1. Which city on the Rhine River was the capital of West Germany before German reunification in 1990?
2. Significant air, water and noise pollution plague China’s most populous urban area. Name this city found near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
3. The hydroelectric energy produced by the Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River is shared by Brazil and what other country?
4. Mountaintop removal, a term for a process that has controversial and often negative effects on streams and their ecosystems, is used to mine what fossil fuel?
5. Which country, located south of the Gulf of Riga, declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991?
6. Ghana is bordered by Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and which other country?
7. What lake, once called Lacus Lemanus by the Romans, is located on the border between Switzerland and France?
8. Name one of the two South American countries that did not gain independence until the 20th century.
9. The largest city in the West Indies is the capital of a country famous for its cigars. Name this city.
10. Auckland is the largest city and main port in which country?
ANSWERS: 1. Bonn 2. Shanghai 3. Paraguay 4. coal 5. Latvia 6. Togo 7. Lake Geneva (Also acceptable: Lac Leman) 8. Guyana, Suriname 9. Havana 10. New Zealand National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
