1. The Gulf of Sidra, which is the southernmost extension of the Mediterranean Sea, borders much of which African country?
2. Name France’s chief port on the Mediterranean Sea.
3. Name the minority ethnic group that lives primarily in southeast Turkey, northeast Iraq, and northwest Iran.
4. To stand on the Equator just north of Quito, you would travel to which South American country?
5. To visit St. Martin’s Cathedral in Bratislava, where kings and queens were crowned, you would travel to which country in Central Europe?
6. To sample a rice noodle soup called pho on the streets of Hanoi, you would travel to which Southeast Asian country?
7. To shop in the marketplace in Luanda, called the Roque Santeiro, you would travel to which country in southern Africa?
8. To visit a famous chocolate factory in Brussels, you would travel to which European country?
9. To see a monument to the heroes of the Warsaw ghetto, where many Jews lived before World War II, you would travel to which European country?
10. Siena and Pisa are historic cities in a region of central Italy that takes its name from the ancient Etruscan people. Name this region.
ANSWERS: 1. Libya 2. Marseille 3. Kurds 4. Ecuador 5. Slovakia 6. Vietnam 7. Angola
8. Belgium 9. Poland 10. Tuscany
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
