1. The archaeological site of the ancient city of Troy, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, is near the Aegean Sea in which modern Middle Eastern country?
2. What Asian trading port, formerly controlled by the Dutch East India Co., was known as Batavia until 1949?
3. From the eighth to 13th centuries A.D., the center of Arabic scholarship and arts was found in a city that is the present-day capital of Iraq. Name this capital.
4. The capital of the Yi dynasty in Korea from 1392 to 1910 was the same city as the current capital of South Korea. Name this present-day city.
5. San Salvador, also known as Watling Island, is believed to be where Columbus made his first landing in the New World in 1492. This island is found in which country that is part of the West Indies?
6. From 1967 until 1970, Biafra, a region largely inhabited by the Igbo people, was a secessionist state of which West African country?
7. Daidu, now known as the present-day city of Beijing, was a capital city under Kublai Khan, the leader of what group of people who conquered most of Asia in the 13th century?
8. In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to bring democracy and human rights to which Southeast Asian country whose largest city was formerly called Rangoon?
9. Timbuktu, a city strategically located near the Niger River, was an important trade center on trans-Saharan caravan routes. In what present-day African country is the city located?
10. What Central American country with a short Caribbean coastline refused to recognize Belize as an independent country until 1991?
ANSWERS: 1. Turkey 2. Jakarta 3. Baghdad 4. Seoul 5. Bahamas 6. Nigeria 7. Mongols 8. Myanmar (Also acceptable: Burma) 9. Mali 10. Guatemala
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
