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100

1898 conflict over the Caribbean Islands is called _________.

What is the Spanish-American War? 

100

This is the longest river in the world?

What is the Nile river?

100

I am absolutely exhausted. I am at my desk since eight o'clock this morning.

I am absolutely exhausted. I have been at my desk since eight o'clock this morning.

100

Colombian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

100

Name the seven continents.

BONUS: Name the 5 oceans.

Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern

200

Another name for the Caribbean Islands.

What are the West Indies? 

200

What are the highest mountains in Latin America? 

What are the Andes?

200

Change from active voice to passive voice: They are repairing the streets this month.

The streets are being repaired. 

200

The four members of The Beatles.

Who are Ringo, Paul, John, and George? 

200

The distance space is measured in.

What is a lightyear?

300

The system of ____ made the colonies economically dependent on the mother country.

What is mercantilism? 

300

How many countries are in Africa? 

What is 54?

300

The doctor suggested _______________ (eat) more fruits and vegetables.

Eating

300

The Mexican artist couple. He was the master of frescoes who and gave a vivid visual voice to indigenous Mexican laborers. She was the younger, self-mythologizing dreamer, who painted with piercing introspection and chronic physical pain. Together, they were two of the most important artists of the 20th Century.

Who are Freida Kahlo and Diego Rivera?  

300

The element Symbol for Sodium.

What is Na? 

400

This treaty between Spain and Portugal drew a line through South America, claiming all lands west of the line belonged to Spain, and all lands east of the line belonged to Portugal.

What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

400

This is the driest non-polar desert in the world.

What is the Atacama Desert? 

400

Conditional: If she had listened to her mother’s advice, she __________________________ (get) sick!

WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN. 

400

Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history.

Who is Genghis Khan? 

400

The fall of the Berlin wall happened in _______.

What is November 9th 1989?

500

On which national flag is there an eagle and a snake?

What is the Mexican Flag?

500

This is the highest mountain in Africa.

What is Mount Kilimanjaro?

500

Verb Tense: Our house burned down last year. By the time we _______________ (arrive) home, the fire _______________ (already, destroy) everything!

arrived

had already destroyed

500

Guatemalan human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her fight to defend indigenous and human rights in her country.

Who is Rigoberta Menchú? 

500

The eight countries that the Amazon Forest reaches

Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana.