Geography Bee 1

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What island nation in the Greater Antilles is the leading producer of sugarcane in the Caribbean?
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Which is the world's most populous country?
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Which traditonally neutral country became a member of the United Nations in 2002?
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On which river did the English settlers found a village in the early 1600s?
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To stand on the Equator just north of Quito, you would travel to which South American country?
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The Ring of Fire, a volcanic region that experiences many earthquakes, surrounds which ocean?
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What river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean carries more water than any other river in the world?
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What present day capital is located on the site of the Aztec captial?
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What term is used for a spherical model of the earth?
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Swimmers can easily stay afloat in one of the world' saltiest bodies of water located between Israel and Jordaon. What is this body of water?
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The islands of the South Pacific are major producers of which crop?
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On August 6, 1945, a city at the western end of the Inland Seas became the first city destroyed by an atomic bomb. What is the city?
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To visit a famous chocolate factory in Brussels, you would travel to which European country?
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The Lewis and Clark expedition spent the winter of 1805-1806 near the mouth of what major river before beginning their journey home?
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What animal plays a major role in the lives of the people in Lapland, a region covered primarily by tundra?
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Which southern state was named for a French King and is in a region explored by France in the late 1600s?
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Which country produces the most oil?
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Columbia's climate and mountainous terrrain make it a major producer of which crop?
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The boll weevil forced many farmers to engage in a wider variety of agricultural activities because the insect can destroy what crop?
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Five times each day, Muslims face Islam's holiest city during prayer. What is the city?
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Seasonal changes in wind direction give India and other parts of southern Asia distinct wet and dry seasons. What term is used for these winds that bring very heavy rain?
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In May of 1999, the first parliament in more than 300 years opened in Edinburgh. This city is the capital of which major political unit of the United Kingdom?
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What explorer sailing for Great Britain reached what is now Newfoundland in 1497?
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What is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese is the primary language?
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Which country has the largest number of personal computers?
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What ancient civilization flourished along the major river that flows through Pakistan?
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What is the main form of livestock raised in the Autralian outback?
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A Bronze Age civilization that traded throughout the Mediterranean flourished on the island of Crete. Today, Crete is a part of what country?
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The ruble is the unit of currency for which country?
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What term is used for the molten rock that flows from a volcano onto the earth's surface?
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What scale is commonly used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
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Seventy percent of the world's fresh water in located on which continent?
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Nelson Mandela became the first freely elected black president of which African country in 1994?
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The term used to describe a country without a sea coast is ___.
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A ferry connects Spain and what other country across the Strait of Gibralter?
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Senegal's chief seaport is located on which ocean?
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Which of the following cities is located on the continent of Africa?
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Which country is larger in area?
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To see Angel Falls, which at 3,212 feet is the world's highest waterfall, you would have to travel to a region of rain forest that borders the Caribbean Sean. What is the country?
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A southeastern state that has frequent thunderstorms also experiences the greatest number of lightning strikes each year. Which state?
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Which country has tourist resorts along the Mediterranean Sea?
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The Ganges River flows into what body of water?
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What is the tern for a narrow, natural waterway that connects two larger bodies of water?
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Which state has a longer border with Canada?
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Which country mines potash near the Dead Sea?
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What midwestern city is the most populous city on the Great Lakes?
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To walk through Tiananmen Square in Beijing, site of a 1989 student demonstration for democracy, you would travel to which Asian country?
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What sea seperates Egypt and Sudan from the Arabian Peninsula?
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What covers the Texas panhandle?
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Europe's longest river flows into the Caspian Sea. What is this river?