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WorksheetsPractice for the Geography Bee
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
In which U.S. state can you find the Statue of Liberty?
New York
California
Florida
Hawaii
Which continent is shown in green in the world map below?
Africa
Australia
South America
Antarctica
The USA's border with which other country is the longest land border between two countries in the world?
Mexico
Bahamas
Canada
Russia
Your question writer was born in 1981. Therefore, when I was in preschool...
The USA only had 48 states
The Soviet Union still existed
Antarctica was an independent country
The Roman Empire still controlled Portugal
In which Italian city was this amusing photo taken?
Rome
Venice
Milan
Pisa
Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes?
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Okeechobee
On which continent was this photograph taken?
Africa
Asia
North America
Australia
What geographic feature would you find at 0 degrees latitude?
The North Pole
Mount Everest
The Equator
The International Date Line
The food shown here is typical of the traditional cuisine of what country?
India
France
Mexico
Japan
Which of these airlines could you use to take a direct flight from the USA to Dubai?
Air France
Emirates
British Airways
Aeromexico
What does dark green represent on the map below?
Places with the highest percentage of Mandarin Chinese speakers
Places with the highest amount of political freedom
Places with the highest percentage of Muslims
Places with the highest amount of rainfall
In which country can you find the Great Sphinx of Giza?
Peru
Egypt
Italy
Cambodia
Shown below is a map of the conquests of what empire near its greatest extent in the year 1279 AD?
Mughal
Ottoman
Mongol
Russian
This question was written in a hotel room in Rome, Italy less than two miles away from what other country?
Monaco
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Andorra
In which city could you visit Times Square and Broadway, shown here?
Washington, DC
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
The area in red on the map below shows what in relation to Hudson Bay?
Its extent during the last Ice Age
Its watershed
The Canadian province of Hudsonia, which encircles it
Its flood zone
In which city can you find the Golden Gate Bridge?
Miami
Seattle
San Francisco
Las Vegas
The map here shows how land changed hands throughout 2022 between armies fighting in which country?
Syria
North Korea
Ukraine
Somalia
Which mountain range forms much of the North American Continental Divide, meaning that rivers to the west flow into the Pacific, and rivers to the east flow into the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean?
Appalachians
Rockies
Alps
Himalayas
The picture here shows one of the stadiums built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was controversially selected to take place in which country?
Qatar
Iran
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Which of the following countries is considered to be landlocked?
Bhutan
Malaysia
Bangladesh
Vietnam
You could visit the landmark shown here during a trip to which foreign country?
Spain
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Which of these countries are not on the Arabian Peninsula?
Tajikistan
Oman
Bahrain
Yemen
Which type of biome is depicted in dark green on the map of Western North America here?
Desert
Temperate rainforest
Tropical rainforest
Grassland
What is the tallest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls
Igazu Falls
Victoria Falls
Havasu Falls
Which country's flag, shown here, was lowered to half staff after the death of its head of state in 2022?
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Mexico
Which of the following rivers flows through the world's largest rainforest?
Nile
Rhine
Amazon
Mississippi
Which country should you go to if you want to eat tamales?
Russia
Australia
Mexico
Egypt
What is the most populous island of the Philippines?
Luzon
Palawan
Boracay
Mindinao
Which politically sensitive body of water is shown between the two main landmasses here?
Bering Strait
Taiwan Strait
Strait of Gibraltar
Dire Straits
The USA, Canada, and Russia all have a coastline on what body of water?
Arctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Sea of Japan
What ocean separates Spain and Brazil?
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Which country does the Equator pass through?
South Korea
Ireland
New Zealand
Kenya
What do the colors on this map depict?
Poverty rates in the USA
Political party strength in the USA
Years when those areas became U.S. states
Time zones of the USA
What is the tallest building in the world? It overtook Taipei 101 as the tallest building in 2009.
Shanghai Tower
Burj Khalifa
Goldin Finance
Lotte World Tower
The area shown in red here is a region known for many mysterious shipwrecks and is known as what?
Black Hole of the Atlantic
Point of No Return
Bermuda Triangle
Spanish Main
If, as an AFS Exchange Student you lived with a host family in Maharashtra, and your host sister was an actress in the Bollywood film industry, you would be studying where?
Thailand
India
Singapore
Indonesia
Which peninsula is highlighted in green on this map?
Baja California
Delmarva
Yucatán
Iberian
Which region is home to the lemur?
North Pole
Amazon Rainforest
Madagascar
Outback
What is the name given to the Hawaiian feast and cultural celebration shown here?
Oktoberfest
Hoedown
Luau
Powwow
Which geographic features are becoming smaller or even vanishing due to global warming?
Monoliths
Glaciers
Seamounts
Mesas
Which is a Canadian province?
Nevada
Wisconsin
Montana
Alberta
Which airline shares its name with the geographical term for the often-fertile area where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as a sea or ocean?
Frontier
Lufthansa
Delta
JetBlue
These Inuit girls are dressed in costumes of the indigenous people of which U.S. state?
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Which Asian city became the first ever to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics?
Tokyo
Delhi
Nagano
Beijing
Which capital city is shown here in the red circle on a map of its country?
Astana
Tashkent
Ashgabat
Tehran
Which two countries make up Hispaniola?
Cuba and Tahiti
Puerto Rico and Jamaica
Haiti and Dominican Republic
Antigua and Anguilla
Which country, other than Vatican City, has a square flag?
Nepal
Morocco
Switzerland
Norway
What country is highlighted red in the photo below?
Ecuador
Chile
Cuba
Bolivia
As of 2022, what are the only two countries to have more than 1 billion citizens?
China and Russia
India and the USA
The USA and Brazil
China and India
You can see the Seine River from the top of the Eiffel Tower in which city?
