1.The St. Marys River, which connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron, separates Michigan from what Canadian province?
2. Dubliners, a collection of short stories by James Joyce, chronicles the lives of residents in the capital of what country?
3. The Pampas, temperate grasslands often used for grazing cattle, are located on what continent?
4. Elected in 2000, Helsinki native Tarja Halonen is the first female president of what Scandinavian country?
5. What Arctic mammal, the world’s largest land predator, is a threatened species due to the melting of its sea ice habitat?
6.Which country is bordered by Thailand and India?
7. The confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile Rivers is located near Khartoum, the capital of what African country?
8. The Hawaiian, Virgin, and Canary Islands are examples of areas with moderate temperatures that result from tropical winds blowing from the horse latitudes toward the Equator. Name these winds.
9. Piracy is a growing international problem in the Strait of Malacca and waters off the coast of Somalia. These waterways are both located in which ocean?
10. The northernmost point of Africa is located in Tunisia on what sea?
ANSWERS: 1. Ontario 2. Ireland 3. South America 4. Finland 5. polar bear 6. Myanmar (Also acceptable: Burma) 7. Sudan 8. trade winds (Also acceptable: northeast trades; Not acceptable: easterlies) 9. Indian Ocean 10. Mediterranean Sea
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
