1. What city, located on the Liffey River, is the largest city in the Republic of Ireland?
2. Gauteng province is the most populous province in which country bordering Botswana?
3. Angola and Mozambique, both located in sub-Saharan Africa, gained independence in 1975 from which Iberian country?
4. To compete for influence with the Soviet Union, China formed a political relationship from 1961 to 1977 with a country located across the Strait of Otranto from Italy. Name this country.
5. Naxçıvan is an autonomous republic and exclave of which former Soviet republic that borders Georgia and the Caspian Sea?
6. What present-day landlocked country in Southeast Asia was under the control of Siam, present-day Thailand, at the beginning of the 19th century?
7. In addition to four main islands, which Asian country includes the islands of Awaji, Tanega and Sado?
8. The Windward Passage, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, separates Haiti from which neighboring country?
9. Which country that borders Congo is crossed by the Equator and gained independence from France in 1960?
10. The northernmost part of the Musandam Peninsula, bordered by the United Arab Emirates, is part of which country whose capital is Muscat?
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National Geographic Bee; National Geographic Society
GEO QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Dublin 2. South Africa 3. Portugal 4. Albania 5. Azerbaijan 6. Laos 7. Japan 8. Cuba 9. Gabon 10. Oman
