1. With approximately 1.3 billion followers worldwide, what religion is widespread in Southwest Asia?
2. Gleaming Carrara marble is mined in the Tuscany region of what country?
3. Tourists visiting Da Nang are drawn by beautiful beaches and museums and landmarks of the Cham culture. Name the long, narrow Asian country where Da Nang is located.
4. Dragons Mouths and Serpents Mouth separate the island of Trinidad from which South American country?
5. Several large rivers including the Krishna, Ganges, and Brahmaputra, flow into what large arm of the Indian Ocean?
6. Name the biome consisting mainly of evergreen trees and typically found south of the tundra in the Northern Hemisphere.
7. Walvis Bay, the largest port in Namibia, was ruled by which country until 1994?
8. Located on the northwestern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten is the largest county in area in which European country?
9. Energy-rich Balochistan, located on the border with Iran, is home
to an insurgency movement demanding greater autonomy from what country?
10. Which river has a larger drainage area — the Rhône River or the Niger River?
1. Islam (Not acceptable: Muslim; It refers to a follower of the religion, but not the religion itself.) 2. Italy 3. Vietnam 4. Venezuela 5. Bay of Bengal 6. taiga (Also acceptable: boreal forest, coniferous forest) 7. South Africa 8. Sweden 9. Pakistan 10. Niger River
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
