The capital of Canada...
A. Ottawa
B. Montreal
C. Vancouver
D. Sydney
E. Canada City
What is A. Ottawa
100
Which of the following rivers does not empty into the Black Sea?
A) Danube
B) Dniester
C) Dnieper
D) Don
E) None of the above
What is E. None of the above
100
In what ocean is the International Date Line located?
A) Arctic
B) Antarctic
C) Atlantic
D) Pacific
E) Indian
What is D. Pacific
100
Which Mexican President has strengthened the Mexican economy by increasing oil and gas production and exports in the "maquiladoras" (factories) along the U.S. border?
A) Enrique Pena Nieto
B) Juan Silva Meza
C) Felipe Calderon
D) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
E) Che Guevera
What is A. Enrique Pena Nieto
100
US-Mexico relations have been impacted by Mexican immigration into the US. Between 2005-2010, the influx of Mexican immigrants has
A) increased
B) decreased
C) remained constant
What is B. decreased
200
The capital of Australia?
A. Melbourne
B. Sydney
C. Brisbane
D. Wellington
E. Canberra
What is E. Canberra
200
The Earth's crust is how many miles deep?
a) 5-10
b) 10-25
c) 30-40
d) 75-100
e) 250
What is A. 5-10 Miles
200
What is the southernmost position of direct overhead sunlight called?
A) Tropic of Capricorn
B) Equator
C) Tropic of Cancer
D) Prime Meridian
E) South Pole
What is A. Tropic of Capricorn
200
Che Guevara was a poster boy for which of the following?
A) Development
B) Dependency
C) Independence
D) Isolation
E) Autonomy
What is B. Dependency
200
59) Which of the following characterizes the thematic history of the European subcontinent?
A) Politically fragmented; peninsula or peninsulas
B) Driven outwards to obtain agricultural products and spices
C) Greatly influenced by Mongol conquest
D) A & B only
E) All of the above
What is D. A and B only
300
The capital of Laos.
A. Bangkok
B. Vientiane
C. Phnom Penh
D. Jakarta
E. Luang Prabang
What is B. Vientiane
300
Which country does not share a border with the Anatolian Peninsula?
A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Bulgaria
D) Lebanon
E) Iran
What is D. Lebanon
300
At the Mid-Oceanic Ridge
a) suboceanic rock closest to the ridge is older and colder
b) suboceanic rock furthest from the ridge is newer and colder
c) suboceanic rock furthest from the ridge is newer and wamer
d) suboceanic rock closest to the ridge is newer and warmer
e) suboceanic rock closest to the ridge is older and warmer
What is D. suboceanic rock closets to the ridge is newer and warmer
300
Mansa Musa was the 14th century King who became famous for his gold expedition. What is the capital of the present day country he ruled over?
A) Bamako
B) Banjul
C) Ouagadougou
D)Yamoussoukro
E) Yaounde
What is A. Bamako
300
Which of the following accounts for the rise of an independent merchant class in Europe?
A) Trade encounters
B) Competition & warfare
C) Political fragmentation
D) The Renaissance
E) Centralization of the Holy Roman Empire
What is C. Political fragmentation
400
Georgetown is the capital...
A) Uruguay
B) Paraguay
C) Bolivia
D) Guyana
E) Ecuador
What is D. Guyana
400
The Himalayan Mountains are formed by which tectonic boundary?
A) Convergent boundary; Indian and Eurasian plates
B) Convergent boundary; Indian and Arabian plates
C) Transform boundary; Indian and Eurasian plates
D) Divergent boundary; Indian and Eurasian plates
E) Divergent boundary; Indian and African plates
What is A. Convergent boundary; Indian and Eurasian plates
400
49) What accounts for the unique climate conditions along the Subtropical High Zone in China, India and Southeast Asia?
A) Volcanic Activity
B) Absence of trade winds
C) Global warming
D) Warm waters in the East and South China Seas
E) Uneven effects of solar radiation on land and water
What is E. Uneven effects of solar radiation on land and water.
400
Commonly referred to as the “President for life,” who is the current President of Kazakhstan?
A) Nursultan Nazarbayev
B) Mikheil Saakashvili
C) Viktor Yanukovych
D) Yulia Tymoshenko
E) Viktor Yushchenko
What is A) Nursultan Nazarbayev
400
In 1988, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in order to
A) create a forum in which select members of the UN can discuss climate changes
B) evaluate the impact of environmental pressures on climate change
C) discuss the global future brought on by climate change
D) evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity
E) set binding restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions
What is D. evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity
500
This country was formerly part of the country whose capital is Dakar. What is the capital of the independent state that suceeded in July 2011?
A) Asmara
B) Juba
C) Luanda
D) Monrovia
E) Kinshasa
What is B. Juba
500
What is the Durand Line?
A) The border separating Pakistan and Afghanistan
B) The direct telephone connection between Pakistan and Afghanistan
C) The region occupied by the Durandi people who are settled between Pakistan and Afghanistan
D) The familial line of succession in the Kingdom of Afghanistan
E) The maritime border along the coast of Pakistan and Afghanistan
What is A. The border separating Pakistan and Afghanistan
500
Which of the following correctly describes the process that determines air temperature?
A) Short-wave radiation from the sun determines atmospheric temperatures
B) Long-wave radiation from the Sun heats the Earth which is then refracted by the Earth as short-wave radiation which heats the air
C) Short-wave radiation from the Sun heats the Earth which is then refracted by the Earth as long-wave radiation which heats the air
D) Long-wave radiation from the sun determines atmospheric temperatures
E) Trade winds, cloud accumulation, and amount of sunlight determine air temperature
What is C. Short-wave radiation from the Sun heats the Earth which is then refracted by the Earth as long-wave radiation which heats the air
500
"Origins of Continents and Oceans" (the theory of continental drift) was written by:
a) Ortelius Atlas, 1570
b) Charles Darwin, 1859
c) Mortimer Durand, 1900
d) Alfred Wegener, 1915
e) Dilma Rousseff, 1925
What is D. Alfred Wegener, 1915
500
What Argentine revolutionary was a key figure involved in the Cuban Revolution and the purporting of the Dependency Theory?
A) Luis Lula da Silva
B) Daniel Ortega
C) Che Guevara
D) Hugo Chavez
E) Juan Perón