World Geography (Misc.)

Question 1

Region spanning southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, & western Turkey

Answer 1

(Northern, Western, & Eastern) THRACE

Question 2

Fell to Japanese in WWII
Site of a “Death March” of Filipino & American POWs

Answer 2

BATAAN PENINSULA

Question 3

Paris’ subway system
French for “city railway”

Answer 3

(CHEMIN DE FER) METRO(POLITAIN)

Question 4

Ancient Roman road started 312 BCE
Originally went from Rome to Capua, then to Brindisi
Site of Peter’s “Quo vadis?” to Jesus

Answer 4

APPIAN WAY

Question 5

Region around Rome on the Tyrrhenian sea for which a language is named

Answer 5

LATIUM
(LATIN)

Question 6

Region of Balkan peninsula
Setting of Twelfth Night (Viola falls for Orsino, its Duke)

Answer 6

ILLYRIA

Question 7

Bronze Age Greek civilization of which Agamemnon was king

Answer 7

MYCENAE

Question 8

North African group, historically nomadic, of the Sahara
Official language of Algeria & Morocco, along with Arabic
Also called “Tamazight”
Makers of “carpets”
“Double-talk” name

Answer 8

BERBER(S)

Question 9

Nomadic group of Levant, Arabia, & North Africa
Wear “smagg” head coverings
Tribes led by Sheikhs

Answer 9

BEDOUIN

Question 10

Ethnic group of Afghanistan (makes up ~40% of population)
Also some presence in Pakistan (~15%)

Answer 10

PASHTUN

Question 11

Caribbean ethnic group
Language gave us “Jamaica” (“Xaymaca”, “land of wood & water”)
Met Columbus

Answer 11

ARAWAK

Question 12

Ethnic group of the Americas for whom a sea off the Atlantic is named

Answer 12

CARIB

Question 13

Ethnic group of Kenya
Involved in the Mau Mau uprisings of 1952 against colonization

Answer 13

KIKUYU

Question 14

A group of countries named after a continent/currency

Answer 14

EUROZONE
(EURO AREA)

Question 15

Group of European countries named for a 1985 “Agreement” & 1990 “Convention” signed in Luxembourg
Allows free movement across borders

Answer 15

SCHENGEN AREA

Question 16

Cartel founded in Baghdad, 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, & Venezuela
Also includes Algeria, Angola, R.O. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria, & UAE
Former members are Indonesia, Ecuador, & Qatar
1973 oil embargo
HQ in Vienna

Answer 16

OPEC
(ORGANISATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES)

Question 17

Area North of the Sahara
Arabic for “west”

Answer 17

MAGHREB

Question 18

Semi-arid area south of the Sahara

Answer 18

SAHEL

Question 19

Nomadic people of the Sahara
Also the name of a VW model

Answer 19

TUAREG/TOUAREG

Question 20

Hyphenated south slavic languages (or a single pluricentric language)
Spoken in Dubrovnik & Belgrade

Answer 20

SERBO-CROATIAN

Question 21

Historic region of France
Largely gained in Westphalia treaty (1648)
Annexed in Franco-Prussian war (1871)
#8 of Wilson’s 14 points, returned to France at Versailles (1919)
German-occupied in WWII
Includes Metz & Strasbourg

Answer 21

ALSACE-LORRAINE

Question 22

Mascot representing Colombian coffee growers
Has a mule named Conchita

Answer 22

JUAN VALDEZ

Question 23

2nd largest Mexican state
South of Arizona
Name means “loud”
Borders Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Baja California, & the Gulf of California
Capital & largest city is Hermosillo
Shares name with a desert

Answer 23

SONORA

Question 24

Largest Mexican state
Borders New Mexico & (across from Rio Grande/Rio Bravo) Texas
Shares canine name with its capital city and desert
Largest city is Juarez

Answer 24

CHIHUAHUA

Question 25

Mexican state
South of Sonora
On the Gulf of Mexico
Includes the seaport of Mazatlan

Answer 25

SINALOA