1. The town of Kamakura, located in present- day Kanagawa prefecture, was once the seat of a shogunate in what country?
2. A Mexican state that borders Arizona shares its name with a desert. Name this Mexican state.
3. What major city on the Main River in Germany is a major transportation hub and an important financial and commercial center?
4. The island of Borneo is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and what other country?
5. Typically made from cotton, galabias are long robes traditionally worn by Arab men. In what country east of Libya can they be found?
6. The Casiquiare River flows from the Orinoco River into the Rio Negro, linking the Orinoco and Amazon River basins. The Casiquiare begins in the southern part of which country?
7. China’s most populous city is also its chief seaport. Name this city near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
8. Damascus, an ancient city that grew around an oasis, is an active commercial center in which country that borders the Mediterranean Sea?
9. The Magyars are the dominant ethnic group in a Central European country that borders Romania. Name this country.
10. The strait that separates Greenland and Iceland shares its name with a European country. Name this country.
ANSWERS: 1. Japan 2. Sonora 3. Frankfurt (Also acceptable: Frankfurt am Main) 4. Brunei 5. Egypt 6. Venezuela
7. Shanghai 8. Syria 9. Hungary 10. Denmark
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
