World Facts and Geography

India is widely recognized as the world's largest democracy based on its total population and the scale of its electoral processes. China is not a democracy, and the US and UK have significantly smaller populations.

Eritrea is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

Kangaroos are marsupials native to Australia. The question phrasing is slightly unusual, but it clearly asks for the origin or location of kangaroos.

Hawaii was the 50th and most recent state to join the United States, admitted on August 21, 1959. Alaska was the 49th state, admitted earlier in 1959.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US by land area at about 1,034 square miles. Texas is the second-largest, and Wyoming is the 10th largest but much smaller than Texas.

The United States has the largest military budget in the world, spending more than the next several countries combined.

As of current estimates, the three most populous countries are India, China, and the United States. The United States is the third most populous.

China maintains the largest active-duty military force in the world by personnel count. While the USA has a larger military budget, China has the most soldiers.

India has the highest percentage of vegetarians in the world due to cultural and religious practices. Estimates suggest roughly 20 to 40 percent of the population follows a vegetarian diet.

World Music Day, or Fete de la Musique, originated in France in 1982. It was created by the French Ministry of Culture to celebrate music in public spaces.

Antarctica is too cold to support populations of ectothermic reptiles and snakes, which require external heat to survive.

The Great Lakes are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in North America, with Michigan being one of the states that borders them.