World Facts

1. Approximately how big is the world’s population? 9. What country has the largest population?
a. 3 billion people a. India
b. 6 billion people b. USA
c. 10 billion people c. China

2. What is the largest country in the world at 10. What country has the smallest population?
around 17,000,000 square kilometers? a. St. Kitts
a. Canada b. Tuvalu
b. China c. Vatican City
c. Russia
11. How many countries border Brazil?
3. What is the smallest country in the world? a. 7
a. Vatican City b. 10
b. El Salvador c. 14
c. Guinea Bissau
12. Which continent has the most countries?
4. Where is the coldest place on earth? a. Africa
a. Greenland b. Europe
b. Siberia c. Asia
c. Antarctica
13. What country has the most people per square
5. Where was the hottest temperature ever kilometer?
recorded? a. Singapore
a. California, U.S.A. b. Monaco
b. Iran c. Bangladesh
c. Zambia
14. What two countries have the least amount of
6. Where is the driest place on earth? people per square kilometer?
a. The Atacama desert in Chile and Peru a. Mongolia and Namibia
b. Aswan, Egypt b. Australia and New Zealand
c. Death Valley, USA c. Botswana and Iceland

7. What is the tallest mountain on earth? 15. What is the longest river?
a. Mount Kilimanjaro a. The Nile, Africa
b. Mount Everest b. The Amazon, South Africa
c. Aconcagua c. Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia

8. What is the largest desert on earth? 16. What is the deepest lake in the world?
a. The Arabian a. Tanganyika, Africa
b. The Sahara b. Baikal, Russian Federation
c. The Kalahari c. Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe

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