1. Which city, located at the foot of the Alps on the Limmat River, is the largest city in Switzerland?
2. Wapusk National Park, one of the world’s largest polar bear denning sites, encompasses a low-lying plain with continuous permafrost. This park is located along the Hudson Bay in which Canadian province?
3. The Hang Seng Index measures the stock market in a city on the South China Sea. Name this city, a major financial center for the Asia-Pacific region.
4. Which central Asian capital city is located northwest of the densely populated Fergana Valley?
5. Which city is the capital of Victoria, the most densely populated state in Australia?
6. Which Southeast Asian capital city is located near the border with Thailand along the Mekong River?
7. The major mountain ranges on Earth’s seven continents are dwarfed in length by an underwater range that runs from just north of the Antarctic Circle to north of the Arctic Circle. Name this submarine mountain range.
8. What major river is at the center of a vast canal system stretching from the heart of Europe past some of Germany’s largest cities to the North Sea?
9. The Ogaden is a dry, sparsely populated region that was fought over by Ethiopia and what bordering country in the 1970s?
10. What is the Arabic term for a valley in the hot desert areas of northern Africa and the Middle East that carries a stream occasionally?
ANSWERS: 1. Zürich 2. Manitoba 3. Hong Kong 4. Tashkent 5. Melbourne 6. Vientiane 7. The Mid-Atlantic Range 8. Rhine River 9. Somalia 10. wadi
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
