1. Name the warm ocean current that flows
between mainland Africa and the island of
Madagascar.
2. What country, the most populous located
entirely within the Southern Hemisphere,
rejoined the United Nations in
June 1994?
3. Paraguay and Argentina jointly operate
Yacyretá [yah-see-re-TAH] Dam, a hydroelectric
facility on what river?
4. One of the longest rivers draining into
the Indian Ocean has tributaries that rise
in Angola, Zambia, and Malawi. Name this
river.
5. Puerto Aguirre, located in the department
of Santa Cruz, is an important inland
river port near the Brazilian border with
what South American country?
6. Volcan Karisimbi, located north of Lac
Kivu, is the highest peak in what country
that is sub-Saharan Africa’s most densely
populated?
7. Bouvet Island, a glacier-covered nature
reserve located in the Atlantic Ocean, is
the site of an automated meteorological station
controlled by which Scandinavian
country since 1977?
8. The Prambanan Temple Compounds, a
World Heritage site since 1991, is home to
the largest temple dedicated to the deity
Shiva in what island country that straddles
the Equator?
9. Antofagasta, a major port on the Pacific
Ocean, exports copper from what South
American country?
10. New Plymouth, on New Zealand’s
North Island, is located near what volcano?
ANSWERS
1. Mozambique Current 2. South Africa 3. ʲá
River 4. Zambezi River 5. Bolivia 6. Rwanda 7. Norway
8. Indonesia 9. Chile 10. Mount Taranaki (Also
acceptable: Mount Egmont)
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
