1. Which country does not have French as an official language – Canada, Gabon, or Ghana?
2. Which Texas city, connected to the Gulf of Mexico by a ship channel, is home to the Johnson Space Center?
3. Karachi is the chief port of which country in South Asia?
4. The Labrador-Ungava peninsular region includes parts of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and which other Canadian province?
5. Sugar and sugar-related products, like molasses, account for most of the exports from Réunion, an overseas department of which European country?
6. In October 2003, a tiny island country in the Indian Ocean completed development of a new island in an attempt to alleviate overcrowding in the capital city of Malé. Name this country.
7. The Gulf of Venice is to the Adriatic Sea as the Gulf of Bothnia is to what?
8. Dunedin is located in the Otago region in which Pacific island country?
9. Identify the volcano from these clues: This active volcano stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level; it is located on an island near McMurdo Sound; it was discovered by British explorer James Ross in 1841.
10. Which country in the Greater Antilles is one of the world’s leading producers of bauxite?
ANSWERS: 1. Ghana 2. Houston 3. Pakistan 4. Quebec 5. France 6. Maldives 7. Baltic Sea 8. New Zealand 9. Mount Erebus 10. Jamaica
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