1. Which mountain range is not located in the United States — Sierra Nevada, Appalachian or Caucasus Mountains?
2. What is the official language of Brazil?
3. Tai chi, both a martial art and a physical exercise, originated in which Asian country that is crossed by the Yellow River?
4. Once a center of the Habsburg Empire, the Hofburg is a palace located near the Danube River in which European city?
5. In the 1940s, the mining of bauxite, the ore used to create aluminum, began to shift an island country’s economy away from bananas and sugar. Name this Caribbean island country.
6. Name the only overseas department of France in South America.
7. Rouen, an industrial and agricultural hub for commerce going to and from Paris, is located along which river?
8. The Book of Kells, a ninth-century manuscript that is one of Trinity College’s most famous holdings, can be found in what European capital city?
9. The Foja Mountains are located west of the port city of Jayapura on which large island?
10. Located south of the state capital of Mérida, the Ruta Puuc leads visitors to Mayan ruins on what peninsula in Mexico?
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ANSWERS
1. Caucasus Mountains 2. Portuguese 3. China 4. Vienna 5. Jamaica 6. French Guiana 7. Seine River 8. Dublin 9. New Guinea (Note: NOT “Papua New Guinea”) 10. Yucatán Peninsula
