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GEOGRAPHY BEE SAMPLE
1. The
A)
B)
B
2. Which city, known for its automobile manufacturing, is the largest
in
A)
B)
A
3. Which country is formerly known as the
independent from
A)
B)
B
4. Which country, historically the heart of the Ottoman Empire, lies
primarily on
the peninsula of Anatolia, or Asia Minor between the Black and
Seas?
A)
B)
C) Vietnam
B
5. Which of
in urban areas?
A)
B)
C) Kuwait
C
6. The historic missions in the southwestern
Native Americans to Christianity were built by missionaries from
which
European country?
A)
B)
C) Portugal
B
7. What is the term for shock waves through solid rock that are
generated by
earthquakes or underground explosions?
A) tsunamis
B) seismic waves
C) Cyclones
B seismic waves
8. In which city can you find street signs written in Pinyin, the
phonetic spelling of
the local language using the Roman alphabet?
A)
B)
C) Beijing
C
9. What language do more people speak as their mother tongue than any
other
language?
A) English
B) Chinese
C) Hindi
B Chinese
10. In March 2001, roaming blackouts plagued the
11. What Greek leader conquered the known world during the fourth
century B.C.?
Alexander the Great
12. Half the world's emeralds come from a mine in Muzo in what South
American
Country ?
13. Which river carries the most sediment to the ocean?
A) Amazon
B)
C) Huang He (Yellow)
D)
B
14. Which Indian state lies between
A) Utter
B) Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan
E)
15. Goa, a former Portuguese colony bordering the Arabian Sea, is now
a state in
which Asian country?
A)
B)
C) Asia
B