1. Wu, one of the major languages of China, is widely spoken in its most populous city. Name this city, located near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
2. The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory located directly north of what large island in the West Indies?
3. Name the peninsula in Southwest Asia that separates the Gulf of Suez from the Gulf of Aqaba.
4. Chittagong, a port city near the Bay of Bengal, once served as a center for shipbuilding in what present-day country?
5. Pipelines transport natural gas through the state of South Australia from Cooper Basin to the state’s capital. Name this port city.
6. A Mormon temple is located in the capital city of Nuku’alofa in which Polynesian country?
7. Name France’s chief port on the Mediterranean Sea.
8. Once ruled by the Ottoman Empire and later occupied by the Soviet Union, what city near the Iskur River is the cultural center of Bulgaria?
9. The khareef, or summer monsoon on the Arabian Peninsula, results in lush green vegetation in the Dhofar region of what country?
10. What French word is used for a bowl-shaped mountain depression carved at the head of a glacial valley?
National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. Shanghai 2. Hispaniola 3. Sinai Peninsula 4. Bangladesh 5. Adelaide 6. Tonga 7. Marseille 8. Sofia 9. Oman 10. cirque
