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2018 Randall Geo Bee

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Pensacola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, borders which state?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Florida
c)
Texas
2.
The Painted Desert is located near Flagstaff in which state?
a)
North Dakota
b)
Wyoming
c)
Arizona
3.
Which state borders Lake Erie?
a)
Nevada
b)
Wisconsin
c)
Pennsylvania
4.
The Mojave [moh-HAH-vee] National Preserve is located in a desert in which state?
a)
California
b)
Mississippi
c)
Texas
5.
A large section of the Ogallala [OH-guh-lah-luh] Aquifer lies beneath the Great Plains in which state?
a)
Nebraska
b)
Virginia
c)
Illinois
6.
Which state is drained by the Arkansas and Red Rivers?
a)
Missouri
b)
New York
c)
Oklahoma
7.
Which state includes part of the Great Appalachian Valley?
a)
Utah
b)
Tennessee
c)
Louisiana
8.
The western meadowlark can be seen in pastures around Dodge City in which state that calls the meadowlark its official bird?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Kansas
c)
Hawaii
9.
The eastern bluebird perches on posts and in trees from Central Park to the Adirondacks in which state that chose the bluebird as its state bird?
a)
New York
b)
Utah
c)
Kentucky
10.
The scissor-tailed flycatcher nests in shrubs in the Great Plains, including which state that calls the flycatcher its official bird?
a)
Oregon
b)
Tennessee
c)
Oklahoma
11.
Northern mockingbirds mimic the calls of other birds in Big Bend National Park, in which state that chose the mockingbird as its official bird?
a)
Alabama
b)
Texas
c)
North Carolina
12.
The common loon, a territorial water bird, was chosen as the official bird of which state known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes?
a)
Arizona
b)
Georgia
c)
Minnesota
13.
The purple finch can be found from the White Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in which state that has adopted the purple finch as its official bird?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Alabama
c)
Idaho
14.
The berries that grow along Lake Michigan attract American robins, the official bird of Michigan and which other Great Lakes state?
a)
Wisconsin
b)
Ohio
c)
Vermont
15.
Which natural phenomenon can be generated by an undersea earthquake?
a)
hurricane
b)
tornado
c)
tsunami
16.
What is the term for a wetland created where a river meets a larger body of water and deposits sediment?
a)
moraine
b)
delta
c)
bog
17.
What is the term for the rain-producing winds that blow over the Arabian Sea toward India for six months of the year?
a)
monsoon
b)
cold front
c)
tsunami
18.
What is the process by which ice breaks off of a glacier and enters the water to become an iceberg?
a)
retreat
b)
calving
c)
erosion
19.
Which kind of scientist studies the weather?
a)
seismologist
b)
meteorologist
c)
botanist
20.
Which type of rock is created from the cooling and solidifying of magma?
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
21.
Which phenomenon is created by a lightning strike that heats air and causes it to rapidly expand?
a)
thunder
b)
avalanche
c)
tornado
22.
A popular fast-food restaurant in India sells chicken inside a container that can also charge your cell phone. It’s weird, but it’s true! India is located on which continent?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
23.
Sociable weavers build nests that can house up to 500 birds. It’s weird, but it’s true! These birds live in Namibia and Botswana on which continent?
a)
Asia
b)
South America
c)
Africa
24.
A giant anteater flicks its tongue in and out of its mouth up to 150 times per minute. It’s weird, but it’s true! Giant anteaters can be found from Guyana to Paraguay on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
25.
A scientist in Mexico has developed the technology to create glow-in-the-dark sidewalks. It’s weird, but it’s true! Mexico is located on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
26.
A hotel straddling the border of France and Switzerland lets you sleep with your head in one country and your feet in the other. It’s weird but its true! This hotel is located near Lake Geneva on which continent?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
27.
Most kangaroos are left-handed. This includes eastern grey kangaroos that live near the Great Dividing Range on which continent?
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
28.
In Taiwan, it’s trendy to get your dog’s fur groomed into geometric shapes. Taiwan is an island located off the coast of which continent that is crossed by the Himalaya?
a)
South America
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
29.
Which empire dominated the area of the present-day country of Mexico before its conquest by the Spanish in the 1500s?
a)
Aztec Empire
b)
Persian Empire
c)
Roman Empire
30.
Which stone wall stretched across Britain from the North Sea to the Irish Sea and guarded the northern frontier of the Roman Empire?
a)
Hadrian's Wall
b)
Great Wall China
c)
Dover Sea Wall
31.
What is the term for the period between the 14th and 17th centuries when Europeans rediscovered the art and technology of the ancient Greeks and Romans?
a)
reunification
b)
Renaissance
c)
Industrial Revolution
32.
What is the term for the fertile area around a water source that Arabs learned to farm thousands of years ago?
a)
oasis
b)
mirage
c)
moor
33.
What leader used nonviolent civil disobedience to lead India to independence from British rule?
a)
Ghengis Khan
b)
Alexander the Great
c)
Mohandas Ghandi
34.
What was the system of government in medieval Europe and Japan in which farmers paid rent to landowners?
a)
tribalism
b)
feudalism
c)
facsism
35.
What is the term for the shift after 1750 in Europe and North America from a farming economy to one based on coal, steel, and specialized labor?
a)
Age of Discovery
b)
Renaissance
c)
Industrial Revolution
36.
What organization was established after World War II to increase international cooperation and reduce conflicts between countries?
a)
United Nations
b)
World Bank
c)
League of Nations
37.
Which country does NOT border the Gulf of Guinea?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Benin
c)
Cameroon
38.
Which country does NOT have coastline on the Arctic Ocean?
a)
Norway
b)
United States
c)
Ireland
39.
Which country is NOT a current member of the Benelux Union?
a)
the Netherlands
b)
Switzerland
c)
Belgium
40.
Which country is NOT near the cold Peru current?
a)
Chile
b)
Ecuador
c)
Brazil
41.
Which country does NOT have a border that touches the Danube River?
a)
Romania
b)
Slovakia
c)
Lithuania
42.
Which country does NOT have territory in the arid Sahel region?
a)
Zambia
b)
Chad
c)
Mali
43.
Which country is NOT a major producer of natural rubber?
a)
Malaysia
b)
Thailand
c)
Yemen
44.
The joropo [hor-O-po] is a traditional folk dance that can be seen in the capital city of Caracas [kah-RAH-kas] and across the plains of which country on the Caribbean Sea?
a)
Brazil
b)
Honduras
c)
Venezuela
45.
K-pop is a musical genre that has increased tourism to the city of Seoul as fans seek to meet their pop-star idols in which country?
a)
South Korea
b)
Thailand
c)
Japan
46.
Spanish missionaries in Southeast Asia used fiestas as a tool to spread Catholicism. Fiestas still thrive in what country that includes thousands of islands and is north of Indonesia?
a)
Philippines
b)
Malyasia
c)
Vietnam
47.
In 2017, the city of Beirut hosted the International Basketball Federation Asia Cup in what small Mediterranean country?
a)
Lebanon
b)
Israel
c)
Egypt
48.
In 2017, a Dari [DAR-ee] language television station that is run by women, for women, was launched in Kabul in which Islamic country?
a)
India
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Turkey
49.
Each year swimmers from many countries travel to Istanbul to compete in a race that crosses the Bosporus strait in which country?
a)
Turkey
b)
Iran
c)
Spain
50.
Once a colonial prison ground, Freedom Park in Lagos is now home to cultural events in which West African country?
a)
Nigeria
b)
Ivory Coast
c)
Libya