1. Kirundi and French are official languages in what country south of Rwanda?
2. Cobh, formerly called Queenstown, is a port on Cork Harbour in which country?
3. Located adjacent to the Mariana Trench, which Pacific island has an economy that relies heavily on tourism and is home to a U.S. military base?
4. What country shares the Isthmus of Kra with Myanmar?
5. What country shares its name with Africa’s third largest lake?
6. Chiba and Nagoya, two of the world’s largest ports in terms of tonnage, are located in which country?
7. Located west of Yangon, what river’s delta is a major rice-growing region?
8. The Kwango River forms a small part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and what other country?
9. Lake Hövsgöl is one of the largest freshwater bodies in a country that includes part of the Gobi Desert. Name this country.
10. Which South Asian capital, located on the flood-prone Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, is the industrial center of Bangladesh?
National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
ANSWERS
1. Burundi 2. Ireland 3. Guam 4. Thailand 5. Malawi 6. Japan 7. Ayeyarwady River (Also acceptable: Irrawaddy River) 8. Angola 9. Mongolia 10. Dhaka