Warsaw
Paris
Berlin
Shanghai
Which body of water is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes?
Lake Champlain
Lake Superior
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Kentucky
Which of these states is not a part of New England?
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark make up what region that is also sometimes said by English speakers to include Iceland and Finland?
Scandinavia
Horn of Europe
Northern Cone
Oldvinland
You can gaze upon Lake Michigan while eating deep dish pizza at Navy Pier in which U.S. city?
Detroit
Houston
Chicago
Reno
The outline of which state is shown here, including its panhandle in the west?
Florida
Oklahoma
Utah
West Virginia
Tourists can stroll beaches on the Arabian Sea in which country's city of Mumbai?
Myanmar
India
Iran
Kenya
Which U.S. state is the only one with no straight lines in its borders, because it is surrounded by water?
Maine
Hawaii
Washington
Alaska
Raúl Castro leads the Communist Party of what country from its capital of Havana?
Nicaragua
Cuba
Russia
Colombia
The Gupta Empire once ruled over much of the Ganges River in what country?
Israel
Indonesia
Iraq
India
The Song of the Volga Boatmen is a folk tune about workers on a river in which nation?
Russia
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Poland
Which of these American states is closest to the International Date Line?
Florida
Maine
California
Alaska
The Sinai Peninsula, east of the historic city of Cairo, is controlled by what country?
Egypt
Spain
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
This question was written an hour's drive west of what river that runs from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico?
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Colorado River
Columbia River
Which country had to delay its 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics due by one year?
Japan
Brazil
Australia
South Korea
Which of these states has the most cattle used for beef in the USA?
Texas
Alaska
Washington
Connecticut
What state capital in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains is often called the "Mile High City?"
Bismarck
Tallahassee
Madison
Denver
Harmattan winds often contain sand from which African desert home to the city of Timbuktu?
Thar Desert
Gobi Desert
Antarctic Desert
Sahara Desert
Which U.S. state, whose capital is Juneau, was once colonized by the Russian Empire?
Nebraska
Texas
Alaska
Arizona
The Maya civilization built pyramids on the Yucatan Peninsula of what country?
Brazil
United States
Mexico
Portugal
The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect off the coast of what continent?
Antarctica
South America
Africa
Europe
In 2020, massive floods led to criticism of the Three Gorges Dam, a project located on what Chinese river?
Yangtze River
Amu Darya River
Darling River
Biwa River
Which U.S. state is not part of the Four Corners region?
Arizona
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver and Whistler, cities in what country?
Germany
Canada
United America
United Kingdom
New Guinea and Hokkaido are islands in which ocean?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
What plateau, home to many followers of Buddhism, is mostly controlled by China?
Patagonia
Deccan Plateau
Harbin Plateau
Tibetan Plateau
Brown bears can be found roaming the taiga biome of which country?
Argentina
Morocco
New Zealand
Russia
In 2015, Bangladesh signed an agreement that simplified its international border with what country?
China
Thailand
India
Bangladesh
Speakers of the Basque, Celtic, and Slovak languages tend to live on what continent?
North America
Asia
Europe
Africa
In August 2020, ammonium nitrate explosions decimated the port of what Lebanese capital city?
Beirut
Haifa
Tripoli
Athens
Mountaineers use the Polish Glacier route to climb what peak, the highest in South America?
Ojos del Salado
Mount Elbrus
Aconcagua
Mont Blanc
Which country's capital of Mogadishu has been attacked by al-Shabaab militants?
Madagascar
Pakistan
Somalia
Tanzania
Protestors took to the streets of Minsk in August 2020 to demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, leader of what country?
Lithuania
Greece
Belarus
Azerbaijan
Which of these countries, where motorcycles race in Maseru, is an enclave of South Africa?
Mozambique
Namibia
Madagascar
Lesotho
Portland is the name of the largest cities by population in which two states?
Iowa and Kansas
Ohio and Arkansas
Oregon and Maine
Indiana and Florida
This question was written on Puerto Rico, which is one of the…?
Greater Antilles
50 States
Florida Keys
Aleutian Islands
The Mercator map projection over-exaggerates land masses in the polar and Arctic regions, making what island seem larger than it actually is?
Cuba
Borneo
Madagascar
Greenland
An August 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Notre Dame led to health concerns in what U.S. state's town of South Bend?
North Carolina
Kansas
Indiana
Wyoming
What city, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is sometimes called the largest French-speaking city in the world?
Kinshasa
Lagos
Algiers
Addis Ababa
If as a foreign exchange student you skied in the Alps before traveling to Munich for Oktoberfest, you would be in what German region?
York
Normandy
Jutland
Bavaria
The flag of Canada contains what symbol in the middle?
A cross
A crescent moon
A sun
A maple leaf
Which is the second largest country by land area in the world?
Canada
Russia
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Which country is located entirely north of the Tropic of Cancer?
Austria
Argentina
Angola
Australia
India’s eastern coastline is on which body of water?
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay
The Nile Delta can be found in which North African country?
Algeria
Libya
Tunisia
Egypt
Spicy Szechuan sauce is named after the province of Sichuan in what country?
South Korea
Canada
China
India
Which country's Dalmatian Coast is home to beaches along the Adriatic Sea?
Romania
Tunisia
Croatia
Spain
Which region is home to a national seashore in Massachusetts?
Cap Code
Cape May
Cape Canaveral
Cape Henlopen
Vermont is the USA’s largest producer of what food product?
Lobsters
Maple Syrup
Oranges
Garlic
The indigenous religion of Japan that venerates spirits known as "kami" is known as what?
Jainism
Shinto
Taoism
Sufi Islam
