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  • 1. 
    What does the word Balkan mean in Turkish?

  • sea
  • valley
  • fissure
  • mountain

  • 2. 
    What Austrian city, noted for its Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture, is dominated by a fortress resting on Monks’ Hill?

  • Vienna
  • Innsbruck
  • Salzburg
  • Munich

  • 3. 
    What city in Syria is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?

  • Homs
  • Beirut
  • Aleppo
  • Damascus

  • 4. 
    The Cape of Good Hope lies at the southern tip of which continent?

  • Africa
  • South America
  • Asia
  • Australia

  • 5. 
    Which of these is an ancient Iranian (Persian) city that was the capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty?

  • Athens
  • Nuzu
  • Persepolis
  • Qom

  • 6. 
    Where are the world headquarters of the Bahāʾī Faith situated?

  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Toronto, Canada
  • Haifa, Israel

  • 7. 
    What term refers to the coordinate system by means of which the position or location of any place on the Earth’s surface can be determined?

  • navigation
  • latitude and longitude
  • ecliptic
  • miles and kilometres

  • 8. 
    What is the term for a narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas otherwise separated by the sea?

  • a peninsula
  • a strait
  • a canal
  • an isthmus

  • 9. 
    Which two countries have a larger land area than China?

  • United States and Canada
  • Russia and Australia
  • United States and Russia
  • Canada and Russia

  • 10. 
    The Mercator projection is which type of map projection?

  • zenithal
  • conformal
  • conic
  • cylindrical

  • 11. 
    Which continent, sometimes known as the “Home of the Blizzard” and “White Desert,” is the coldest?

  • Asia
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Antarctica

  • 12. 
    Which U.S. city is situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers?

  • Trenton, New Jersey
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Washington, D.C.

  • 13. 
    What is Tilbury, in southeastern England, known for?

  • horse racing
  • wool
  • textiles
  • docks

  • 14. 
    The city of Linz is located in what country?

  • Botswana
  • Cyprus
  • Austria
  • Argentina

  • 15. 
    What modern city was originally named Byzantium and later called Constantinople?

  • Athens, Greece
  • Ankara, Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • Alexandria, Egypt

  • 16. 
    In what city would you find the Alhambra, a palace built in the 13th and 14th centuries?

  • Granada, Spain
  • Lisbon, Portugal
  • Tunis, Tunisia
  • Casablanca, Morocco

  • 17. 
    Which country has a seaport called Split?

  • Croatia
  • Italy
  • Greece
  • Oman

  • 18. 
    In what city can the Potala Palace be found?

  • Vatican City
  • Kathmandu
  • Lhasa
  • Thimphu

  • 19. 
    What Ethiopian place is known for its monolithic churches (hewn of solid rock)?

  • Mogadishu
  • Aksum
  • Lalībela
  • Addis Ababa

  • 20. 
    What city on a Greek island of the same name was once home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World?

  • Rhodes
  • Crete
  • Cyprus
  • Hispaniola

  • 21. 
    What city in Iran is the birthplace of the Persian poets Saʿdī and Ḥāfeẓ?

  • Neyshābūr
  • Herāt
  • Shīrāz
  • Tehrān

  • 22. 
    Which of these cities was named for the leader of the Hospitallers?

  • Aleppo
  • Valletta
  • Nicosia
  • Marsaxlokk

  • 23. 
    In what country is the Patagonia region located?

  • Peru
  • Argentina
  • Mexico
  • Australia
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