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1. In what direction, would you travel to get from Alexandria, New Hampshire (near Newfound Lake) to get to Portland, Maine?

2. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is located on what Gulf? Gulf of Maine or Gulf of New Hampshire

3. In what direction would you travel to get from Alexandria, New Hampshire (near Newfound Lake) to get to Contoocook, New Hampshire?

4. Water from Newfound Lake flows into the Pemigewasset River, and then flows into a river that flows through Concord, New Hampshire. What river flows generally southward through Concord NH, and then continues southward through Manchester, Nashua and eventually into a gulf (named in questions2)?

5. What state of New England borders the most New England states?

6. What is the northernmost named lake of New Hampshire, source of the Connecticut River?

7. The White Mountain National Forest extends across which 2 northern New England States?

Vermont and New Hampshire or New Hampshire and Maine or Vermont and Maine

8. What river forms the border of Vermont and New Hampshire?

9. What line of latitude is CLOSE to the northern border of Vermont?

10. What line of longitude is CLOSE to most of the eastern border of New Hampshire?

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11. A country located north of Israel, and south of Turkey, has a cedar tree in the center of its flag. What is the name of this country?

12. Alexandria, New Hampshire was named after a city located on the northern edge of Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea. This city is located close to the delta of what major river of Africa?

13. Bristol, New Hampshire, was named for a port city in England, located close to what line of latitude?

45 degrees North or 51 degrees north or 66.5 dgrees north

14. Approximately what line of latitude (number) is Cairo, Egypt?

15. Wuhan and Shanghai, 2 major cities of China (also city-hosts for Women’s World Cup Soccer 2007) are both located on what major river of China?

Yangtze or Yellow or Nile

16. Beijing, China, the capital of China is in the northern portion of the country. True or False.

17. Constitution Day was celebrated on Monday, September 17^th this year in the USA. B(Sometimes it is on days of the month of September. On what day in September was the US Constitution actually signed?

18. Brazil will play the United States in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup (Soccer), on September 27. What is the capital of Brazil?

19. Norway will play Germany in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup (Soccer) on September 26. What is the capital of Norway?

20. Norway will play Germany in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup (Soccer) on September 26. What is the capital of Germany?

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21. Machu Picchu is located high in the Andes Mountains, in what South American country?

22. What is the name of the cold ocean current that keeps most of Peru relatively cool?

Peru Current or Alternating Current or Direct Current or Gulf Stream

23. Spanish is the official language of Peru. While as many as 70 other Native American languages are also spoken there, what is the other official language of Peru?

Quechua or Incan or Abenaki

23.5 What is the name line of latitude that crosses South America just south of Bolivia (and also crosses Paraguay and Brazil?)

25. The Deccan Plateau is located in what south Asian country?

26. What major river flows downhill from the Himilayas, through Pakistan, and into the Arabian Sea?

27. What mountain range lies just inland from the Arabian Sea, on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau?

28. What major river of India flows from the foothills of the Himalayas through the Indo-Ganetic Plain (Ganges Plain), through Bangladesh, and into the Bay of Bengal?

29. What religion organized India’s society into groups called “castes” which still influence Indian life today?

30. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, what general direction do most of the summer monsoons blow?

Towards the North or Towards the South or Upwards.

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31. A country located south of the United States of America, and north of Central America, is approximately the same land area size of Greenland. What country is this?

32. What native American culture flourished in the Yucatan Peninsula from about 250 AD to about 900 AD ?

33. Name a country located on the Yucatan Peninsula.

34. What named line of latitude crosses Mexico, just north of the Yucatan Peninsula?

35. Only 2 countries of Central America do NOT border both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Name one.

36. What commonly found food originally came from the native American cultures of Central America?

Chocolate or Chile Pepper or corn

37. What large fresh water lake is located in Nicaragua?

38. All of the countries of Central America were formerly colonies of Spain, except Belize. What European country controlled Belize until 1981?

39. Hopkinton Middle High School’s Interact Club regularly visits a Central American country to help build schools and clinics. This country’s capital city is Tegucigalpa. What country?

40. Panama is located in what US time zone?

Eastern Time Zone or Central Time Zone or Pacific Time Zone

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41. The Rosetta Stone was found in a country of North Africa, by French soldiers. The stone had inscriptions which helped in the deciphering of Egyptian Hieroglyphics. In what country was the stone found?

42. The ancient city of Carthage was located on the North African coast, just north of the present-day city of Tunis. In what country would you now have to visit, to see the ruins of Carthage?

