1. Munich is the capital of Germany’s largest state. Name this state.
2. Agriculture and fishing are the chief economic activities in the region composed of Spain’s four northwesternmost provinces. Name this region.
3. Belgium’s largest ethnic group, the Flemings, speak a dialect of what language?
4. The smallest country in the Himalayas restricts tourism and remains largely inaccessible. Name this Buddhist kingdom.
5. Sevastopol, a port city besieged by the Germans during World War II, is located on an inlet of what sea?
6. Which country bordering the North Sea includes the Randstad, the name given to a ring of cities?
7. Construction of Canada’s transcontinental railroad in the 1880s spurred the development of what provincial capital city on the Red River of the North?
8. One of South America’s largest coal mines is just east of the Río Magdalena, along a peninsula on the Caribbean coast of which country?
9. Lake Bled, a year-round tourist attraction that lies in the Julian Alps, is one of the most frequently visited locations in which country?
10. The Ahaggar Mountains are a high plateau region in the southern part of which North African country?
ANSWERS: 1. Bavaria 2. Galicia 3. Dutch (Also acceptable: Netherlandic) 4. Bhutan 5. Black Sea
6. Netherlands 7. Winnipeg 8. Colombia 9. Slovenia 10. Algeria
National Geographic Bee
