1. The Andes Mountains do not run through which country – Ecuador, Peru or Cuba?
2. A series of violent incidents in the capital city of Tblisi followed the forced resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze in November 2003 in which country?
3. Which country, ceded by Denmark to Sweden, dissolved its union with Sweden in 1905?
4. Which city, located on the St. Lawrence River, was the last Canadian city held by the French during the Seven Year’s War?
5. The Malabar Coast is to India as the Skeleton Coast is to what?
6. Lake Tahoe, a major tourist destination, is on the border between Nevada and what other state?
7. Place these river deltas in order according to their latitude, from north to south: Nile, Po, Mekong.
8. Fiordland, a national park and world heritage site, is located in an island country that borders the Tasman Sea and boasts the greatest number of penguin species of any country in the world. Name this country.
9. Dagestan, a region that includes many different ethnic groups, is located just west of what large body of water?
10. The state of Baden-Württemberg is a major manufacturing region in which country?
ANSWERS: 1. Cuba 2. Georgia 3. Norway 4. Montreal 5. Namibia 6. California 7. Po, Nile, Mekong 8. New Zealand 9. Caspian Sea 10. Germany
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