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Practice for the Geography Bee

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which U.S. state can you find the Statue of Liberty?

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

Florida

d)

Hawaii

2.

Which continent is shown in green in the world map below?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

South America

d)

Antarctica

3.

The USA's border with which other country is the longest land border between two countries in the world?

a)

Mexico

b)

Bahamas

c)

Canada

d)

Russia

4.

Your question writer was born in 1981. Therefore, when I was in preschool...

a)

The USA only had 48 states

b)

The Soviet Union still existed

c)

Antarctica was an independent country

d)

The Roman Empire still controlled Portugal

5.

In which Italian city was this amusing photo taken?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Milan

d)

Pisa

6.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes?

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Lake Huron

c)

Lake Superior

d)

Lake Okeechobee

7.

On which continent was this photograph taken?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Australia

8.

What geographic feature would you find at 0 degrees latitude?

a)

The North Pole

b)

Mount Everest

c)

The Equator

d)

The International Date Line

9.

The food shown here is typical of the traditional cuisine of what country?

a)

India

b)

France

c)

Mexico

d)

Japan

10.

Which of these airlines could you use to take a direct flight from the USA to Dubai?

a)

Air France

b)

Emirates

c)

British Airways

d)

Aeromexico

11.

What does dark green represent on the map below?

a)

Places with the highest percentage of Mandarin Chinese speakers

b)

Places with the highest amount of political freedom

c)

Places with the highest percentage of Muslims

d)

Places with the highest amount of rainfall

12.

In which country can you find the Great Sphinx of Giza?

a)

Peru

b)

Egypt

c)

Italy

d)

Cambodia

13.

Shown below is a map of the conquests of what empire near its greatest extent in the year 1279 AD?

a)

Mughal

b)

Ottoman

c)

Mongol

d)

Russian

14.

This question was written in a hotel room in Rome, Italy less than two miles away from what other country?

a)

Monaco

b)

Vatican City

c)

Liechtenstein

d)

Andorra

15.

In which city could you visit Times Square and Broadway, shown here?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Chicago

c)

Los Angeles

d)

New York City

16.

The area in red on the map below shows what in relation to Hudson Bay?

a)

Its extent during the last Ice Age

b)

Its watershed

c)

The Canadian province of Hudsonia, which encircles it

d)

Its flood zone

17.

In which city can you find the Golden Gate Bridge?

a)

Miami

b)

Seattle

c)

San Francisco

d)

Las Vegas

18.

The map here shows how land changed hands throughout 2022 between armies fighting in which country?

a)

Syria

b)

North Korea

c)

Ukraine

d)

Somalia

19.

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?

a)

Appalachians

b)

Rockies

c)

Alps

d)

Himalayas

20.

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?

a)

Qatar

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Saudi Arabia

21.

Which of the following countries is considered to be landlocked?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Malaysia

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Vietnam

22.

You could visit the landmark shown here during a trip to which foreign country?

a)

Spain

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Germany

d)

France

23.

Which of these countries are not on the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

Tajikistan

b)

Oman

c)

Bahrain

d)

Yemen

24.

Which type of biome is depicted in dark green on the map of Western North America here?

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate rainforest

c)

Tropical rainforest

d)

Grassland

25.

What is the tallest waterfall in the world?

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Igazu Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Havasu Falls

26.

Which country's flag, shown here, was lowered to half staff after the death of its head of state in 2022?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

France

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

27.

Which of the following rivers flows through the world's largest rainforest?

a)

Nile

b)

Rhine

c)

Amazon

d)

Mississippi

28.

Which country should you go to if you want to eat tamales?

a)

Russia

b)

Australia

c)

Mexico

d)

Egypt

29.

What is the most populous island of the Philippines?

a)

Luzon

b)

Palawan

c)

Boracay

d)

Mindinao

30.

Which politically sensitive body of water is shown between the two main landmasses here?

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Taiwan Strait

c)

Strait of Gibraltar

d)

Dire Straits

31.

The USA, Canada, and Russia all have a coastline on what body of water?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Sea of Japan

32.

What ocean separates Spain and Brazil?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

33.

Which country does the Equator pass through?

a)

South Korea

b)

Ireland

c)

New Zealand

d)

Kenya

34.

What do the colors on this map depict?

a)

Poverty rates in the USA

b)

Political party strength in the USA

c)

Years when those areas became U.S. states

d)

Time zones of the USA

35.

What is the tallest building in the world? It overtook Taipei 101 as the tallest building in 2009.

a)

Shanghai Tower

b)

Burj Khalifa

c)

Goldin Finance

d)

Lotte World Tower

36.

