1) What present-day state included pasts of Alabama and Mississippi when it was
founded?
2) Port-au-Prince is the most populous city in which country?
3) What language is the most widely spoken in the Maghreb region of Africa?
4) Which country is bordered by France and Italy?
5) Most of Denmark’s oil reserves are found in which sea?
6) About 80 percent of the people of India follow what major religion?
7) A Hutu majority and a Tutsi minority make up most of the population of what
country north of Burundi?
8) Friesland, Limburg, and Zeeland are provinces in which European country?
9) The Great Smoky and Catskill Mountains are regions of what U.S. mountain
system?
10) Most major rivers in Siberia flow into what ocean?
11) What the term for the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the place where
an earthquake originates?
12) Which continent is the largest exporter of wool?
13) What word is used to describe the side of the mountain that faces the prevailing
winds?
14) The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that flows along which continent’s eastern
coast?
15) Which state is known as the Pine Tree State?
16) What is the thick layer of the Earth’s interior that lies between the crust and the
core?
17) Which country lies between Norway and Finland?
18) Which mountain system provides much of the spectacular scenery in Yosemite
National Park?
19) What is the official language of the Persian Gulf country of Qatar?
20) Which state capital city in New England is located in the Green Mountains?
21) Which continent produces the least vegetation?
22) According to the 2000 census, nearly 30 percent of foreign-born residents of the
United States are from what country?
23) An archipelago is a group of what physical features found in a body of water?
24) North Carolina’s most populous city is also an important financial center. What is
this city’s name?
25) What mineral resource is Chile’s main export?
26) Germany’s invasion of what European country marked the beginning of World
War II?
27) What is the term for a body of water that is enclosed by an atoll?
28) Which Slavic language is spoken by the largest number of people?
29) Pakistan depends on what major river and its tributaries for the irrigation of
crops?
30) The most populous provinces in Indonesia are found on which island?
31) The two official languages of Djibouti are Arabic and which other language?
32) Which country is bordered by Nicaragua and Panama?
33) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan share which shrinking body of salt water?
34) The Ob River flows into an inlet of which ocean?
35) Which East Asian capital city was formerly known as Edo?
36) The eastern-most point of mainland Russia is located on what peninsula?
37) To fly directly from Brazil and Angola, you would travel in which general
direction?
38) What large island is located about 200 miles northwest of Iceland?
39) What volcanic island east of Madagascar is an overseas department of France?
40) The Murray River flows into the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of what
country?
41) Although Sierra Leone’s name has Portuguese origins, what is the country’s
official language?
42) The oldest section of Algeria’s most populous city contains a fortress called the
Casbah. What is this city?
43) Which large country bordering the Coral and Arafura Seas has a population that is
more than 85 percent urban?
44) The more centrally located city of Abuja replaced what other city as Nigeria’s
capital in 1991?
45) The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta makes up much of what country?
46) The capital city of Conakry is an important port for which West African country?
47) The Chuuk and Yap Islands are part of what country in the Pacific Ocean?
48) The summits of the world’s five highest volcanoes are located in which Western
Hemisphere mountain system?
49) The Java Sea is surrounded by numerous islands that are part of what country?
50) What country on the Gulf of Honduras was formerly known as British Honduras?
51) Which country has a higher percentage of arable land—Venezuela or Nigeria?
52) The Potomac River generally flows in which direction from its source to its
mouth?
53) Which European country known for cork production has a high population
density in the areas around the city of Oporto?
54) The Detroit River serves as a boundary between Michigan and which Canadian
province?
55) What is the name of the country bordered by Somalia and Kenya?
56) The northern coast of which continent borders the Caribbean Sea?
57) The largest group of freshwater lakes is on which continent?
58) Which continent lies entirely north of the Tropic of Cancer?
59) A strip of land connects Africa to which other continent?
60) Which continent is the world’s largest producer of gold?
61) The city of Abu Dhabi is located on a small island that is part of what country?
62) What is the Asian country at the eastern edge of the South China Sea that includes
about 7,100 islands?
63) Which African country borders Victoria Falls in the southwest and Lake
Tanganyika in the north?
64) Ships sailing from the Caribbean Sea to Japan can save thousands of miles by
traveling through which canal?
65) Which European country administers Mayotte, one of the islands of the Comoros?
66) What river forms part of the border between Namibia and South Africa?
67) Located about 500 miles east of the Southern Alps, the Chatham Islands belong to
which country?
68) What French word is used for a bowl-shaped mountain depression carved at the
head of a glacial valley?
69) Taiwan and China both claim the Senkaku Islands, which are administered by
which other country?
70) On which island is Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, located?
71) Which city is the capital of an island country—Kingston or San Salvador?
72) Which country has more islands—the Comoros or the Philippines?
73) Which country borders more countries—Yemen or Burkina Faso?
74) Which island is larger in area—Baffin Island or Hispaniola?
75) Which country is closer to the Equator—Tanzania or Zambia?
76) Native people known as Saami and Chukchi mostly live in regions bordering
which ocean?
77) Which desert is larger in area—the Kalahari or the Atacama?
78) Tuscan and Umbrian are regional dialects spoken in which European country?
79) Moldova borders Romania and what other country?
80) Most of India’s rivers flow eastward into what bay?
81) What important port west of the Gulf of Sidra is the capital of a country that is
mostly desert?
82) What chief city of Catalonia is famed as a vibrant cultural center in the western
Mediterranean?
83) The ancient city of Carthage was located on the North African coast near which
present-day capital city?
84) What present-day city lies at the northern end of the Adriatic, and was medieval
Europe’s leading seaport?
85) What city, home to a great library, was named for its victorious founder in 332
B.C.?
86) Bujumburua is the capital of which small landlocked country that lies just south
of the Equator in Central Africa?
87) Which country holds the world record for number of annual tornadoes, with each
state experiencing at least one in history?
88) Hadrian’s Wall, a defensive structure built by the Romans, stretches across which
country?
89) The Nazca lines, a series of geometric forms and lines in the earth, are found in
which South American country?
90) The island of Borneo is shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and what other country?
91) Mount Olympus, reaching an elevation of 9,570 feet, is the highest point in which
European country?
92) Suva is the capital of which South Pacific island nation comprised of over 300
islands?
93) Name the South American country which became landlocked after losing a war
with Chile?
94) Polish, Russian, and Czech are all examples of which Indo-European language
group?
95) What large body of water separates Vietnam from the Philippine Islands?
96) Abu Dhabi and Dubai are states with significant oil reserves in which country?
97) The Timor and Arafura Seas separate Indonesia from which country to the south?
98) In the early 1990s, Ethiopia became landlocked following the independence of
which country?
99) French and Arabic are the official languages of which multilingual country east of
Niger?
100)
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is located in the southern part of which
country?