A River Flows Through It
World Capitals
(provide the country)
Explorers of the Americas
Geographic Extremes
Two Letter Words
100

It is the longest river in the world.  

What is the Nile River?

100

London

What is the United Kingdom?

100

In 1522 18 members of his crew were credited as being the first to circumnavigate the globe; despite him not finishing the journey himself.  

Who was Ferdinand Magellan?

100

This is the highest elevation in Asia (29, 035 ft. above sea level)

What is Mount Everest?

100

This is a mathematical number

What is Pi?

200

It is the widest river in the world.

What is the Amazon River?

200

Cairo

What is Egypt?

200

In 1508 this Spanish explorer, whose name is related to a feline, discovered Puerto Rico and its capital was subsequently named after him.

Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?


200

This is the lowest elevation in Asia (1,414 ft. below sea level)

What is the Dead Sea?

200

This two letter word is a word used for Pizza

What is Za?


300

It is considered to be the oldest river in North America and flows from south to north.  

What is the New River?

300

Dimasha (Damascus)

What is Syria?


300

He was the explorer who is believed to have visited North America in the 11th century. He may have spent a summer in what is now Canada, and called the area "Vinland"  

Who was Leif Erikson?

300

This is the highest elevation in North America (20,310 ft. above sea level)

What is Denali?  

300

This is the 7th tone of the diatonic music scale

What is Ti?

400

It is the river in North America that has changed direction and now flows into the Mississippi River

What is the Wisconsin River?

400

Kuala Lumpur

What is Malaysia?

400

He was the geographer and explorer who first realized that the land across the Atlantic was not Asia but a new continent.  

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

400

At 144,001 square miles, this is the largest natural lake in the world

What is the Caspian Sea?

400

This is a biblical middle eastern mountain, or a three toed sloth

What is Ai?

500

It is the river that runs through Baghdad.

What is the Tigris River?

500

Tarawa

What is Kiribati?

500

In 1513 this man, whose name is similar to a modern day pugilistic movie character, was the first European to cross present day Panama and see the Pacific Ocean from the east.

Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?

500

At 5.45 million square miles, this land mass is considered to be the largest desert in the world with less than 10" of precipitation per year

What is the Antarctic Continent?  

500

The vital force that in Chinese thought is inherent in all things.  It contains the least used letter in the English alphabet.  

What is Qi?