43. What city of Morocco lent its name to the small orange-like fruit, the Tangerine?

44. Much of Greece sits on the southern tip of what European peninsula?

Jutland Peninsula or Balkan Peninsula or Iberian Peninsula

45. Greece is located on the European mainland, and also includes approximately how many islands?

20 or 170-200 or 2,000

46. What large island of the Mediterranean Sea is divided into 2 halves, one predominantly Greek and the other, predominantly Turkish?

Cyprus or Sicily or Constantinople

47. What symbols of the Straits of Gibraltar are shown on the flag of Spain?

48. What large man-made body of water is located close to the modern-day city of Aswan, in Egypt?

49. According to the textbook, what is the approximate population of Egypt?

1.3 million or 67 million or 146 million

50. According to the textbook, what is the approximate population of Pakistan?

1.3 million or 67 million or 146 million

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51. In the 8^th century, a group know as the Moors conquered much of the Iberian Peninsula, including the city of Granada, which is in what present-day country?

52. Florence, a city located on the Arno River, is home to the elaborate Boboli Gardens, in which country?

53. What small country, located on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, was a major player in the expansion of oceanic exploration during the 15^th century?

54. The Middle East region serves as a crossroads between Asia, Africa and what other continent?

55. Strong ties to the sea and sailing characterize the city of Genoa, located on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Genoa is a port in which country?

56. The city of Pasco is located on the Columbia River not far from the Ice Harbor Dam in which state-

Washington or Georgia?

57. The Caribbean countries of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica were colonies of countries on which continent?

58. Part of the Spanish colonial empire until 1898, which Southeast Asian island country is predominantly Roman Catholic?

59. What country was NOT colonized by Spain- Peru, Colombia or Suriname?

60. St. Augustine, the site for the fort that protected Spain’s first permanent settlement in what is now the United States, is a city located in which state?

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61. The North Pole (one of the points where all longitude lines meet) is located on sheet ice, which is floating on what ocean?

62. North Pole, Alaska is a community located just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. True or False

63. Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean, belongs to what country?

64. Poinsettia plants are native to a large country (located north of Guatemala), of approximately the same land area size as the island of Greenland. What is the name of that country?

65. Reindeer are native to a northern European region called Lapland. Name one country of this region.

66. "Donder", the name of one of Santa's reindeer, means "Thunder", in what northern European language spoken in the Netherlands?

67. The town of Noel, Missouri is located in the southwest corner of the state, on a high, flat region known as the _______________ Plateau.

68. Noel, Nova Scotia, is located on the Minas Basin, home to some of the world’s highest and lowest tides. True or False

69. Bob Cratchit (Scrooge’s clerk) goes down a slide twenty times (in honour of its being Christmas-eve), on what hill, before running home to Camden Town as hard as he could pelt, to play at blindman’s buff?

70. Where is "Grandmother’s House"?

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71. What is the capital of Ohio?

72. What is the name of the river that forms much of the border between Washington and Oregon?

73. What northern South American country borders both the Atlantic Ocean (sort of) and the Pacific Ocean?

74. Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island nation located off the southeastern coast of India. What is the capital of Sri Lanka?

75. What is the southwestern-most province of Canada?

76. What is the name of the Salt Marsh located close to 38 degrees N and 118 degrees west?

77. South Carolina's capital city is not located on the coast. What is the capital of South Carolina?

78. What is the name of the southern-most point on the island of Tobago, country of Trinidad & Tobago?

79. What nation located in the leeward islands of the Caribbean region has a capital named Basseterre?

St. Vincent and the Grenadines or St. Kitts & Nevis or Turks & Caicos

80. What city is located at the eastern (and northern) entrance of the Panama Canal?

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81. What formed a lot of the islands of the West Indies (especially apparent in the islands with central highlands ringed by coastal plains)?

82. The islands of the West Indies vary in size. Some are very large, and others are smaller than some cities… Name an island that is slightly smaller than the city of Miami, Florida.

83. What bird living in Cuba (tiniest bird in the world) measures only 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) from head to tail?

84. Bauxite, mined in Jamaica, is used to make … what?

85. What is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that has a government based on the ideas of communism?

86. What country, located 90 miles south of Florida, is the world’s top sugar producer, and has most of it’s farmers working on farms owned and operated by the government?

87. Martinique and Guadeloupe, 2 islands of the Lesser Antilles, have ties to what European country?

88. What country of the Caribbean region was a colony of Britain, until independence in 1962?

89. Haiti, a country on the western half of the island of Hispaniola, was formerly a colony of Spain, until it was given to another European country in 1795. Haiti then won it’s independence in 1804. What European country claimed Haiti as a colony from 1795 until 1804?

