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Geo Bee 2020

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state is located east of the Mississippi River?

a)

Michigan

b)

Colorado

2.

Which state has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Louisiana

3.

Which state has a larger population?

a)

Texas

b)

Wyoming

4.

Which state is located in the Great Plains?

a)

Kansas

b)

Washington

5.

Which state lies east of the Rocky Mountains?

a)

Nevada

b)

Illinois

6.

The Cleveland Browns play football at a stadium near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in which state?

a)

Kansas

b)

Ohio

7.

The Green Bay Packers, play home games near the mouth of the Fox River in which state?

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Nebraska

8.

The New Orleans Saints play football in the Superdome in which state that borders the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Arkansas

9.

The Buffalo Bills football team plays at a stadium near the easternmost part of Lake Erie in which state?

a)

New York

b)

Maine

10.

The Jaguars play football in Jacksonville at a stadium near the St. John's River in which state that borders the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Virginia

b)

Florida

11.

Which of these states is not known for mountain glaciers?

a)

Texas

b)

Montana

c)

Oregon

12.

Which state is not named after a European king?

a)

Georgia

b)

Louisiana

c)

Hawaii

13.

Which state does not border an ocean?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Arizona

c)

Washington

14.

Which state does not have an active volcano?

a)

Maryland

b)

Alaska

c)

Washington

15.

Which state does not have an international border?

a)

Vermont

b)

Kansas

c)

Montana

16.

Which country borders the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Peru

b)

Jamaica

17.

Which country is located in the Arabian peninsula?

a)

Thailand

b)

Yemen

18.

Which country borders Finland?

a)

Russia

b)

Netherlands

19.

Which country is closer to the equator?

a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

Greece

20.

Which country is landlocked?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Ethiopia

21.

Which natural phenomenon can be generated by an undersea earthquake?

a)

hurricane

b)

tsunami

22.

What is the term for a wetland created where a river meets a larger body of water and deposits sediment?

a)

moraine

b)

delta

23.

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

24.

What is the process by which ice breaks off of a glacier and enters the water to become an iceberg?

a)

retreat

b)

calving

25.

Which type of landform protects coastal areas from tropical storms?

a)

barrier island

b)

canyon

26.

Most kangaroos are left-handed. This includes eastern grey kangaroos that live near the Great Dividing Range on which continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

27.

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?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

28.

An Italian man piled 121 scoops of ice cream onto one cone. He lives in the Alps mountain range on which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

29.

Sociable weavers build nests that can house up to 500 birds. These birds live in Namibia and Botswana on which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

30.

A scientist in Mexico has developed the technology to create glow-in-the-dark sidewalks. Mexico is located on which continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

What is the system of government in medieval Europe and Japan in which farmers paid rent to landowners?

a)

tribalism

b)

feudalism

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)

industrial revolution

36.

The Painted Desert is located near Flagstaff in which state?

a)

North Dakota

b)

Arizona

37.

The Mojave National Preserve is located in a desert in which state?

a)

California

b)

Mississippi

38.

A large section of the Ogallala Aquifer lies beneath the Great Plains in which state?

a)

Virginia

b)

Nebraska

39.

Which state is drained by the Arkansas and Red Rivers?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Oklahoma

40.

Which state includes part of the Great Appalachian Valley?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Louisiana