*Takes you to Calif. Dept. of Education STAR CST website; scroll down & click on History-Social Science Grade 6/8
Open to all Colina students—grades 6, 7, and 8.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007,
at 7:45 a.m., in the aud. Contestants should arrive at auditorium by 7:45 a.m.; leave backpack in locker. Sign up deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007
About the Geography Bee Open to all Colina students—grades 6, 7, and 8. The Geography Bee is oral; on some questions there is a multiple-choice of two responses; other questions will require the student to produce the answer without choices given. Exact contest rules will be given at the start of the Bee.
To our way of thinking, each contestant is a winner for turning on to learning about the world ...so that he or she can be a better global citizen.
Colina's top scorers receive school recognition, including a certificate. The first place winner automatically earns an invitation to Awards Night. The top scorers are acknowledged on Colina's website and the public address system. The school champion is awarded a $75 Best Buy Gift Card; runner-up gets $50 Best Buy; third place, $25 Best Buy.
On the same day as, or within a few days of, his/her victory in the Colina Geo Bee, the first place winner will be given (at Colina) a written, multiple-choice Qualifying Test consisting of 70 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 60 minutes; the student's scanform will be sent to the State Bee headquarters (it will be postmarked by a certain deadline); if the student's score on this Qualifying Test is one of approximately 100 top scorers, he/she will be invited to enter the State Geographic Bee. State bee prizes are: 1st place, $100, a prize, and a trip to Washington, D.C.; 2nd, $75 and a prize; 3rd, $50 and a prize; all state-level participants, T-shirts and certificates. (Disclaimer: Prizes subject to change without notification)
The winner of the State Bee goes on to the National Geographic Bee. The national champion will receive a $25,000 college scholarship; second- and third-place winners will receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. The top 10 finalists will be awarded $500 each. (Disclaimer: Prizes subject to change without notification)
Participants' parents are invited to attend as an audience! The National Geographic Bee is cosponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Grade 6 top scorer: Jack Rickelmann Grade 7 top scorer: Kyle Fratello-Hakim Grade 8 top scorer: Joyce Zhang .
Joyce Zhang placed first in 2007-08 and in 2006-07.
AHMED Billal
Arnold Michael
Astor Philip
Beccue Timothy
Boyd Matthew
Buckingham Ryan
Carson Kyle
CHIAN Kevin
Desai Kishan
Drogosch Brock
Fratello Hakim Kyle
GARVIN Reed
Goldberg Joshua
HAMEED Rohail
Jiang Jason
Kodama Austin
Kremenetski Vladimir
KREMS Mitchell
KUMAR Neha
LAM Inez
Loh Alexander
Long Winnie
LUCHS Ryan
Moss Spencer
NUTKIEWICZ Alexandra
Peltz Kyle
Pettes Maya
Power Michael
Rickelmann Jack
Ross Bryan
Sanchez-Iniguez Glenn
Silbar Ean
SKLAVENITIS Effie
Tanishita Corey
Trephan Brian
Vatcher Daniel
Yin Cynthia
Yu Derek
ZHANG Joyce
Ahmed Billal
Arnold Michael
AVRUCH Maxwell
Barati Kevin
Carson Kyle
CHEN Shannon
Delaney Sam
DEUTSCH Brian
Fogel Max
Fratello Kyle
FREYMUTH James
Garcia Jesse
GARVIN Reed
Gatbonton Arthur
Hagy Brett
HAMEED Rohail Rashid
Han Yimeng
Hiott James
Irmas Canelle
Jackson Stephanie
Jang Boyeon
KAUFMAN Matthew Walker
Klavir Matthew
KUMAR Neha
LAKHANI Umbreen
LOMINO Julia
Luchs Ryan
Manrique Marcos
Miller Jeremy
MOORE Brian
MOSBEY Clayton
NAHMIAS Blake
Narava Saimanoj Reddy
Noyes Michelle
NUTKIEWICZ Alexandra
NUTKIEWICZ Max
NUTTER Patrick
O’ Neill Morgan
Pasche Joseph
Peterson Rocco
Power Karlyn
Power Michael
Rios Hannah
Ross Bryan
Saksa William
Schneider Amy
Silbar Ean
Sklavenitis Efthimia?Effie
Stokols Caleb
Tanishita Corey
Vega Joshua
WALTERS Jeffrey
Wang Siyuan
Weiss Veronika
WILLIAMSON Caleb
Zhang Joyce
Ziolkowski Nicholas
BARLEV Stephanie
BERLINER Zach
BOWMAN Mark
BRAUER Jack
CORREA Lizbeth
DAMMERS Skylar
DARBOUZE Ashley
DARBOUZE Stefan P.
