World Geography
What is the smallest continent in the world?
Australia
Kingstown is the capital of which country?
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What instrument is used to determine direction?
Compass
A rooster lays an egg on top of a mountain. Which way does it roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
Which river is considered one of the shortest rivers in Jamaica?
Plantain Garden River.
What is the name of the point where two tectonic plates meet?
Plate Boundary
What does a map scale show?
The relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the ground.
If you have 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
2
Which country is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Egypt
Name two parishes that border the parish of Manchester.
Saint Elizabeth, Clarendon, Trelawny
What is the name of the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
Epicentre
If you travel east from Jamaica, which major continent would you eventually reach?
Africa
How many months have 28 days?
All 12
How many countries are there in Africa?
54
A hurricane is approaching Jamaica from the south. Which coast would generally be exposed first to the approaching storm system?
South
What process causes rocks to be broken down at Earth's surface?
Weathering
What type of map uses contour lines to show differences in elevation?
Topographic
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Incorrectly
Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
Japan
Which Caribbean island is divided between two countries, France and the Netherlands?
Saint Martin
A river suddenly begins carrying a much larger amount of sediment after vegetation is removed from its drainage basin. What process has most likely increased?
Erosion
What are the imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole called?
Lines of longitude
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Stamp