The area shown in red here is a region known for many mysterious shipwrecks and is known as what?

a)

Black Hole of the Atlantic

b)

Point of No Return

c)

Bermuda Triangle

d)

Spanish Main

37.

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?

a)

Thailand

b)

India

c)

Singapore

d)

Indonesia

38.

Which peninsula is highlighted in green on this map?

a)

Baja California

b)

Delmarva

c)

Yucatán

d)

Iberian

39.

Which region is home to the lemur?

a)

North Pole

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Madagascar

d)

Outback

40.

What is the name given to the Hawaiian feast and cultural celebration shown here?

a)

Oktoberfest

b)

Hoedown

c)

Luau

d)

Powwow

41.

Which geographic features are becoming smaller or even vanishing due to global warming?

a)

Monoliths

b)

Glaciers

c)

Seamounts

d)

Mesas

42.

Which is a Canadian province?

a)

Nevada

b)

Wisconsin

c)

Montana

d)

Alberta

43.

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?

a)

Frontier

b)

Lufthansa

c)

Delta

d)

JetBlue

44.

These Inuit girls are dressed in costumes of the indigenous people of which U.S. state?

a)

Alabama

b)

Alaska

c)

Arizona

d)

Arkansas

45.

Which Asian city became the first ever to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Delhi

c)

Nagano

d)

Beijing

46.

Which capital city is shown here in the red circle on a map of its country?

a)

Astana

b)

Tashkent

c)

Ashgabat

d)

Tehran

47.

Which two countries make up Hispaniola?

a)

Cuba and Tahiti

b)

Puerto Rico and Jamaica

c)

Haiti and Dominican Republic

d)

Antigua and Anguilla

48.

Which country, other than Vatican City, has a square flag?

a)

Nepal

b)

Morocco

c)

Switzerland

d)

Norway

49.

What country is highlighted red in the photo below?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Chile

c)

Cuba

d)

Bolivia

50.

As of 2022, what are the only two countries to have more than 1 billion citizens?

a)

China and Russia

b)

India and the USA

c)

The USA and Brazil

d)

China and India

51.

You can see the Seine River from the top of the Eiffel Tower in which city?

a)

Warsaw

b)

Paris

c)

Berlin

d)

Shanghai

52.

Which body of water is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes?

a)

Lake Champlain

b)

Lake Superior

c)

Lake Winnipeg

d)

Lake Kentucky

53.

Which of these states is not a part of New England?

a)

Maine

b)

Connecticut

c)

Vermont

d)

Pennsylvania

54.

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark make up what region that is also sometimes said by English speakers to include Iceland and Finland?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

Horn of Europe

c)

Northern Cone

d)

Oldvinland

55.

You can gaze upon Lake Michigan while eating deep dish pizza at Navy Pier in which U.S. city?

a)

Detroit

b)

Houston

c)

Chicago

d)

Reno

56.

The outline of which state is shown here, including its panhandle in the west?

a)

Florida

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Utah

d)

West Virginia

57.

Tourists can stroll beaches on the Arabian Sea in which country's city of Mumbai?

a)

Myanmar

b)

India

c)

Iran

d)

Kenya

58.

Which U.S. state is the only one with no straight lines in its borders, because it is surrounded by water?

a)

Maine

b)

Hawaii

c)

Washington

d)

Alaska

59.

Raúl Castro leads the Communist Party of what country from its capital of Havana?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Cuba

c)

Russia

d)

Colombia

60.

The Gupta Empire once ruled over much of the Ganges River in what country?

a)

Israel

b)

Indonesia

c)

Iraq

d)

India

61.

The Song of the Volga Boatmen is a folk tune about workers on a river in which nation?

a)

Russia

b)

Kazakhstan

c)

Serbia

d)

Poland

62.

Which of these American states is closest to the International Date Line?

a)

Florida

b)

Maine

c)

California

d)

Alaska

63.

The Sinai Peninsula, east of the historic city of Cairo, is controlled by what country?

a)

Egypt

b)

Spain

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Algeria

64.

This question was written an hour's drive west of what river that runs from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Hudson River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Columbia River

65.

Which country had to delay its 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics due by one year?

a)

Japan

b)

Brazil

c)

Australia

d)

South Korea

66.

Which of these states has the most cattle used for beef in the USA?

a)

Texas

b)

Alaska

c)

Washington

d)

Connecticut

67.

What state capital in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains is often called the "Mile High City?"

a)

Bismarck

b)

Tallahassee

c)

Madison

d)

Denver

68.

Harmattan winds often contain sand from which African desert home to the city of Timbuktu?

a)

Thar Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Antarctic Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

69.

Which U.S. state, whose capital is Juneau, was once colonized by the Russian Empire?

a)

Nebraska

b)

Texas

c)

Alaska

d)

Arizona

70.

