1. The Berbers, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Africa, have been pushing for acknowledgment of their culture and language in Morocco and a country that became independent from France in 1962. Name this country.
2. In the early 1990s, which landlocked country, whose economic growth has traditionally been hindered by a lack of ocean ports, signed an agreement with Peru to have access to the port of Ilo?
3. In 2004, President Mamadou Tandja of the National Movement for a Developing Society was re-elected as the chief of state and head of government of which West African country bordering Benin?
4. Jan Mayen, a volcanic island located east of Greenland, was annexed in 1929 by a Scandinavian country that was a founding member of the United Nations. Name this country.
5. Albert Rene, a longtime socialist leader, ruled what island country in the Indian Ocean for over 25 years?
6. Since 1994, Emomali Rahmon has been the president of which central Asian country that was engaged in a civil war from 1992 until 1997?
7. In April 2007, 42 people were charged by French authorities with alleged involvement in sending weapons to an African country that was engaged in a civil war. Name this country, which includes the exclave of Cabinda.
8. In February 2007, an African country announced renewed efforts to lure its skilled overseas workers back home in an attempt to aid economic development. Name this country, which has the highest gross domestic product in Africa.
9. In January 2007, a judge ordered the arrest of former President Isabel Peron under suspicion of links to crimes committed in the 1970s while she was ruling a South American country. Name this country that is home to the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.
10. In February 2007, Slovakia and a neighboring country engaged in a dispute over the right to register a traditional smoked cheese on the European Union’s list of protected traditional products. Name this country on the Northern European Plain.
ANSWERS: 1. Algeria 2. Bolivia 3. Niger 4. Norway 5. Seychelles 6. Tajikistan 7. Angola 8. South Africa 9. Argentina 10. Poland
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
