1. In February 2006, heavy rains and flash flooding caused a mudslide that killed hundreds of people and wiped out houses on Leyte Island in which Asian country?
2. In February 2006, a northwest African country became an oil producer when it began pumping crude oil from an offshore platform near Nouakchott. Name this country.
3. In February 2006, the World Wildlife Fund announced the discovery of a coral reef off the west coast of what country southeast of Myanmar?
4. In February 2006, angry protests over foreign cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed turned deadly in a Central Asian country where the Helmand River rises. Name this country.
5. In March 2006, the United States agreed to a nuclear pact with the world’s largest democracy, a South Asian country that possesses nuclear weapons. Name this country.
6. In March 2006, the president of a South American country west of Guyana displayed a new national flag. Name this country.
7. In April 2006, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in which country?
8. What is the term for deposits of windblown, siltlike material, such as those found in the drifts and dunes along China’s Yellow River?
9. What is the term for the process by which surface water moves downward through cracks, joints and pores in soil and rocks?
10. What is the term for a submarine mountain or volcano?
1. Philippines 2. Mauritania 3. Thailand 4. Afghanistan 5. India 6. Venezuela 7. Russia 8. loess 9. percolation (Also acceptable: infiltration) 10. seamount (Also acceptable: guyot, tablemount)
