Basic Social Studies
Europe
Latin America
Canada
Australia
USA
100
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, east, West
100
What is the largest Country in Europe?
Europe
100
What is the dominate language spoken in Latin America?
Spanish
100
Which body of water connects the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes?
St. Lawrence River
100
Which three Oceans touch Australia?
Pacific, Southern, and Indian
100
Three Oceans that touch the USA
Arctic (Alaska), Atlantic, Pacific
200
What is the Imaginary line that circle the earth, dividing it into a northern and southern hemisphere?
Equator
200
What natural phenomenon is responsible for warming the United Kingdom and Western Europe?
Gulf Stream
200
Which is the only Latin American country to have a Socialist/Communist Government
Cuba
200
What are the three oceans surrounding Canada?
Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific
200
Where do most Australians live?
Urban Areas (cities) in eastern, southeastern, and southwestern coastlines.
200
How is the USA version of democracy different from the UK when it comes to how our leader is chosen?
USA is a Presidential Democracy, Leader elected directly
300
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
300
What European physical feature allows the country of Germany to grow a surplus of food?
European Plain
300
Why don't most Brazilians live in the center or west of the country?
No one much wants to live in the Amazon Rainforest
300
Why do most Canadians live in the South near the USA border?
Milder or warmer climate, the North is in the Arctic Circle,
300
The Australia Outback (center) has what type of climate?
Arid/Desert
300
What are the three branches of the USA government?
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
400
Name the 5 Oceans of Earth.
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, and Indian
400
How is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom chosen?
The citizens elect their local representative, the representatives go to the Parliament, the majority party (party that had the most people elected) picks the Prime Minister from their party
400
Which mountain chain keeps air pollution in Mexico City?
Sierra Madres
400
Acid Rain/Air pollution is a problem for Canada. It is mostly caused by automobile and factory exhaust. Why can't Canada do much about this problem?
Most of the pollution is from the USA
400
Australia was settled and heavily influenced by this European country.
United Kingdom or Great Britain
400
Which branch of the US government's primary function is to enact laws, manages government funding, conducts oversight of the executive branch, and confirms or rejects presidential appointments.
Legislative Branch/US Congress
500
Which Continent is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres
North America
500
How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to World War II?
Blamed Germany for the war, forced them to pay reparations bankrupting them, and took their colonies, land with natural resources (Rhine), and wiped out their military- Germans were ticked
500
Which Latin American country exports oil, automobiles, and agricultural products to their Northern neighbor the USA?
Mexico
500
Why do many residents of Quebec feel they should be an independent country?
They are French (language, Catholics, and culture) the rest of Canada is British/English
500
This current brings warm tropical water from the Equator to Northern Australia. 
East Australian Current
500
Which Latin American man-made feature did the USA complete for military and trade under President Teddy Roosevelt?
Panama Canal
600
Which climate do most people live in on Earth?
Temperate
600
How does Germany's many navigable rivers impact its trade?
Germany tends to use the rivers as highways and trade with neighboring countries in Europe.
600
The Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations all believed they had to do this to appease their gods and keep the sun rising.
Human Sacrifice
600
How is the Territory of Nunavut unique?
Its the newest since 1999, few people live here due to its harsh arctic climate, Inuit people are the majority
600
What is the term that refers to a period in Australia's history where Aboriginal children were removed from their families through government policies from the mid-1800s to the 1970s?
Lost Generation
600
US state with the largest population and the fifth largest economy / GDP in the world.
California