1. The country with the highest population and lowest literacy rate in Central America shares its northwestern border with Mexico. Name this country.
2. Addis Ababa, established in 1887, is located more than a mile above sea level and is the largest city in what present-day landlocked African country?
3. In 2006, a Southeast Asian country made up of more than 17,000 islands, including the island of Bali, changed its laws to erase the legal difference between native and non-native residents. Name this country.
4. What country, located on the Anatolian Peninsula, has a secular government and more than 90 percent of the population is Muslim?
5. Musical instruments similar to those found in Indonesia, like the valiha, a type of tube zither, are culturally significant on what large island off the east coast of Africa?
6. The barangay is the smallest unit of government in what Southeast Asian island country that was a territory of both Spain and the United States?
7. Almost 90 percent of the population lives in urban areas in what country whose second-most populous city is Maracaibo?
8. Windhoek is the largest city in a desert country in which approximately 60 percent of the white population speak Afrikaans as their first language. Name this country.
9. In the late 1800s, many immigrants from Italy and Spain arrived in a South American country that contains the highest and lowest points in the Western Hemisphere. Name this country.
10. Starting in the 1500s, the city of Bruges became the center of the Flemish school of painting. Bruges is located in what present-day country that shares borders with both France and Germany?
ANSWERS: 1. Guatemala 2. Ethiopia 3. Indonesia 4. Turkey 5. Madagascar 6. Philippines 7. Venezuela 8. Namibia 9. Argentina 10. Belgium
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