DASWATTA Thilina
DELANEY Sam
DEUTSCH Brian
DILLON Robert
FREYMUTH James
GARVIN Reed
GRAVES Alana
HAMEED Rohail
JAIRAM Abhishek
KANTOR Hayley
KUMAR Neha
LOMINO Julia
MARKOWITZ Gabriel
MARVASTI Jordan
MC AFEE James
MERRILL Wes
MILLER Gillian
MOORE Jeffrey
MOORE Jennifer
MOORE Justin
MOSBEY Clayton
MOSS Samuel
MOSSAYEBI Meisha
NUTKIEWICZ Alexandra
NUTKIEWICZ Max
OHRINGER ALI
RHEAUME Slade
SAND Brandon
SANDERSON Jessica
SLOAN Jordan Taylor
SLOAN Lexi Nicole
SPEERSTRA Savannah
VARDEN Stephanie
VENEGAS Javier
VERA Alejandra
WILLIAMSON Caleb
ZIFF Kyle
2004-05 Top Scorers
1st place, Marshall Schurtz, grade 8
2nd place, Kiel Lewis, grade 8
3rd place, James Freymuth, grade 8
4th place, Jeff Ross, grade 8
2004-05 Participants
Ah- Ching Katrina
Attkisson Paul
Avruch Maxwell
Cao Yi
Cao Zheng (John)
Chapman Douglas
Chen Shaw
Chu Ryan
Delaney Sam
Dillon Robert
Edwards Justin
Freymuth James
Gavryushkin Dmitriy
Gavryushkina Marina
Hu Roy
Lane Avery
Lee Tommy
Legner Andrew
Lewis Kiel
Lotan Hannah
Maddison Emilie Ruth
Martin Drake
Mc Afee Scott Michael
Merrill Westerfeld
Nebens Richard
Nutkiewicz Max
Patton Daniel
Peng Lisa
Peterson Michael
Prahl Corey
Rheaume Slade Robert
Rosenthal Alexis
Ross Jeffrey
Ryle Jordan
Saksa Stephen
Sand Brandon
Schurtz Marshall
Shudo Tamiko?Miko
Stidham Ariel David
Vasiliou Christina
Vatcher Mike
Zhou Ivan
Zhou Tiffany
Sample Round 2 Questions and Answers Actual questiions will be different from the samples.
The highest and lowest points in North America are in which country—Canada or the United States?
United States
Most of Central America's chief ports are on which body of water—the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico?
Pacific Ocean
Which waterway serves as a shorcut for most ships traveling from New York to Los Angeles—the Panama Canal or the Inside Passage?
Panama Canal
In 1885, the completion of which kind of transportation system encouraged the settlement of western Canada—highway or railroad?
railroad
Activity along the San Andreas Fault helped create which peninsula—Baja(BAH HAH) California or the Yucat'an Peninsula?
Baja Californiaß
Which mountain system is shared by Canada and the United States—the Sierra Nevada or the Rocky Mountains?
Rocky Mountains
New Providence, Andros, and San Salvador are among the chief islands that make up which country—the Bahamas or Jamaica?
Bahamas
On a trip through North America, if you saw the vegetation change from reindeer moss to sunflowers to trees draped with Spanish moss, you would most likely be traveling in which direction—north or south?
south
On a Candidian ten-dollar bill, the letters d-i-x spell the word "ten" in which lanuage—French or Danish?
Sample Round 3 Questions and Answers Actual questiions will be different from the samples.
If you went swimming in the Mediterranean, stayed overnight in Marselle (mar SAY), and ate croissants for breakfast, you would be in which country—France or Germany?
France
If you went canoeing on the River Shannon and visited St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, you would be in which country—Poland or Ireland?
