1. During the 14th century, Timbuktu accumulated most of its wealth trading in gold and salt, the latter of which is still important to which present-day country’s trade?
2. The rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco attract people to the Baja Peninsula of which country?
3. Approximately 40 percent of the population still lives below the poverty line despite an oil and gas boom in which country where Baku is the capital?
4. The completion of the Suez Canal in 1869 eventually led to the occupation of Egypt by what country in 1882?
5. What country ceded Louisiana to Spain in 1762?
6. Which river forms much of the northern border of Bulgaria?
7. Sikkim, a state between Nepal and Bhutan, is part of which country?
8. Which is the smallest of the islands of the Greater Antilles?
9. The Kuznetsk Basin, a region of heavy manufacturing, lies approximately 100 miles east of which mountain range in Russia?
10. Full of marine life, the waters around| Coiba Island are a popular destination for scuba diving. Coiba Island is part of which country that connects North and South America?
ANSWERS: 1. Mali 2. Mexico 3. Azerbaijan 4. United Kingdom 5. France 6. Danube 7. India 8. Puerto Rico 9. Ural Mountains 10. Panama
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
