1. The historic city of Porto was built on hillsides overlooking this river, which flows west to the Atlantic Ocean. For centuries, boats have carried port wine from nearby vineyards down this river to Porto for export worldwide. Name this river.
2. The Charles Darwin Research Station is located near Puerto Ayora on what island that is the second largest in the Galápagos?
3. Located high in the Andes, the Inca city at Machu Picchu is one of the most famous ruins in the world. These ruins overlook what river that flows into the Ucayali?
4. Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park is located on what peninsula that borders the Dulce Gulf?
5. The Lemaire Channel lies northeast of what sea that borders Ellsworth Land and Alexander Island?
6. The Pearl Islands, with a storied past involving Spanish conquistadors and buccaneers, are located in what large gulf?
7. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried on what island that is administered by the United Kingdom and lies at the northeast corner of the Scotia Sea?
8. Gray whales migrate to Magdalena Bay, located off the coast of what Mexican state that includes the city of La Paz?
9. Name the capital of the British overseas territory that is located off the coast of Argentina.
10. The oldest form of Tai Chi traces its roots to a village near the city of Zhengzhou, located near the Yellow River in what province?
National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. Douro River 2. Santa Cruz (Also acceptable: Chaves, Indefatigable) 3. Urubamba River 4. Osa Península 5. Bellingshausen Sea 6. Gulf of Panama 7. South Georgia 8. Baja California Sur 9. Stanley (Also acceptable: Port Stanley) 10. Henan
