1. Name the South American capital city that lies just south of the Equator in a region prone to earthquakes.
2. Norfolk Island, a former penal colony, is halfway between New Caledonia and New Zealand. Norfolk Island is a territory of which country to the west?
3. Once known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is an archipelago that stretches across about 450 miles of which of the world’s oceans?
4. A region of steep, forested valleys called yungas lies southeast of Lake Titicaca in which country?
5. Carinthia, which shares the Carnic Alps with Italy, is a province in the southern part of which country?
6. Name one of the two large bodies of water that flank the Caucasus Mountains.
7. The Tarai, a low, marshy fertile region, is shared by India and what primarily mountainous country to the north?
8. Brugge, once an important trading center and chief Hanseatic market, was eclipsed in the 15th century by Antwerp. Both cities are in which European country?
9. The Tacaná volcanic cone lies in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas on the border between Mexico and what country to the south?
10. Bremen is a port city located on the Weser (VAY-ZUHR) River near the northern coast of what country?
ANSWERS: 1. Quito 2. Australia 3. Pacific Ocean 4. Bolivia 5. Austria 6. Black Sea, Caspian Sea 7. Nepal 8. Belgium 9. Guatemala 10. Germany
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
