Category 1 : 1 Question: What is the name for the point at which rivers flow eastward or westward in America? It’s found in the Rocky Mountains. Answer: Continental Divide Back to the Board
Category 1 : 2 Question: A __________ economy is one that no longer relies on manufacturing for its income. Answer: postindustrial Back to the Board
Category 1 : 3 Question: What kind of government is it when the people elect others to represent them in government? Answer: representative democracy Back to the Board
Category 1 : 4 Question: Information processing, finance, medicine, and education are all examples of the _____ industry in America. Answer: service Back to the Board
Category 1 : 5 Question: What is the name for corporations involved in business worldwide? Answer: multinationals Back to the Board
Category 2 : 1 Question: What group of people attempt to gain territory or change government policies through force and scare tactics? Answer: terrorists Back to the Board
Category 2 : 2 Question: The Treaty of Tordesillas was between what two countries? Answer: Spain and Portugal Back to the Board
Category 2 : 3 Question: What is the name for communities where people live and work in the same area? Answer: sustainable communities Back to the Board
Category 2 : 4 Question: What term refers to a wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife? Answer: biodiversity Back to the Board
Category 2 : 5 Question: What term describes a region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns? Answer: megalopolis Back to the Board
Category 3 : 1 Question: What landform in America has a tropical wet and dry climate, over 4000 miles of swampland? Answer: Everglades Back to the Board
Category 3 : 2 Question: What kind of weapons carry disease causing bacteria? Answer: biological Back to the Board
Category 3 : 3 Question: How are boats able to travel through the St. Lawrence Seaway? Answer: a system of locks Back to the Board
Category 3 : 4 Question: The ______ _______ system of economics is in place if the government exerts little control over businesses, resources, and technology that is operated for profit by private individuals. Answer: free enterprise Back to the Board
Category 3 : 5 Question: What was the original purpose for colonizing Sydney, Australia? Answer: to set up a penal colony for Great Britain Back to the Board
Category 4 : 1 Question: What is the program known as that exchanges protection of parts of the rain forest for payment of a nation’s debt? Answer: debt for nature swap Back to the Board
Category 4 : 2 Question: What type of climate does Antarctica have? Answer: Icecap Back to the Board
Category 4 : 3 Question: Why are the Appalachian Mountains smaller than the Rocky Mountains? Answer: The Appalachians are much older Back to the Board
Category 4 : 4 Question: What is the term for the condition that exists when development increases without planned growth? Answer: urban sprawl Back to the Board
Category 4 : 5 Question: What kind of government divides power between national, state, and local governments? Answer: federal republic Back to the Board
Category 5 : 1 Question: What is the name for the huge group of Pacific Islands that consist of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia? Answer: Oceania Back to the Board
Category 5 : 2 Question: What are Quebec and Ontario the core provinces of Canada? Answer: They comprise the areas of greatest population and land mass. Back to the Board
Category 5 : 3 Question: What term refers to the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, an increase in temperatures, and climate changes? Answer: global warming Back to the Board
Category 5 : 4 Question: What is the smallest and flattest continent in the world? Answer: Australia Back to the Board
Category 5 : 5 Question: What place still can’t be lived in because of the nuclear contamination caused by atomic testing by the US? Answer: Bikini Atoll Back to the Board
Category 6 : 1 Question: What term refers to the Aboriginal children whom the government placed with white families? Answer: Stolen Generation Back to the Board
Category 6 : 2 Question: What is the name for the original inhabitants of Australia? Answer: Aborigines Back to the Board
Category 6 : 3 Question: Chemicals found in CFCs are believed to have caused what to happen to the environment? Answer: the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica Back to the Board
Category 6 : 4 Question: What is the name for the original inhabitants of New Zealand? Answer: Maori Back to the Board
Category 6 : 5 Question: Most oceanic economies are based on what kind of activities? Answer: subsistence Back to the Board