90. In what war did Puerto Rico become a part of the United States?

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91. What is the name of the narrow passage located between Cuba and Hispaniola?

92. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is located at approximately 20 degrees north latitude and 75 degrees west longitude.

True or False

93. What large island is located at (approximately) 18 degrees N and 67 degrees W?

94. What is the highest peak located in the islands of the Caribbean region?

Volcan Tajumulco or Pico Duarte or Mt. Kitts & Nevis

95. What type of farming (Economic Activity) is found in Haiti?

Subsistence Farming or Commercial Farming or Banana Plantations

96. What line of latitude runs near (just north) of Havana, Cuba?

97. What climate region is located in Central America, but not in the West Indies?

98. What is the population density of Jamaica and Puerto Rico?

2-60 people per square mile or 60-125 p/sq m. or over 250 p/sq m.

99. What is the easternmost island of the Caribbean region?

100. There are no cities located in the West Indies with populations of greater than 5,000,000 people.

True or False

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101. What is the name of the southern coastal region of Croatia, which also gives its name to a popular breed of dogs?

102. The landlocked region of Kosovo declared it’s independence on February 17^th 2008, from what Balkan country?

103.The United States purchased the US Virgin Islands in 1916 from a European country, located on the Jutland Peninsula, north of Germany. What European country sold the islands to the US?

104. The flag of Cuba, displays the colors “Red, White and Blue”, which are the same colors as used on the flag of the United Sates of America. True or False

105.Columbus left a group of settlers on the northern shore of Hispaniola, in a settlement he called Navidad. This settlement was probably located in the large country on the eastern side of the island of Hispaniola, What is the name of this country? (Supposedly, Christopher Columbus’ bones are interred in a vault in a church in the capital of this country…)

Haiti or Dominican Republic or Mt. Pelee

106.What is the name of the deep ocean trench, located just north of Puerto Rico?

107. In 1902 The volcano on the island of Martinique exploded, and destroyed a large part of the capital of that country. What is the name of that volcano?

108.What is the name of the British Commonwealth nation, located just south of the Bahamas, also composed entirely of low coral and sand islands (like the Bahamas)?

Turks and Caicos or St. Vincent and the Grenadines or Antigua and Barbuda

109. President John F. Kennedy was a PT boat captain during WWII. His ship was sunk by an encounter with a Japanese destroyer near a group of coral and volcanic islands located in the PACIFIC Ocean. (Not the Caribbean…) What is the name of the island group where his crew was shipwrecked, and from which they were rescued?

110.The movie “Cool Runnings” starring John Candy, is based on a true story about a Bob-Sled team that attended the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1988. What Caribbean island nation sent the Bob-sled team?

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111. What is the name of the long equatorial river in South America, that empties into the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 0 degrees, 50 degrees west?

112. What is the name of the long equatorial river in Africa that empties into the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 6 degrees south, and 12 degrees east?

113. According to the textbook, what type of rainfall is associated with Tropical Rain Forest climate region?

Year-round rainfall or seasonal rainfall or Tropical Savanna Rainfall

114. What is the name of the climate found in the large NORTH-central region of Brazil, NEAR to the Amazon River, and the equator? Correct answer: Tropical Rain Forest

115. According to the map in the textbook found on page 65, what is the climate found in most of the islands of Indonesia (the capital of Indonesia is Jakarta)?

116. What is the name of the desert found in southern central Africa, in the countries of Botswana, eastern Namibia and northwestern South Africa?

Kalahari Desert or Great Victoria Desert or Lake Victoria

117. What is the name of the desert, located in northern Africa, stretching from Morocco to Algeria to Libya and into Egypt?

118. What is the name of the desert located in southwestern Australia?

119. What is the name of the northern Mexican state, located just south of Arizona, (also bordering the Gulf of California) which is also the name of a desert located in the same region?

Sonora or Phoenix or Route 66

120. On the flag of Mexico… what is the eagle standing on?

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121. Where is the Great Pyramid of Egypt located?

El Giza or Alexandria or Chichen Itza

122. Abuja is the capital of Nigeria. What coastal city is the FORMER capital of Nigeria?

123. What are the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao sometimes called????

The _______________ Islands

124. Many grassland areas of the Sahel region are suffering from a problem brought on by overgrazing and drought. What is this process called?

Desertification or Djenne or Mali

125. What is the name of the West African city located in Mali, that has a huge structure built entirely of mud?

126. What country of Africa produces the MOST diamonds?

Australia or Botswana or Tiffany’s

127. The Equator crosses how many countries of Africa?

128. How many countries of Africa are landlocked?