
1. Name the large island that borders both the Bismarck and the Arafura Seas.
2. What small country is located between Switzerland and Austria?
3. The region of Asir, located east of the Red Sea, includes some of the tallest peaks in what country?
4. Canals connect Biwa Lake to a city that was once the capital of Japan. Name this city.
5. The second-largest city in Norway is a major shipping center on the North Sea. Name this city.
6. Majorca and Minorca are the largest islands in what island group in the Mediterranean Sea?
7. Lapland stretches across northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, and also across a peninsula in Russia. Name this peninsula.
8. Catalan is the official language of what landlocked country?
9. What country includes the islands of Guadalcanal, San Cristóbal and Malaita?
10. What country has its capital city on the island of Bioko?
National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. New Guinea 2. Liechtenstein 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Kyoto 5. Bergen 6. Balearic Islands 7. Kola Peninsula 8. Andorra 9. Solomon Islands 10. Equatorial Guinea



