1. Which state capital is farther north? a) Augusta b) Boston c) Hartford

2. Royal Chitwan National Park, the site of a tiger-habitat restoration project, is in the foothills of the most populous Himalayan kingdom. Name this country. a) Nepal b) Iran c) Bhutan

3. What small country, the world’s most densely populated, lies on the French Riviera near the France-Italy border? a) Monaco b) Luxembourg c) Andorra

4. Which state has a larger Native American population? a) Oklahoma b) Maryland c) Massachusetts

5. A city on Baranof Island served as the principal town of Russian America until Alaska became a U.S. territory. Name this city. a) Wrangell b) Sitka c) Anchorage

6. Newark is the largest city and an industrial center in which mid-Atlantic state? a) New Jersey b) Maryland c) Virginia

7. Launceston is a port on which island in the Southern Hemisphere? a) Tasmania b) Guam c) Palau

8. Borneo, one of the largest islands in the world, is considered part of which continent? a) North America b) Europe c) Asia

9. Which country has a shorter coastline? a) El Salvador b) India c) Venezuela

10. In August 2002, the city of Prague was hit by a flood that raised the waters of what river that runs through the city? a) Vltava River b) Otava River c) Labe River

Answers

1. Augusta, 2. Nepal, 3. Monaco, 4. Oklahoma, 5. Sitka, 6. New Jersey, 7. Tasmania, 8. Asia, 9. El Salvador, 10. Vltava River

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