Question 1

What is the third largest continent?

Accepted Answer

North America

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Asia

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South America

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Africa

Question 2

What is the world's largest island?

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Greenland

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Australia

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Borneo

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New Guinea

Question 3

What is the highest peak in North America?

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Mt. McKinley

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Mt. Elbert

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Mt. Rainier

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Mt. St. Helens

Question 4

What is the world's largest bay?

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Hudson Bay

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Gulf of Mexico

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Chesapeake Bay

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Biscayne Bay

Question 5

What is the world's largest gulf?

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Mexico

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Gulf of Aden

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Persian Gulf

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Gulf of California

Question 6

What is the smallest and coldest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Arctic Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Southern Ocean

Question 7

Which continent is home to Mount McKinley?

Accepted Answer

North America

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Europe

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Asia

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South America

Question 8

Which body of water is the largest bay in the world?

Accepted Answer

Hudson Bay

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Bay of Biscay

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Bay of Bengal

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Baffin Bay

Question 9

Which ocean is known for being the coldest?

Accepted Answer

Arctic Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

Question 10

Which body of water is recognized as the world's largest gulf?

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Mexico

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Caribbean Sea

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Mediterranean Sea

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Bering Sea

Question 11

What is the region known as the Arctic?

Accepted Answer

the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline

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the vast evergreen forest region

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a large mass of ice

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the treeless Arctic plains

Question 12

What does the term 'boreal forest' refer to?

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the vast evergreen forest region covering much of Canada and parts of Alaska

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the permanently frozen ground

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the point beyond which no trees can grow

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a narrow body of water

Question 13

What is tundra?

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the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline

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the area between two larger bodies of water

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a type of glacier

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a biome rich in evergreen trees

Question 14

What is permafrost?

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the name of the ground that is permanently frozen

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an Arctic animal adaptation

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a type of forest soil

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a glacial feature

Question 15

What does the term 'timberline' refer to?

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the point beyond which no trees can grow

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a geographical division of land

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a type of Arctic animal

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the line marking permafrost

Question 16

What is a glacier?

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a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

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the northernmost forest

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a type of tundra

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a frozen body of water

Question 17

What is a strait?

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a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

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a type of forest

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a frozen landscape

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a geographical plateau

Question 18

Who was Jim Thorpe?

Accepted Answer

one of America's greatest athletes

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a historical Arctic explorer

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a notable environmentalist

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a famous missionary to the Inuits

Question 19

Who was Sir Wilfred Grenfell?

Accepted Answer

famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors

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an American storyteller

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a renowned artist

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an Arctic explorer

Question 20

Who is known as America's Greatest Storyteller?

Accepted Answer

Will Rogers

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Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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Jim Thorpe

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Mark Twain

Question 21

What is encompassed in the Western Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

the region containing North and South America

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the European landmass

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the Asian continent

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the Arctic region

Question 22

Which group is known as the most famous Indians of South America?

Accepted Answer

Incas

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Inuits

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Mayas

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Conifers

Question 23

What is the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska called?

Accepted Answer

Bering Strait

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Hudson Bay

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Bering Sea

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Beaufort Sea

Question 24

What is the study of Earth and its features called?

Accepted Answer

geography

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astronomy

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sociology

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history

Question 25

What term describes the movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to the next?

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migration

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emigration

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settlement

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transformation

Question 26

What do we call the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive?

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habitat

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ecosystem

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niche

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community

Question 27

Which term refers to the 'way of life' of a group of people?

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culture

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society

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tradition

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custom

Question 28

What type of trees retain their leaves year-round?

Accepted Answer

evergreens

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deciduous

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pines

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broadleaf

Question 29

What are the oldest and largest trees in the world called?

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conifers

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angiosperms

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evergreens

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broadleaf trees

Question 30

Who are the people that live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic?

Accepted Answer

Inuits

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Crees

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Quechuas

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Mayans

Question 31

Which animal has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal?

Accepted Answer

beaver

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bison

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moose

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elk

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