Mission #2: the debrief

1. Name a country with more than 100 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Vietnam

Updraft (600 m): Ethiopia, Philippines, Egypt, DR Congo

Drifter (300 m): Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan

Ballast (100 m): China, India, United States

2. Name an island nation (any ocean, no continents).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Micronesia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jet Stream (850 m): Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe, Cabo Verde, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Brunei

Updraft (600 m): Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Bahamas, Barbados, Taiwan, Bahrain, Singapore, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea

Drifter (300 m): New Zealand, Philippines, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Fiji, Indonesia

Decoy (150 m): Nauru, Tuvalu

Ballast (100 m): Japan, Madagascar, Iceland

3. Name a mountain over 6,000 m tall.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Ama Dablam

Jet Stream (850 m): Shishapangma, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Illimani, Muztagh Ata, Kongur

Updraft (600 m): Makalu, Cho Oyu, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Dhaulagiri, Chimborazo, Huascaran, Ojos del Salado

Drifter (300 m): Aconcagua, Denali, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Annapurna

Ballast (100 m): Everest, K2

4. Name a desert (not the Sahara).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Atacama Puna, Lut, Dasht-e Lut

Jet Stream (850 m): Karakum, Kyzylkum, Dasht-e Kavir, Patagonian, Danakil, Tanami, Gibson

Updraft (600 m): Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Taklamakan, Rub al Khali, Simpson, Negev, Syrian

Drifter (300 m): Mojave, Sonoran, Namib, Arabian, Thar, Great Victoria

Decoy (150 m): Antarctica, Antarctic, Arctic

Ballast (100 m): Gobi, Atacama, Kalahari

5. Name an African country whose name starts with M.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Mauritius

Updraft (600 m): Mauritania, Malawi

Drifter (300 m): Mali, Mozambique

Ballast (100 m): Morocco, Madagascar

6. Name a waterfall.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Kaieteur

Jet Stream (850 m): Tugela, Sutherland, Plitvice, Seljalandsfoss

Updraft (600 m): Gullfoss, Skogafoss, Dettifoss, Rhine

Drifter (300 m): Iguazu, Yosemite

Ballast (100 m): Niagara, Victoria, Angel

7. Name a landlocked country in Europe (like Switzerland).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Armenia

Jet Stream (850 m): North Macedonia, Kosovo

Updraft (600 m): Slovakia, Serbia, Moldova

Drifter (300 m): Hungary, Czechia, Luxembourg, Belarus

Decoy (150 m): Liechtenstein, Andorra, Vatican City, San Marino

Ballast (100 m): Switzerland, Austria