Geography Test Part 2

Question 1

This country became Calvinist thanks to John Knox

Answer 1

Scotland

Question 2

Site of the D-Day Invasion

Answer 2

Normandy, France

Question 3

This is the country where most IRA bombings took place during “The Troubles”

Answer 3

Northern Ireland

Question 4

This is the country where the Oslo accords peace process began

Answer 4

Norway

Question 5

Vidkun Quisling (traitor) came from this country

Answer 5

Norway

Question 6

The 1975 Helsinki Accords were signed in this country

Answer 6

Finland

Question 7

This country was threatened by communist force and, with Turkey caused the Truman Doctrine

Answer 7

Greece

Question 8

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ruled this country

Answer 8

Turkey

Question 9

The Chernobyl accident occurred in the former Soviet Country

Answer 9

Ukraine

Question 10

This country is where the majority of the 9/11 terrorists came from

Answer 10

Saudi Arabia

Question 11

The first Arab nation to recognize Israel

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president in this country in 1994

Answer 12

South Africa

Question 13

Kwame Nkrumah led the nationalist movement in this country’s fight for independence

Answer 13

Ghana

Question 14

This country is where 276 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2015

Answer 14

Nigeria

Question 15

The University of Timbuktu was established in this country in 982 CE

Answer 15

Mali

Question 16

In 1994, tension between the Hutu and Tutsi population led to massacres in which some 1 million people were killed

Answer 16

Rwanda

Question 17

More than 2 million refugees have fled the Darfur region of this county

Answer 17

Sudan

Question 18

This country gained its independence only after a long war between the FLN and French Settlers

Answer 18

Algeria

Question 19

The only African country to remain independent during European Imperialism

Answer 19

Ethiopia

Question 20

This country became an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini

Answer 20

Iran