1. Lake Chad has shrunk to a smaller size in recent years as the result of drought and water diversion. In the 1960s, the northwestern shoreline of the lake was located in what country?
2. Panaji, known for its Portuguese architecture, is the capital of an Indian state located on the Arabian Sea. Name this state, India’s smallest in area.
3. The Kingdom Centre, which includes an enclosed walkway nearly 1,000 feet above the ground, is the tallest building in which Saudi Arabian city?
4. Which Australian territorial capital city, destroyed by a cyclone in 1974, is a starting point for travelers on their way to Kakadu National Park?
5. The Mano River forms part of the border between Liberia and which country to its northwest?
6. On which Japanese island, located south of Sakhalin Island, can you find the city of Sapporo?
7. CARICOM is a regional trade organization associated with which region of the world?
8. In the 14th century, the present-day country of Gambia was part of which large African empire?
9. The Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in what Pacific island dependency?
10. Khiva is a city that includes the walled inner town of Itchan Kala. This city is located in the western part of which central Asian country?
ANSWERS: 1. Niger 2. Goa 3. Riyadh 4. Darwin 5. Sierra Leone 6. Hokkaido 7. Caribbean (Also acceptable: West Indies) 8. Mali Empire 9. French Polynesia 10. Uzbekistan
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