The Maya civilization built pyramids on the Yucatan Peninsula of what country?

a)

Brazil

b)

United States

c)

Mexico

d)

Portugal

71.

The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect off the coast of what continent?

a)

Antarctica

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

72.

In 2020, massive floods led to criticism of the Three Gorges Dam, a project located on what Chinese river?

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Amu Darya River

c)

Darling River

d)

Biwa River

73.

Which U.S. state is not part of the Four Corners region?

a)

Arizona

b)

Wyoming

c)

Colorado

d)

Utah

74.

The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver and Whistler, cities in what country?

a)

Germany

b)

Canada

c)

United America

d)

United Kingdom

75.

New Guinea and Hokkaido are islands in which ocean?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

76.

What plateau, home to many followers of Buddhism, is mostly controlled by China?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Deccan Plateau

c)

Harbin Plateau

d)

Tibetan Plateau

77.

Brown bears can be found roaming the taiga biome of which country?

a)

Argentina

b)

Morocco

c)

New Zealand

d)

Russia

78.

In 2015, Bangladesh signed an agreement that simplified its international border with what country?

a)

China

b)

Thailand

c)

India

d)

Bangladesh

79.

Speakers of the Basque, Celtic, and Slovak languages tend to live on what continent?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

80.

In August 2020, ammonium nitrate explosions decimated the port of what Lebanese capital city?

a)

Beirut

b)

Haifa

c)

Tripoli

d)

Athens

81.

Mountaineers use the Polish Glacier route to climb what peak, the highest in South America?

a)

Ojos del Salado

b)

Mount Elbrus

c)

Aconcagua

d)

Mont Blanc

82.

Which country's capital of Mogadishu has been attacked by al-Shabaab militants?

a)

Madagascar

b)

Pakistan

c)

Somalia

d)

Tanzania

83.

Protestors took to the streets of Minsk in August 2020 to demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, leader of what country?

a)

Lithuania

b)

Greece

c)

Belarus

d)

Azerbaijan

84.

Which of these countries, where motorcycles race in Maseru, is an enclave of South Africa?

a)

Mozambique

b)

Namibia

c)

Madagascar

d)

Lesotho

85.

Portland is the name of the largest cities by population in which two states?

a)

Iowa and Kansas

b)

Ohio and Arkansas

c)

Oregon and Maine

d)

Indiana and Florida

86.

This question was written on Puerto Rico, which is one of the…?

a)

Greater Antilles

b)

50 States

c)

Florida Keys

d)

Aleutian Islands

87.

The Mercator map projection over-exaggerates land masses in the polar and Arctic regions, making what island seem larger than it actually is?

a)

Cuba

b)

Borneo

c)

Madagascar

d)

Greenland

88.

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?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Kansas

c)

Indiana

d)

Wyoming

89.

What city, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is sometimes called the largest French-speaking city in the world?

a)

Kinshasa

b)

Lagos

c)

Algiers

d)

Addis Ababa

90.

If as a foreign exchange student you skied in the Alps before traveling to Munich for Oktoberfest, you would be in what German region?

a)

York

b)

Normandy

c)

Jutland

d)

Bavaria

91.

The flag of Canada contains what symbol in the middle?

a)

A cross

b)

A crescent moon

c)

A sun

d)

A maple leaf

92.

Which is the second largest country by land area in the world?

a)

Canada

b)

Russia

c)

Brazil

d)

Kazakhstan

93.

Which country is located entirely north of the Tropic of Cancer?

a)

Austria

b)

Argentina

c)

Angola

d)

Australia

94.

India’s eastern coastline is on which body of water?

a)

Bay of Fundy

b)

Bay of Pigs

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Bay of Biscay

95.

The Nile Delta can be found in which North African country?

a)

Algeria

b)

Libya

c)

Tunisia

d)

Egypt

96.

Spicy Szechuan sauce is named after the province of Sichuan in what country?

a)

South Korea

b)

Canada

c)

China

d)

India

97.

Which country's Dalmatian Coast is home to beaches along the Adriatic Sea?

a)

Romania

b)

Tunisia

c)

Croatia

d)

Spain

98.

Which region is home to a national seashore in Massachusetts?

a)

Cap Code

b)

Cape May

c)

Cape Canaveral

d)

Cape Henlopen

99.

Vermont is the USA’s largest producer of what food product?

a)

Lobsters

b)

Maple Syrup

c)

Oranges

d)

Garlic

100.

The indigenous religion of Japan that venerates spirits known as "kami" is known as what?

a)

Jainism

b)

Shinto

c)

Taoism

d)

Sufi Islam