Ireland
To see Mount Kilimanjaro (KIL uh mun JAR oh), Victoria Falls, and Kalahari (KAL uh HAR ee) Desert, you would have to travel to which continent—Asia or Africa?
Africa
If you took a plane from Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, to a fishing camp on Great Bear Lake, you would be in the northern part of which counry—the United States or Canada?
Canada
To which country would you travel to explore the Great Barrier Reef, visit a cattle station in the outback, and attend a performance at the Sydney Opera House—Australia or the Philippines?
Australia
If you wanted to visit Islam's holiest city and the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, you would have to travel to which city—Warsaw or Mecca?
Mecca
If you were watching gauchos herd cattle on the Pampas near Buenos Aires (BWAY nuy SAR eez), you would be in the grassland region of which country—Argentina or South Africa?
Argentina
If you walked from Mount Katahdin (kuh TAHD en), in Maine, to Springer Mountain, in Georgia, you would have hiked which national scenic trail—the Appalachian or the Natchez Trace?
Appalachian
To which state would you travel to see caribou migrating, humpback whales, and brown bears fishing for salmon—South Dakota or Alaska?
Sample Round 4 Questions and Answers Actual questiions will be different from the samples.
the Great Sphinx, a 4,500-year-old statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human, is a cultual landmark of a civilization that flourished in the valley of what river?
Nile
Most of the folktales in the book The Thousand and One Nights, which includes the adventures of Aladdin and Sinbad, take place on which continent?
Asia
The Colosseum, which could seat 50,000 people and be flooded to stage mock sea battles, is one of many landmarks in Europe that were built by the people of which ancient civilization?
Roman (Also acceptable: Rome)
After English, what language is the most widely spoken in North America?
Spanish
What is the term for people who move from place to place in search of pastures for their livestock?
nomads (Also acceptable: migrant herders)
What ancient form of wrestling, in which the athletes often weigh more than 300 pounds, has been an important part of Japanese culture for centuries?
sumo
Celts, Danes, Saxons, and Normans are among the peoples who settled Europe's largest island country. Name this country, which is off the northern coast of France.
United Kingdom (Also acceptable: Great Britain, Britain)
Athens and Sparta were the most powerful city-states of what ancient civilization?
Greek (Also acceptable: Greece)
Name the country in North Africa that is the most populous in the Arab world.
Egypt
The Amish were among the early German religious groups in colonial America that settled just west of the Delaware River. Most of these settlements were in a colony that is now which state?
The boundaries between most U.S. states re marked by survey lines or the meandering paths of what kind of natural feature?
river
How many degrees of east longitude are there?
180 degrees
Which continent, most of which lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, has the warmest overall climate?
Africa
What is the term for a ground-level cloud that can drastically reduce visibility?
fog
Name the natral phenomenon that was responsible for starting most of the fires that destroyed millions of acres of forest in the western United States in the summer of 1994.
lightning
What is the term for the kind of physical feature occupied by Italy, a country that is largely bordered by water?
peninsula
If you were caught in a storm called a haboob (huh BOOB) while traveling across North Africa, you would have to protect yourself from what substance?
Sample Round 6 Questions and Answers Actual questiions will be different from the samples.
Which U.S. park, famous for its geysers and hot spring, was named the world's first national park in 1872?
Yellowstone
Which one of the fossil fuels provided most of the power for the industrial revolution?
coal
A parallel is a line on a map or a globe that indicates distance north or south of the Equator. What is another term for a parallel?
line of latitude
From the 12th century through the 15th century, the Mali (MAH lee) Empire was a major trading center on which continent?
Africa
In the early 1800s the National Road carried settlers west from Maryland to what today is known as the Prairie State. Name this state, which borders Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River.
Illinois
The cold ocean current that helps make Chile's Atacama (AT uh KAHM uh) Desert the driest in the world shares its name with a country north of Chile. What name do the current and country share?
Peru
Northern forests in a state just west of the Great Lakes provide habitat for the largest population of timber wolves in the lower 48 states. Name this state.
Minnesota
Construction of a 1,500-mile highway between Sao Paulo (sow POW LOH) and Buenos Aires (BWAY nuh SAR eez) will connect Brazil with Uruguay and which other south American country?
