1. Which city, the most populous in Brazil, is located on the Tietê River and was founded by Portuguese Jesuits in 1554?
2. Most adherents of Druze, a religion that incorporates elements of Islam, Judaism and Greek philosophy, live in Syria and the Hasbaya district of what country to its west?
3. Circassia, located at the northwest end of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, is a historic region in the southern part of which country?
4. Coffee is cultivated in the Ahuachapán department in which Central American country?
5. Name the only national capital city on the island of New Guinea.
6. One of Israel’s largest cities is located in the northern part of the country on the slopes of Mount Carmel. Name this city.
7. What present-day country, which shares a border with Serbia, declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1908?
8. What country includes the islands of Mafia and Pemba?
9. What national capital city located on the Suriname River has distinctive Dutch colonial architecture?
10. Name the capital city in the western Atlantic Ocean that is located on New Providence Island.
National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
ANSWERS
1. São Paulo 2. Lebanon 3. Russia 4. El Salvador 5. Port Moresby 6. Haifa 7. Bulgaria 8. Tanzania 9. Paramaribo 10. Nassau
