Intro To The World

Question 1

What is a convention?

Answer 1

A standard technique or rules that are applied to a certain situation

Question 2

What does FACKTS stand for?

Answer 2

Frame, Arrow, Colour, Key, Title, Scale

Question 3

Name the 7 continents in order from largest to smallest

Answer 3

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia

Question 4

Name the 5 oceans

Answer 4

Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic

Question 5

Which group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to Equador, are on the equator?

Answer 5

Galapagos Islands

Question 6

Which capital city is closest to 150° east

Answer 6

Canberra

Question 7

Which country, whose capital is Abu Dhabi, is found spanning the Tropic of cancer?

Answer 7

United Arab Emirates

Question 8

What is the largest country found on 30° south

Answer 8

Brazil

Question 9

What Ocean is found on 60° South

Answer 9

Southern Ocean

Question 10

Other than London, which capital city is closest to the Prime Meridian?

Answer 10

Ghana/Accra

Question 11

In what ways is a Physical Map different to a Political Map

Answer 11

Physical maps shows a) Continent cross sections, b) height of the land and c) depth of the water, while Political Maps do not

Question 12

Is a Physical or a Political Map more likely to change and why?

Answer 12

The political map due to war and conflict

Question 13

What is the largest continent?

Answer 13

Asia

Question 14

What is the biggest ocean?

Answer 14

Pacific Ocean

Question 15

What is the largest island?

Answer 15

Greenland

Question 16

What is the longest river?

Answer 16

Nile River

Question 17

What is the highest mountain?

Answer 17

Mt Everest

Question 18

What is the largest inland sea?

Answer 18

Caspian Sea

Question 19

Which Tropic is above the equator?

Answer 19

Tropic of Cancer

Question 20

Which Tropic is below the equator?

Answer 20

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 21

What is a large area of the USSR now called?

Answer 21

Russian Federation

Question 22

What is the total world population?

Answer 22

7,256,490,001 (July 2015)

Question 23

What percentage of the world’s population lives in cities?

Answer 23

54% of total population

Question 24

How many babies are born per minute in the world?

Answer 24

256 births worldwide

Question 25

What was the total fertility rate (TFR) in 2015?

Answer 25

2.42 children born

Question 26

How many years can a woman born in 2015 expect to live?

Answer 26

70.8 years

Question 27

Which age group makes up the largest proportion of the worlds population?

Answer 27

25-54 years

Question 28

Approximately how many languages are spoken around the world?

Answer 28

7,100 languages

Question 29

What is the most spoken language?

Answer 29

Mandarin, Chinese

Question 30

What is the Commonwealth?

Answer 30

It's a free association of 53 independent countries each of which recognises the Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth

Question 31

Which is the largest city in the Commonwealth?

Answer 31

Canada

Question 32

Which is the country with the largest population in the Commonwealth?

Answer 32

India

Question 33

How many Commonwealth countries (not including Britain) have their own King or Queen?

Answer 33

5

Question 34

How long ago did dinosaurs live?

Answer 34

65 million years ago

Question 35

How old is the earth according to scientists?

Answer 35

4.543 billion years

Question 36

When do scientists believe that the first man walked on the earth?

Answer 36

3.2 million years ago

Question 37

When do the oldest cave paintings in Europe date back to?

Answer 37

40,800 years ago

Question 38

When do archaeologists believe the wheel was invented?

Answer 38

3,500 BC

Question 39

When were the pyramids built in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 39

2630-2611 BC

Question 40

When did the Golden Age of Greece start?

Answer 40

479 BC

Question 41

When was the first Roman Emperor, Augustus born?

Answer 41

23rd September 63 BC

Question 42

When was the first known case of the bubonic plague

Answer 42

224 BC

Question 43

When did the first man travel in space?

Answer 43

12th April 1961

Question 44

When was the first cell phone call made?

Answer 44

April 3rd 1973