Argentina
Lake Eyre (AYR), which is without water most of the time, is the lowest point on the smallest continent. Name this continent.
Australia
Most of the rivers in which U.S. state drain into the Gulf of Mexico through Mobile Bay?
Sample Round 7 Questions and Answers Actual questiions will be different from the samples.
In the spring of 1994, the United States renewed the most-favored-nation trade status of a country that potentially is the world's largest consumer market. Name this country in East Asia.
China
One of the chief corn-producing U.S. states is also the country's leading hog producer. Name this state, which is just south of Minnesota.
Iowa
"Open-pit", "quarrying" and "dredging" are terms for different methods of carrying on what kind of primary economic activity.
A region of mild Mediterranean climate helps which western U.S. state produce more than 200 different kinds of agricultural crops.
California
What is the term for a large farm, usually in the tropics, that produces one or two cash crops, such as cotton or tea?
plantation
Name the city on Lake Michigan that is the site of the world's largest commodities exchange.
Chicago
What is the term for the kind of waterway that has played an important role in the economies of Amsterdam and Venice?
canal (Note: If a student answers "manmade" or "artificial", ask for a more specific answer)
Sulfur dioxide from nickel smelters on Russia's Kola Pennisula is blamed for the acid rain that is polluting two Scandinavian countries that border Russia. Name one of these countries.
Finland, Norway
What is the term for a crop that is grown primarily for sale rather than for consumption by the grower.
These students participated in the Colina 2004 Geography Bee
Bessolo Jacy 06
Brooks Katherine 06
Brown Andrew 06
Cao Yi 07
Cao Zheng 07
Ceylan Robert 06
Chen Shaw 06
Cook Cody 06
Dillon Robert 06
Edwards Justin 07
Garvin Andrew 08
Harris Jonathan 06
Hong Joshua 08
Hu Jesse 06
Hu Roy 07
Hug Catherine 06
Jee James Philip 08
La Spada Brett 07
Lewis Kiel 07
Liu Benjamine 08
Lo Austin 08
Maleki Andrew 08
Marvasti Darius 07
Marvasti Jordan 06
Mason Ryan 06
Mathias Morgan 08
Mazeika Joseph 08
Mc Afee James 06
Mc Afee Scott Michael 07
Mc Leod Shawn 06
Moss Samuel Aaron 06
Nebens Richard 07
Palamaro Oliver 06
Pardy Alexander 08
Power James 06
Prahl Corey 06
Raudonis Adam 06
Rice Travis 07
Richardson David 08
Rosenberg Justin 07
Ryle Jordan 06
Saksa Stephen 06
Schloss Spencer 08
Sebold Geoffrey Robert 06
Semigran Jeffrey 07
Serbulea Vlad 08
Smalling Aislinn 08
Stark Zachary 06
Stidham Ariel David 06
Tigranyan Annie 08
Vatcher Mike 06
Wong Thomas 07
Zhou Tiffany 07
These students participated in the Colina 2003 Geography Bee
Attkisson Paul 06
Berman, Brett
Burson Wynn 07
Chang Michael 08
Cohen Lee 08
Comroe Carly 06
Conlon Joseph 07
Edwards Justin 06
Elman Naomi 06
Garvin Andrew 07
Gavryushkina Marina 06
Haider Ata Arshad 07
Hokom Kathryn 06
Hustead Tessa 06
Jee James Philip 07
Karkare Kirit 08
Maleki Andrew 07
Marvasti Darius 06
Mathias Morgan 07
Moore Travis 08
O’ Neil Bradley 06
Ramljak Austin 06
Rosenberg Justin 06
Ross Jeffrey 06
Roth Bryan 08
Schiedermayer Ryan 08
Schwartz Lisa 08
Semigran Jeffrey 06
Sheldon Ben 07
Shield Casey 08
Smalling Aislinn 07
Spivak Andrew 08
Swift Sean 08
Tinkler Ashley 08
Walters Susan 07
Wong Wesley 06
Zhou Tiffany 06
These students participated in the Colina 2002 Geography Bee
Abbinanti Brenna 07
Andersen David 08
Anderson Laurence 06
Arky Keith 08
Berman Brett 07
Berman Zachary 08
Blaine Whitney 07
Brooks Jason 07
Brotcke Steven 06
Burson Wynn 06
Carrington Logan 07
Chang Michael 07
Chen Bo 08
Cohen Lee 07
Cook Garrett 06
Cox Mackenzie 08
Esparza Corey 06
Garvin Andrew 06
Griffin Gregory 06
Grossman Emma 07
Handleman Samuel 08
Harrison John 06
Harvey Anson 06
