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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER Washington or
6. What large island is California-?
G. BEE # 1 located 200 miles A= California
northwest of Iceland? 2. Dar es Salaam is to
1. Which East Asian *Baffin Island Tanzania as Abidjan is
Country was opened to *Greenland to what?
foreign trade in the *Island of A= Côte d’Ivoire
1850’s by U.S Newfoundland 3. In February 2004, the
A=Greenland Government of a
Commodore Matthew
7. Name the Sea that is an South African Country
Perny?
important shipping route first announced that it
A= Japan
2. Which river forms much between Australia and would start to take
of Oklahoma’s boundary New Zealand? land from white
*Aratura Sea
with Texas -The farmers to give to
*Coral Sea
Columbia River or the landless blacks. Name
*Tasmanian Sea
Red River-? this country south of
A= Tasmanian Sea
A=Red River 8. Lake Tanganyka, the Angola.
3. In the 1870’s the town A= Namibia
world’s second deepest
of Dodge City became an 4. In October 2004, a
lake, is located on the
important stop on the boat of migrants sank
western borders of
cattle drives. Dodge City in the Mediterranean
Tanzania and which
is in which state? Sea off the coast of
other small African
A= Kansas North Africa’s smallest
4. In terms of export country?
Country in area. Name
A= Burundi
income, which of the this country.
9. Which Sea borders Italy
following is Egypt’s most A= Tunisia
and Croatia – The
important crop? 5. What city is the chief
Adriatic Sea or the Black
*Bananas port and major
*Cotton Sea-?
shipbuilding center on
A= Adriatic Sea
*Soybeans the Japanese island of
10. The Gulf of Sidra is
A=Cotton located off the coast of Kyushu?
5. The source of the Rio A= Nagasaki
what North African
Grande can be found in
Country that is west of
the San Juan Mountains
Egypt?
in which mayor A= Libya
mountain range?
6. The Bellinghausen Sea
A= Rocky Mountains
and the Ross Sea
border which
G. BEE # 2
continent?
*Antarctica
1. The San Andreas Fault is
*Arctic
in which state –
*Australia

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A= Antarctica 3. Chicago, Illinois, is near *Kung
7. Which capital city is the southern tip of which *Afrikaners
located on the shores of lake – Lake Ontario or *Bantu
the Narragansett Bay A= Afrikaners
Lake Michigan- ?
10. Which country is not a
and was founded by A=Lake Michigan
4. Place these major cities major producer of corn
Roger Williams in 1636?
A=Providence in order according to – Malaysia, Mexico or
8. Many Irish immigrated to their latitude from north China-?
the United States in the A=Malaysia
to south – Bern, Berlin,
mid-1800’s because of Madrid-.
G. BEE # 4
the failure of what crop? A= Berlin, Bern, Madrid.
*corn 5. Which state is farther
*potatoe 1. A strip of land
east – Mississippi or
*wheat connects Africa to
Kansas-?
A= potatoe A= Mississippi which other continent?
9. What large mountain 6. From about the 12th A=Asia
system forms the 2. One of the world’s
Century into the 19th
western boundary of the largest hydroelectric
Century, warriors called
Amazon River basin? dams spans the
Samurai were prominent
A= Andes Angara River at Bratsk.
in which country – Japan
10. Mexico borders This dam is in what
or Egypt-?
Guatemala and which country?
A=Japan
other Central American 7. Lake Tahoe, a major *Germany
country –Belize or *Poland
tourist destination, is on
Panama? *Russia
the border between A=Russia
A= Belize
Nevada and what other
state?
G. BEE # 3
A= California
8. For nearly 300 years
1. Which state has a
Gibraltar has been a 3. The world’s
panhandle – Oklahoma
colony of what country? southernmost city with
or Colorado-? *Morocco a metropolitan
A=Oklahoma *Spain population greater
2. Jersey and Guernsey, *United Kingdom than one million is
dependencies of the A=United Kingdom
located just north of
British Crown, are part of 9. The word trek, meaning
the Bass Strait. Name
a group of Islands a tripor journey, came
this city.
located between England into common English
A=Melbourne
and France. Name this usage after the 4. To visit the Forbidden
island group. migration of Dutch – City in Beijing and to
*Belearic Islands speaking people in South walk along the Great
*Channel Islan Africa- Name this group
*She Hand Islands Wall, you would travel
of people. to what country?
A= Channel Islands

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A= China
5. Which state is not a
major producer of forest
products – New Jersey,
Washington, or Georgia?
A= New Jersey
6. Which state, famous for
the Gold Rush of 1849, is
known as the Golden
State – California or
Florida?
A=California
7. Which major city is
located in North Carolina
and was near the site of
the first important gold
discovery in the United
States?
*Charlotte
*Columbia
*Fayetteville
A=Charlotte
8. Vietnam’s history and
culture have been
influenced by the fact
that it was controlled by
which European country
from 1883 to 1954?
*France
*Germany
*Spain
A=France
9. Which European city on
the Baltic Sea is the site
of the Nobel Institute?
A= Stockholm
10. What featured on a map
allows people to
calculate the actual
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distance between two *Early empires in West
places shown on the Africa
map? *Major religions in
A=scale Africa
A= Early empires in
West Africa
G. BEE # 5 6. Which state produces
more peaches – Rhode
1. Springfield, Missouri, is Island or Georgia-?
located on which natural A=Georgia
landform - the Ozark 7. What is the term for
Plateau or the an area of a desert
Menominee Range-? where an underground
A=Ozark Plateau water source supports
2. Maharashtra borders the vegetation growth?
Arabian Sea and is one A=Oasis
of the most urbanized
states of which Asian
country?
*Afghanistan
*India 8. To relax in a thermal
*Myanmar spa near Lake Balaton
A=India and to visit ceramics
3. Which country does not factories outside
have a high population Budapest, you would
density – Canada, Japan, travel to what
or Germany-? country?
A=Canada A=Hungary
4. What flap-topped
landformed feature 9. The Caprivi Strip gives
found in arid regions is Namibia access to a
often created by river that flows into
weathering and erosion the Mozambique
of a mesa? Channel. Name this
*Butte river in South Africa
*Dike A=Zambezi River
*Plateau 10. To learn what the
A=Butte symbols on a map
5. Ghana, Mali, Kanem –
represent, which map
Bornu, and Songhai are element would you
names associated with
look at?
which of the following? *map key
*Arab centers in East *map projection
Africa *map scale
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A=Map Key 7. Known for its leather
goods and carpets,
G. BEE # 6 Marrakech is in the
central part of which
1. France’s largest overseas African Country?
department borders the A=Morocco
Atlantic Ocean? 8. Which state does not
A=French Guiana border the Mexican state
2. In April 2004, the United of Chihuahua –
Nations sent a peace California, New Mexico,
keeping force to Abidjan or Texas?
after a surge in violence A=California
occurred there; Abidjan
is located in which West
African country?
A= Côte d’Ivoire
3. In 1991, Slovenia and 9. Which river forms the
which bordering country southern boundary of
were the first of the Oklahoma –The Platte
former Yugoslav River or the Red River?
republics to declare A=Red River
independence?
10. The ports of Anchorage,
A=Croatia
4. Which continent lies Vancouver and Acapulco
entirely north of the are along which coast of
Tropic of Cancer? North America?
A=Europe A=West

5. Alkmaar, a town famous

for its cheese market, is
located on a canal with
access into the
Waddenzee. Alkmaar is
in which country?
A=Netherlands
6. The number of countries
that make up the Balkan
Peninsula in Europe
almost doubled in 1992
as a result of the break
up of which country in
Eastern Europe?
A=Yugoslavia

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