1.In March 2009, more than 20 people were killed in armed clashes between the military and rebel fighters in the Dagestan (DAH-geh-STAHN) region of which country?
2. In February 2009, a series of eruptions spewed ash and rocks from Mount Asama, a volcano located east of the city of Ueda. Name the country where this volcano is located.
3. In February 2009, a Middle Eastern country launched its first satellite into orbit from a site located west of its second-largest city, Mashhad. Name this country.
4. In March 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said that he might renounce his title as co-prince of a small country whose heads of state are the president of France and Spain’s bishop of Urgell. Name this country.
5. In April 2009, violence erupted with the announcement that the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Voronin, had received the largest number of votes in the parliamentary elections in a landlocked Eastern European country. Name this country.
6. In April 2009, the government of a densely populated country in South Asia declared a ban on begging. Name this country, which includes the eastern end of the mangrove forest called the Sundarbans.
7. In February 2009, a new cinema opened in Juba (JOO-buh), the capital of the state of Bahr al Jebel and the site of a long civil war in the southern part of which African country?
8. In January 2009, the Dakar Rally, an auto race normally run from Paris to Dakar, was held in South America for security reasons. The race started in Buenos Aires and ran through the coastal city of Valparaíso in which country?
9. In April 2009, a study of Devil’s Peak predicted a landslide-triggered tsunami could threaten the coast of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Devil’s Peak is a volcano located on the island country south of Guadeloupe. Name this country.
10. In February 2009, a series of ancient tunnels was discovered under the capital city of a European country that consists of three inhabited islands located east of Tunisia. Name this country.
GEOQUIZ ANSWERS: 1. Russia 2. Japan 3. Iran 4. Andorra 5. Moldova 6. Bangladesh 7. Sudan 8. Chile 9. Dominica 10. Malta
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