Worldly Words
Geography by Example
Official Language
Hemispheres
Holy Days
100
Adobe; Tortilla; Patio
What is Spanish?
100
Himalayas; Alps; Pyrenees
What are mountains (or mountain ranges/chains)?
100
Australia
What is English?
100
This imaginary line divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
100
Christianity or Judaism: Easter
What is Christianity?
200
Tsunami; Haiku; Karate
What is Japanese?
200
Gobi; Sahara; Kalahari
What are deserts?
200
Austria
What is German?
200
North America and South America are in this hemisphere.
What is Western?
200
Buddhism or Judaism: Yom Kippur
What is Judaism?
300
Ballet; Mardi Gras; Gourmet
What is French?
300
Arabian; Tasmanian; Mediterranean
What are seas?
300
Saudi Arabia
What is Arabic?
300
Australia and most of South America are in this hemisphere.
What is Southern?
300
Judaism or Islam: Rosh Hashanah
What is Judaism?
400
Opera; Piano; Macaroni
What is Italian?
400
Volga; Seine; Ganges
What are rivers?
400
The Netherlands?
What is Dutch?
400
This line and the 180° line of longitude divide the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is Prime Meridian?
400
Islam or Hinduism: Ramadan
What is Islam?
500
Status Quo Habitat Et Cetera
What is Latin?
500
Great Britain; Madagascar; Greenland
What are islands?
500
Cambodia
What is Khmer?
500
This continent extends into all 4 hemispheres.
What is Africa?
500
Buddhism or Hinduism: Diwali
What is Hinduism?