1. What is the largest country in the world by land area?
- A) Canada
- B) United States
- C) Russia
- D) China
Answer: C) Russia
2. Which river is the longest in the world?
- A) Amazon
- B) Yangtze
- C) Nile
- D) Mississippi
Answer: C) Nile (though some claim the Amazon is longer)
3. Mount Fuji is located in which country?
- A) China
- B) Japan
- C) South Korea
- D) Indonesia
Answer: B) Japan
4. The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, is located off the coast of which country?
- A) Australia
- B) New Zealand
- C) Fiji
- D) Philippines
Answer: A) Australia
5. What is the capital city of Canada?
- A) Toronto
- B) Vancouver
- C) Ottawa
- D) Montreal
Answer: C) Ottawa
6. In which country would you find the ancient city of Petra?
- A) Egypt
- B) Jordan
- C) Israel
- D) Turkey
Answer: B) Jordan
7. Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?
- A) Asia
- B) Africa
- C) Australia
- D) South America
Answer: B) Africa
8. Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city, is located in which country?
- A) Mexico
- B) Peru
- C) Brazil
- D) Chile
Answer: B) Peru
9. Which city is home to the Eiffel Tower?
- A) London
- B) Paris
- C) Rome
- D) Madrid
Answer: B) Paris
10. What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
- A) Monaco
- B) Liechtenstein
- C) Vatican City
- D) San Marino
Answer: C) Vatican City
11. The Dead Sea, one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, borders which two countries?
- A) Israel and Jordan
- B) Egypt and Israel
- C) Saudi Arabia and Jordan
- D) Lebanon and Syria
Answer: A) Israel and Jordan
12. Which mountain is the tallest in the world when measured from sea level?
- A) K2
- B) Mount Everest
- C) Mount Kilimanjaro
- D) Denali
Answer: B) Mount Everest
13. The Amazon Rainforest is primarily located in which country?
- A) Colombia
- B) Venezuela
- C) Brazil
- D) Peru
Answer: C) Brazil
14. Which country has the most time zones?
- A) United States
- B) Russia
- C) China
- D) France
Answer: D) France (due to its overseas territories)
15. What U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon?
- A) Utah
- B) Nevada
- C) Arizona
- D) Colorado
Answer: C) Arizona
16. Which river flows through the city of London?
- A) Seine
- B) Thames
- C) Danube
- D) Rhine
Answer: B) Thames
17. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from which group?
- A) The Mongols
- B) The Huns
- C) The Manchurians
- D) The Persians
Answer: A) The Mongols
18. Which continent is home to the Andes Mountains?
- A) North America
- B) Africa
- C) South America
- D) Asia
Answer: C) South America
19. Which city is known as the “Big Apple”?
- A) Los Angeles
- B) Chicago
- C) New York City
- D) San Francisco
Answer: C) New York City
20. Which country is home to the ancient pyramids of Giza?
- A) Mexico
- B) Egypt
- C) Peru
- D) Sudan
Answer: B) Egypt
