1. Bumiputras, a term that means “sons of the soil,” refers to the indigenous ethnic groups in a country that borders Thailand and the Strait of Malacca. Name this country.
2. Some of the oldest sagas, which are based on history, legends and mythology, were written in the 12th and 13th centuries in what island country in the North Atlantic Ocean?
3. The sacred Inca sites of Isla del Sol and Isla de la Luna are located in the southeastern part of Lake Titicaca in what landlocked country?
4. The Malagasy people, who revere the dead and believe that ancestral spirits are involved in daily life, are native to which African country?
5. The Otomí people are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting a plateau region that includes parts of the state of Hidalgo in what country?
6. Frankincense, which has been traded for centuries, is often burned in spiritual rituals in a country that borders Yemen and the Arabian Sea. Name this country.
7. For centuries the kantele, a stringed instrument, has accompanied the telling of folktales in a country that borders Sweden and the Gulf of Bothnia. Name this country.
8. Islam is the predominant religion in a country that borders India and Myanmar. Name this country.
9. Arabic is the official language of Algeria, but many people still speak the language of the European country from which Algeria gained independence in 1962. Name this country.
10. Ta Moko, or the art of skin marking, is practiced by the Maori, a people indigenous to what country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean?
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. Malaysia 2. Iceland 3. Bolivia 4. Madagascar 5. Mexico 6. Oman 7. Finland 8. Bangladesh 9. France 10. New Zealand
