WorksheetsRandall Geo Bee 2016 - 17
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which state is closer to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Nevada
b)
Ohio
c)
Florida
2.
Which state is located in New England?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Virginia
c)
New Jersey
3.
The Klamath Mountains stretch south from Oregon into which other state?
a)
Montana
b)
California
c)
Colorado
4.
The barrier islands of the Outer Banks lie off the coast of which Atlantic state?
a)
Maine
b)
North Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
5.
The Pecos River drains into the Rio Grande in which state?
a)
Nevada
b)
California
c)
Texas
6.
Which state is located west of the Mississippi River?
a)
Georgia
b)
Wisconsin
c)
Oklahoma
7.
Which state has a longer border with Canada?
a)
Vermont
b)
Wisconsin
c)
Minnesota
8.
The City of Bangor lies north of the Penobscot Bay in which state?
a)
Connecticut
b)
South Carolina
c)
Maine
9.
Which state is farther north?
a)
Michigan
b)
Wyoming
c)
New Mexico
10.
Lake Havasu is located on the border of California and ________.
a)
Oregon
b)
Colorado
c)
Arizona
11.
Which form of mass production was used by Henry Ford to produce automobiles in Detroit, Michigan.
a)
Threshing Machine
b)
McCormick Reaper
c)
Assembly Line
12.
Which blockbuster film was written by George Lucas in California in the 1970s to get kids interested in space exploration?
a)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
b)
Alien
c)
Star Wars
13.
Which landmark in Washington, D.C. was burned by the British in 1814?
a)
The Washington Monument
b)
Capital Building
c)
White House
14.
Warriors from which Native American tribe were attacked by US troops at Wounded Knee in present-day South Dakota?
a)
Sioux
b)
Hopi
c)
Apache
15.
Which carnival ride was first introduced at the Chicago World's Fair in 1931?
a)
Ferris Wheel
b)
Tilt-R-Wheel
c)
Rollercoaster
16.
The owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts created which treat by accidentally mixing ingredients?
a)
Apple Struedel
b)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
c)
Rice Krispies Bars
17.
Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, is mainly associated with what career?
a)
architecture
b)
painter
c)
sculptor
18.
Connecticut is home to a museum honoring P.T. Barnum, who was famous for which type of entertainment?
a)
circus
b)
motion pictures (movies)
c)
television
19.
Which phrase refers to the forced relocation of several Indian nations to areas west of the Miss. River?
a)
Bataan Death March
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Live and Let Die
20.
Deepwater Horizon is associated with which environmental disaster that affected the Gulf Coast?
a)
Oil Spill
b)
Nuclear Meltdown
c)
Lead Poisoning in Water Supply
21.
Madagascar, one of the world's largest islands, is located off the eastern coast of Africa in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
22.
A giant squid is almost as long as a six-story building is high. Giant squid can be found in the waters near the United Kingdom in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
23.
At nearly 7 miles deep, the Mariana Trench is the deepest point on Earth and is located in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
24.
The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with which other ocean.
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
25.
The North Pole, the northernmost point on Earth, is located in which ocean?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
26.
The Ring of Fire, a region that experiences a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions is located in the
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
27.
The Azores are a group of volcanic islands that lie west of Portugal in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
28.
Narwhals are called the unicorns of the sea due to their large tusk. They are found near Svalbard and the Barents Sea in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
29.
The area known as Polynesia, which is made up of more than 1,000 islands is in the...
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
30.
The island of Mauritius, a former British colony, is surrounded by which ocean
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
31.
You can take a bath in coffee at a spa in Japan. It's weird, but it's true! Japan is an island country in...
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
32.
Villagers in 5th-century Italy played tennis with their bare hands. It's weird, but true! Italy is located on which continent containing the Alps?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
North America
33.
Doctors in ancient Peru drilled holes in patients' skulls to relieve their headaches. It's weird, but true! Peru is on which continent?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
South America
34.
Crocodiles sometimes climb trees. The Nile crocodile lives in Sudan & Ethiopia on which continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
South America
35.
Mexico once had three different presidents in power in one day. Mexico is a country on which continent.
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
36.
The first ice skates were made of animal bones. It's weird, but true. These skates were used 1000 years ago in Finland on this continent.
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Antarctica
37.
Mountain lions have extra taste buds on their tongues to help scrape meat from bones. They can be found in the Andes Mountains on this continent.
a)
North America
b)
South American
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
38.
The Great Barrier Reef is roughly the size of Italy. It's weird, but true! The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of...
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Australia
39.
One volcano in Indonesia burns with electric-blue flames. Indonesia is an island country that is south of this continent.
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
South America
40.
The air trapped inside an iceberg can be thousands of years old. Icebergs can be found in the Weddell & Amundsen Seas off the coast of ...
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
41.
What is the term for the measure of how much matter an object has
a)
gravity
b)
speed
c)
mass
d)
volume
42.
What is the term for an underground layer of rock that holds groundwater?
a)
arroyo
b)
aquifer
c)
aqueducts
d)
basin
43.
What is the term for an environment where evaporation usually exceeds precipitation?
a)
savanna
b)
desert
c)
tundra
d)
fjord
44.
What is the term for land that is capable of being used to grow crops?
a)
arable
b)
basalt
c)
fruitful
d)
subsistence
45.
What is the term for molten rock in the Earth's interior?
a)
shale
b)
magma
c)
lava
46.
Which country does NOT experience frequent earthquakes?
a)
Chile
b)
United States
c)
Nigeria
47.
Which country has NOT hosted a Summer Olympics?
a)
Chile
b)
Hungary
c)
Australia
48.
Which country is NOT in the same time zone as the United Kingdom?
a)
Egypt
b)
Mauritania
c)
Liberia
49.
Which country is NOT a former colony of France?
a)
Vietnam
b)
Australia
c)
Central African Republic
50.
Which country does NOT contain large areas of desert?
a)
Chad
b)
Venezuela
c)
Iraq
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