Round #1 - General Knowledge
1. What imaginary lines measure the
2.
3.
4.
5.
distance from the Equator?
Which Theme of Geography describes
the human and physical characteristics
of a location ?
What is a chain of islands called?
What is a thin piece of land that
connects two larger land masses?
What is the term for half of the Earth?
Round #1 - General Knowledge
6. What is a man-made body of water that
connects two larger bodies of water?
7. What three things affect climate?
8. Which Theme of Geography describes
people, things and ideas going from
one place to another?
9. What is a river that flows into a larger
river called?
10. What direction do all rivers flow?
Round #1 - General Knowledge
1. latitude
6. canal
2. Place
7. Elevation, distance
3. archipelago
from the equator,
proximity to water
8. Movement
9. tributary
10. ?downhill
4. isthmus
5. hemisphere
Round #2 - Middle East
1. What is the name for the Europeans
2.
3.
4.
5.
that fought to retake Jerusalem from
the Muslims?
Name the 3 important rivers in the
Middle East?
What does OPEC stand for?
What is the term given to the protest of
the Palestinians against Israel?
What is the majority religion in Israel?
Round #2 - Middle East
6. …
7. …
8. …
9. …
10. …
For Questions 6-10,
list the Five Pillars of
Islam in any order
Round #2 - Middle East
In any order…
1. Allah is 1 true god
Nile, Euphrates, &
Tigris
2. Pray 5 times a day
facing Mecca
Organization of
Petroleum
3. Charity
Exporting Countries 4. Hajj
(pilgrimage)to
Intifada
Mecca
Judaism
5. Fast at Ramadan
1. Crusaders
2.
3.
4.
5.
Round #3 - India & South Asia
1. How big is India in relation to the US?
2. What river is primarily located in
Pakistan?
3. What religion did Asoka promote?
4. What is the term for one’s duty in life?
5. What was Gandhi’s philosophy of
satyagraha ?
Round #3 - India & South Asia
6. What bay is to the east of India?
7. What is the most spoken language in
India?
8. What is the word for dividing up the
land as they did with India and
Pakistan?
9. What type of economy does India have?
10. What is a monsoon?
Round #3 - India & South Asia
1. 1/3
6. Bay of Bengal
2. Indus
7. Hindi
3. Buddhism
8. Partition
4. Dharma
9. Socialist/Capitalist
5. Civil disobedience 10. Seasonal wind
(& non-violence)
Round #4 - General Knowledge
1. What is it called when parts of one
2.
3.
4.
5.
culture become part of another?
What is a culture within a larger culture
called?
What two environmental conditions are
necessary for a civilization to begin?
What is it called when two culture come
in conflict?
What are things important to a culture?
Round #4 - General Knowledge
6. What is a generalization about a group
called?
7. What is it called when you believe one
group is superior to another?
8. What is it called when you judge another
culture by the standards of your own?
9. What is the belief in many gods called?
10. What is it called when a person grows
only enough food for his family?
Round #4 - General Knowledge
1. diffusion
6. stereotype
2. subculture
7. racism
3. Fresh water and
8. ethnocentrism
fertile
4. Culture clash
5. values
9. polytheism
10. Subsistence
farming
Round #5 - Middle East
1. What does OPEC do?
2. Why did the Persian Gulf War begin?
3. Which of the monotheistic religions
started most recently?
4. What was the goal of the Ayatollah
Khomeini?
5. Who controlled Afghanistan before
9/11?
Round #5 - Middle East
6. What is the most common religion in
the Middle East?
7. What is the most common language
and ethnic group in Iran?
8. Who did Iran fight from 1980-1988?
9. What is the name of the terrorist group
responsible for the attacks on 9/11
10. What were Ataturk’s two main goals for
Turkey?
Round #5 - Middle East
1. Control oil price
6. Islam
2. Iraq invaded
7. Persian
Kuwait
3. Islam
4. Islamic state
5. Taliban
8. Iraq
9. Al Qaeda
10. Modernize and
secular
Round #6 - India & South Asia
1. What ancient civilization most
2.
3.
4.
5.
influenced modern-day Hinduism??
What animal do Hindu people hold
most sacred?
What was the first effort by the Indians
to get rid of the British?
Why did Gandhi lead the Salt March?
What was India’s Cold War strategy?
Round #6 - India & South Asia
6. What profession was Gandhi?
7. What is the 2nd most common religion
in India?
8. What determines your caste?
9. What was an economic goal of Nehru?
10. What was the name of the protest that
became a tragedy?
Round #6 - India & South Asia
1. Aryan
6. lawyer
2. cow
7. Islam
3. Sepoy Rebellion
8. Birth (what your
4. Protest British
parents are)
9. modernization
10. Amritsar Massacre
monopoly on salt
5. Non-alignment
but took $ from
both