1. Which country, bordering Congo, is crossed by the Equator and became independent of France in 1960?
2. New Brunswick, bordering the Bay of Fundy, is a province of which country?
3. In 2005, President Mwai Kibaki gave Amboseli National Reserve back to the local Masai, a pastoral people in which country northeast of Tanzania?
4. Ceuta, once known for its trade in ivory, gold, and slaves, is located on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast and is an exclave of which country?
5. Bordered by Senegal on three sides, which elongated country extends over 200 miles inland into West Africa and includes St. Mary’s Island?
6. The easternmost state in a North American country was named after Andres Quintana Roo, a liberal politician who played an active role in that country’s independence movement. Name this country.
7. The Yalu River, which originates in the Changbai Mountains and empties into the Yellow Sea, forms part of the boundary between China and which other country?
8. The northernmost part of the Musandam (MUH-SUHN-DEM) Peninsula, bordered by the United Arab Emirates, is part of which country whose capital is Muscat?
9. Which Southeast Asian country, located on the Gulf of Tonkin, officially unified in 1976?
10. United States troops were used in 1989 to overthrow the de facto rule of General Manuel Noriega in which Central American country?
ANSWERS: 1. Gabon 2. Canada 3. Kenya 4. Spain 5. Gambia 6. Mexico 7. North Korea (Also acceptable: People’s Democratic Republic of Korea) 8. Oman 9. Vietnam 10. Panama
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