Imperato Michael 07
Insul Adam 06
Jacobson Samuel 08
Justice Jacob 08
Kligman Sam 07
Kocen Daniel 06
Kosor Matthew 07
Lang Thomas 06
Leonard Kyle 07
Levi Adam 06
Levy Abraham 07
Liu Jodie 06
Ludwig David 08
Lunde Zachary 06
Maleki Andrew 06
Malinger Tyler 07
Martin Tyler 07
Martinez Jazmine 07
Mc Elvaney Austin 08
Meade Garrett 08
Meyers Brian 08
Morrison Evan 06
Moss Daniel 08
Najmuddin Nabeel 08
Navarro Jose 08
Parada Andrew 08
Pasche Jackie 07
Porush Ryan 06
Ramesh Pradeep 07
Rosenkranz Jason 07
Ross Michael 07
Roth Bryan 07
Rudin Michael 07
Ruel Kathryn 08
Saiz Amanda 07
Salazar Stephen 06
Schiedermayer Ryan 07
Schloss Spencer 06
Schor Jacob 06
Schwartz Lisa 07
Seltzer David 07
Severn Taylor 08
Seyhun Matthew 06
Shao Philip 06
Shindler Brandon 06
Smalling Aislinn 06
Spivak Andrei 07
Stefatos Andrew 07
Stokols Max Solomon 07
Taylor Brett 07
Walters Susan 06
Whitney Lisa 08
Zielinski Damon 08
Jake Justice, 1st; Austin McElvaney, 2nd; Ceci Pesqueira, 3rd; Lucas Koppel, Nick Olson, Adam Rosenberg, Jessica Wall—tied for 4th
1999-2000 winners
1st Place, David Radin...2nd Place, Lucas Koppel...3rd Place, James Richmond...4th Place, Matt Knipprath...5th Place, Justin Miller...6th Place, Rachel Brinkenhoff...
(unofficial information, subject to change without notification; rules for the Colina school Geography Bee to be given at Bee)
The National Geographic Bee is a nationwide contest for schools in the United States. The
Bee is conducted in English and is open to students in grades four through eight who are not over the age of 15. The Bee is a program of the National Geographic Society. With a first-place prize of a $25,000 college scholarship-plus other prizes-the Bee is designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography. Students from all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and the Department of Defense Dependents Schools are participating in the 2005 National Geographic Bee. There are three levels of competition: school, state, and national. At the school-level Bee there is a minimum requirement of six students from any of the eligible grades. To compete for advancement from the school to the state level, the winning student in each school must take the written, multiple-choice Qualifying Test. As many as a hundred of the highest-scoring students in a state or territory advance to the state level. The first-place winner from the state Bee advances to the national level.
The National Geographic Society provides the questions and answers for the Bee. Questions at all levels of the Bee address the subject of geography in its broadest sense. Some will require knowledge of place-names-a skill basic to geography-and of the location of cultural and physical features. The distribution and patterns of languages, religions, economic activities, populations, and political systems will also be covered. Students may be asked about cultural and physical regions or about physical phenomena, such as tectonic activity, landfonris, climate, bodies of water, soils, and flora and fauna. The changes in places and regions through time, including how people have modified the environment, may be addressed. Tools geographers use, such as maps, instruments, graphs, and statistics, may be the subject of other questions.
Bee questions, which follow guidelines established by the National Geography Standards, are designed to test a student's knowledge of geography. The format calls for brief answers, usually only a word or a phrase. Questions may require interpretation of maps, graphs, and photographs.
The National Geographic Society provides schools with a packet which includes suggested rules for school Bees. Each school, however, is responsible for conducting its own Bee. Rules for the Colina Geography Bee will be given at the start of the Bee.
