Landforms
Government
Countries of MidEast
Countries of Africa
Countries of East Asia
100
Island
What is land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water?
100
Dictatorship
What is a form of government in which a leader rules by force and limits citizens' freedoms?
100
Israel
What is the only country where Judaism is the main religion?
100
Sahara Desert
What is the largest desert in the world located in northern Africa?
100
Mt. Everest
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
200
Continent
What is one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth?
200
Constitutional Monarchy
What is a form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but elected officials run the government?
200
Islam
What is the main religion of the countries in the MidEast?
200
Nationalism
What is the desire of people to rule themselves and have their own independent country?
200
Caste
What is a social group that someone is born into and cannot change?
300
Peninsula
What is a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surroundedon three sides by water?
300
Democracy
What is a form of government where citizens' rights and freedoms are protected and a constitution limits the power of the leaders?
300
Palestinians
What is the name of the people who live in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in Israel?
300
Apartheid
What is a system of laws in South Africa aimed at separating the races?
300
Hinduism
What is the main religion of India?
400
Isthmus
What is a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas?
400
Oligarchy
What is a form of government run by a small group of people such as military officers or wealthy people who act on behalf of their own interests?
400
Saudi Arabian Export
What is oil?
400
Sahel
What is the area of land bordering a desert?
400
Asian Tigers
What is the name given to the countries in East Asia who formed strong economies in the 1960s?
500
Absolute Location
What is the exact location of a place on the Earth described by latitude and longitude?
500
Autocracy
What is a form of government where leadership is inherited or seized by force and the ruler has unlimited power?
500
Hajj
What is the pilgrimage Muslims are expected to make once in their lifetime?
500
Nile River
What is the longest river in the world which starts at Lake Victoria and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea?
500
Dalai Lama
What is the title of the Buddhist leader from Tibet living in exile in India?