colombian government attempted to curb its problem with this crop by implementing a crop substitution incentive program.

What is coca?

300

His regime collapsed and he fled from Syria in 2024 when rebel forces entered Damascus.

Who is Bashar al-Assad?

300

It’s the area of Ukraine that Russia annexed in 2014.

What is the Crimean Peninsula?

400

It’s the name of the sea where the Endurance became trapped in ice.

The Weddell Sea

400

This South American Lake with floating islands of civilization sits at an elevation of 12,000 feet and is over 900 feet deep in places.

What is Lake Titicaca?

400

These ancient Incan ruins are located in Peru at an altitude of almost 8000 feet.

What is Machu Picchu?

400

He’s the communist leader that took control of Cuba in 1959.

Who is Fidel Castro?

400

The objective of Operation Desert Storm was to liberate this country from its Iraqi invaders.

What is Kuwait?

500

It’s the portion of Antarctica that is still unclaimed.

What is Marie Byrd Land?

500

It’s the vast, high altitude plain that includes portions of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.

What is the Altiplano?

500

No one really knows the origin of these mysterious designs that stretch across the arid coastal plain in southern Peru.

What are the Nazca Lines?

500

The Saudi Crown Prince is commonly known by these three letters, his initials.

What is MBS?

500

Hezbollah originated in and operated out of this country prior to Israel’s pager and walkie talkie attack, which largely decimated the group.

What is Lebanon?