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123456 111111 222222 333333 444444 555555 Category 1 : 1  Question: What is the name for the point at which rivers flow eastward or westward in America?

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3 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

4 Category 1 : 2  Question: A __________ economy is one that no longer relies on manufacturing for its income.  Answer: postindustrial Back to the Board

5 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

6 Category 1 : 4  Question: Information processing, finance, medicine, and education are all examples of the _____ industry in America.  Answer: service Back to the Board

7 Category 1 : 5  Question: What is the name for corporations involved in business worldwide?  Answer: multinationals Back to the Board

8 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

9 Category 2 : 2  Question: The Treaty of Tordesillas was between what two countries?  Answer: Spain and Portugal Back to the Board

10 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

11 Category 2 : 4  Question: What term refers to a wide range of plants, insects, and wildlife?  Answer: biodiversity Back to the Board

12 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

13 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

14 Category 3 : 2  Question: What kind of weapons carry disease causing bacteria?  Answer: biological Back to the Board

15 Category 3 : 3  Question: How are boats able to travel through the St. Lawrence Seaway?  Answer: a system of locks Back to the Board

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 Category 4 : 2  Question: What type of climate does Antarctica have?  Answer: Icecap Back to the Board

20 Category 4 : 3  Question: Why are the Appalachian Mountains smaller than the Rocky Mountains?  Answer: The Appalachians are much older Back to the Board

21 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

22 Category 4 : 5  Question: What kind of government divides power between national, state, and local governments?  Answer: federal republic Back to the Board

23 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

24 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

25 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

26 Category 5 : 4  Question: What is the smallest and flattest continent in the world?  Answer: Australia Back to the Board

27 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

28 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

29 Category 6 : 2  Question: What is the name for the original inhabitants of Australia?  Answer: Aborigines Back to the Board

30 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

31 Category 6 : 4  Question: What is the name for the original inhabitants of New Zealand?  Answer: Maori Back to the Board

32 Category 6 : 5  Question: Most oceanic economies are based on what kind of activities?  Answer: subsistence Back to the Board


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