Question and Answer Samples and Techniques Quiz Show Question and Answer Samples and Techniques

How to Use the Quiz Show Template Choose a Question & Answer layout from the New Slide gallery Follow the placeholder prompts and fill in your actual questions and answers View the presentation in slide show to see the animations that reveal the answers Suggested Uses: Reinforcing teaching through audience participation Introduction to subject matter Recreational gatherings

Sample Question and Answer The following slides are example questions using the layouts in the Quiz Show template. View them in slide show to see the answer animations.

The Tropical region is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn .

What does LAMECOW stand for? Latitude Air pressure Mountain barriers Elevation Continental location Ocean currents Wind currents

Mountains are formed by what? Ocean Currents Subduction Convergent Boundaries Divergent Boundaries Erosion

What natural disaster occurs when transform boundaries shift? Earthquakes The San Andreas Fault is located in California

Match the following terms with their definitions: Summer Solstice Study of weather Fall Equinox December 21st Winter Solstice June 21st Spring Equinox September 23rd Meteorology March 20th

Demography is the government of the people. Demography is the study of human populations. Democracy is the government of the people.

What does MRLIP stand for? Movement Region Location Interaction Place

Oligarchy is: No government Government by a monarch Government by elected representatives Government by the people Government by a small group of people

What happens when an idea or innovation spreads from person or group to another and is adopted? Diffusion Example: The English language (which originated in England, of course) became the main language of past English colonies, such as the United States and Australia.

Match the governmental terms with their meanings: Government by elected representatives Monarchy Anarchy Government by the people Democracy Government by a monarch Oligarchy No government Republic Government by few

Developing countries are the world’s poorer countries.

What does GDP stand for? Gross Domestic Product

Which economic activity involves processing and distributing information? Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary Don’t know and don’t care

Gross National Product The total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year is known as what? Gross National Product If you were thinking of GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, then you were thinking of the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products.

Match the economic terms with their meanings Capitalism Little surplus; few markets Communism System of roads and ports Infrastructure Privately owned Socialism Government owns ALL Subsistence Government owns MOST

A geyser is a frozen lake.

What does NATO stand for? North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Where is the headquarters of the EU located? Berlin Brussels London Paris Vatican City

What is the term given to a city that ranks first and dominates a country in terms of population and economy? Primate City Keep in mind; the primate city of some countries are not always the capital.

Match these terms with their meanings alliance Not taking sides confederation Countries benefitting each other Complementary region Agreement between countries multilingual Joined states neutral Speaking several languages

Cosmopolitan means being characterized by many foreign influences.

What is a self-governing city called? City-state enclave exclave ghetto microstate

What was renewed interest in learning that spread throughout Europe from the 1300’s to the 1500’s? The Renaissance

What are French-speaking Belgians in southern Belgium referred to as? Walloons Flemish is the dialect of Dutch spoken in NORTHERN Belgium.

Match the countries with their capitals: Albania Kiev Macedonia Amsterdam Netherlands Tirana Poland Skopje Ukraine Warsaw