1. Governed by a commission composed of representatives from several European countries and later the United States, which city in Morocco was declared an international city for much of the early 20th century?
2. Moldova is landlocked by Romania and which other European country whose capital is Kiev?
3. Established in 1934, Kronotsky State Biosphere Reserve is part of a World Heritage site in Kamchatka, a peninsula in which country?
4. KwaZulu-Natal province, located on the Indian Ocean, is the most populous province in which country bordering Botswana?
5. Angola and Mozambique, both located in sub- Saharan Africa, gained independence in 1975 from which Iberian country?
6. To compete for influence with the Soviet Union, China formed a political relationship from 1961 to 1977 with a country located across the Strait of Otranto from Italy. Name this country.
7. Naxçivan is an autonomous republic and exclave of which former Soviet republic that borders the Caspian Sea?
8. What present-day landlocked country in Southeast Asia was under the control of Siam, present-day Thailand, at the beginning of the 19th century?
9. In addition to four main islands, which Asian country includes the islands of Awaji, Tsushima and Sado?
10. The Windward Passage, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, separates Haiti from which neighboring country?
ANSWERS: 1. Tangier 2. Ukraine 3. Russia 4. South Africa 5. Portugal 6. Albania 7. Azerbaijan 8. Laos 9. Japan 10. Cuba
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
