1. Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano that is less than 10 miles from what major city in southern Italy?
2. When Southern Rhodesia took on a new name, it adopted the name of an ancient trading center within its borders. What is the present-day name of this country?
3. Which capital city located on the Suriname River has distinctive Dutch colonial architecture?
4. Name the island group at the northern end of
the Mozambique Channel, long dominated by Arab
culture.
5. What is the name of the plateau in China that is called “the roof of the world” because of its high elevation?
6. Name the country with a majority Shiite Muslim population and an ayatollah as its chief of state.
7. An important passenger and freight rail route stretches from the province of Serbia to northern Greece through which small country?
8. The Rhine River rises in Switzerland and flows through Germany and the Netherlands before flowing into what sea?
9. The Djinguereber, one of the oldest remaining mosques in West Africa, is located in Timbuktu in which country?
10. Chittagong, a port city near the Bay of Bengal, once served as a center for shipbuilding in which present-day country?
1. Naples 2. Zimbabwe 3. Paramaribo 4. Comoros Islands 5. Tibetan Plateau (Also acceptable: Tibet)
6. Iran 7. Macedonia (Also acceptable: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
8. North Sea 9. Mali 10. Bangladesh
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