1. Which continent is home to Lake Tanganyika and the Great Rift Valley?
2. The Laptev and East Siberian Seas are found along the northern coast of which continent?
3. The Gran Chaco and Mato Grosso Plateau are physical features found on which continent?
4. Alice Springs, with its arid climate, is near the geographic center of which continent?
5. Mangrove forests are found along the western side of the Indian Ocean on the coast of which continent?
6. The Ronne Ice Shelf borders which continent?
7. Languages in the Nilo-Saharan language family are spoken on which continent?
8. The Indus Valley civilization flourished around 2500 B.C. on which continent?
9. The Beaufort Sea and the Mosquito Coast are found along the coastline of which continent?
10. The Volga and Don are major rivers on which continent?
ANSWERS: 1. Africa 2. Asia 3. South America 4. Australia 5. Africa 6. Antarctica 7. Africa 8. Asia 9. North America 10. Europe
Once again, we begin a New Year with the previous year’s National Geographic Society National Geographic Bee questions. As always, the questions start off on the easy side and become more difficult as the year progresses, and then get easier once again as we move from the state preliminaries and finals to the national preliminaries and finals. We ask for your patience as this progresses, as not everyone is at the same level in answering the questions. National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
