Highest mountains
Longest rivers
Climate
Government and Economics
Economic Activities
100
This is Asia and the world's highest mountain peak.
What is Mount Everest?
100
This is the world's longest river.
What is the Nile?
100
This type of climate is found near the Equator.
What is tropical?
100
This kind of government allows its people to freely elect their leaders.
What is a democracy or a republic?
100
These farms are small plots of land on which people grow enough food to feed their families. There is little to no money made from the yield.
What is subsistence farms?
200
This is North America's highest mountain peak.
What is Mount Denali?
200
This is Latin America's longest river.
What is the Amazon?
200
This type of climate is found where winters are long and cold and summers are short and hot...like here.
What is humid continental?
200
This kind of government controls the economy and does not allow free elections.
What is communism?
200
These farms are large and usually focus on the production of one crop for profit or money-making.
What are commercial farms?
300
This is Africa's highest mountain peak.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
300
This is North America's longest river.
What is the Mississippi?
300
This kind of climate is PARTLY dry.
What is steppe?
300
This kind of economy allows individuals to own and operate their own businesses with limited government control.
What is a free market economy?
300
These are the fossil fuels. They are non-renewable sources of energy that are pollutants, yet cheaper than renewable, cleaner sources of energy.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
400
This is Europe's highest mountain peak.
What is Mount Blanc?
400
This is Europe's longest river.
What is the Danube?
400
This kind of climate is affected by elevation.
What is highland?
400
This kind of economy is controlled by the government. The government decides what to produce, how much to produce, and the prices for the goods it produces.
What is a command economy?
400
This industry has to do with people spending money on vacation or travel (hotels, entertainment, restaurants, etc.) which contributes to that place's economy.
What is tourism?
500
This is South America's highest mountain peak.
What is Mount Aconcagua?
500
This is Asia's longest river.
What is the Yangtze or Chang Jiang?
500
This kind of climate is found in Alaska and most of Canada.
What is sub-arctic?
500
The kind of government is run by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
500
This industry deals with taking things from the earth and processing them in factories as products to be sold in stores.
What is manufacturing?