Country Geography

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1.Which country has three national capitals, more than any other country?
- A. Jordan
- B. Ecuador
- C. South Africa
- D. Namibia
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South Africa
Did you know? South Africa's capitals are Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
2.Which country holds much of the Gran Chaco, a vast dry plain?
- A. Paraguay
- B. Botswana
- C. Jordan
- D. Norway
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Paraguay
Did you know? The Gran Chaco stretches into Bolivia and Argentina.
3.Which country is the largest landlocked country in the world?
- A. Indonesia
- B. Vatican City
- C. the Philippines
- D. Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan
Did you know? Kazakhstan borders both the Caspian Sea and China.
4.Which country lies on two continents divided by the Bosphorus strait?
- A. Portugal
- B. Australia
- C. Argentina
- D. Turkey
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Turkey
Did you know? Istanbul straddles the waterway linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
5.Which country is an island nation south of Sicily?
- A. Peru
- B. Norway
- C. Turkey
- D. Malta
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Malta
Did you know? Malta is one of the world's most densely populated countries.
6.Which country is Africa's most populous country?
- A. Denmark
- B. Morocco
- C. Greece
- D. Nigeria
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Nigeria
Did you know? Nigeria's population is over 200 million people.
7.Which country has Istanbul, the only major city spanning two continents?
- A. Turkey
- B. Chile
- C. the Philippines
- D. Malta
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Turkey
Did you know? About 15 million people live in Istanbul.
8.Which country is home to the Darvaza gas crater, a burning natural gas pit?
- A. Turkmenistan
- B. China
- C. the United States
- D. Mexico
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Turkmenistan
Did you know? The Darvaza crater has burned since the 1970s.
9.Which country is the smallest country in South America?
- A. Suriname
- B. Finland
- C. San Marino
- D. Jordan
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Suriname
Did you know? Dutch is Suriname's official language.
10.Which country is home to Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall?
- A. Venezuela
- B. Denmark
- C. Namibia
- D. Brazil
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Venezuela
Did you know? Angel Falls drops nearly a kilometer from a tabletop mountain.
11.Which country is home to Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat?
- A. Bolivia
- B. Jordan
- C. Suriname
- D. Chile
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Bolivia
Did you know? The Uyuni salt flat becomes a giant mirror after rains.
12.Which country contains Cabo da Roca, continental Europe's westernmost point?
- A. Portugal
- B. the Philippines
- C. Japan
- D. Finland
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Portugal
Did you know? Cabo da Roca was described by the poet Camões as where the land ends and the sea begins.
13.Which country claims to be the world's oldest surviving republic?
- A. Japan
- B. San Marino
- C. Chile
- D. Canada
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San Marino
Did you know? San Marino traces its founding to the year 301.
14.Which country is the largest country in Africa by area?
- A. India
- B. Algeria
- C. Norway
- D. New Zealand
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Algeria
Did you know? More than four-fifths of Algeria's territory is desert.
15.Which South Asian island has been famous for cinnamon since ancient times?
- A. Sri Lanka
- B. India
- C. the Maldives
- D. Indonesia
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Sri Lanka
Did you know? Cinnamon took its name from Sri Lanka's old name, Ceylon.
16.Which country is home to Saimaa, the largest lake in the European Union?
- A. the Philippines
- B. Finland
- C. Greece
- D. Egypt
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Finland
Did you know? The Saimaa seal is one of the world's rarest seals.
17.Which country is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world?
- A. Mexico
- B. China
- C. Tanzania
- D. Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan
Did you know? A doubly landlocked country is surrounded only by other landlocked countries.
18.Which country is home to the Atacama, the driest nonpolar desert on Earth?
- A. Chile
- B. Mongolia
- C. Peru
- D. Egypt
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Chile
Did you know? Some Atacama weather stations have never recorded rain.
19.Which country holds most of the Okavango Delta?
- A. India
- B. South Africa
- C. Botswana
- D. Saudi Arabia
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Botswana
Did you know? The Okavango Delta floods seasonally from Angola's highlands.
20.Which country is the most densely populated sovereign country?
- A. Chile
- B. Georgia
- C. Belgium
- D. Monaco
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Monaco
Did you know? Monaco packs about 19,000 people into each square kilometer.
21.Which country is often described as the only Middle Eastern country without a desert?
- A. Lebanon
- B. Hungary
- C. Iceland
- D. Morocco
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Lebanon
Did you know? Lebanon's mountains receive heavy winter snow.
22.Which country is separated from India by the Palk Strait?
- A. Sri Lanka
- B. Brazil
- C. Mongolia
- D. Canada
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Sri Lanka
Did you know? The Palk Strait is at its narrowest about 50 kilometers wide.
23.Which country is home to the Namib, considered the world's oldest desert?
- A. Namibia
- B. Guyana
- C. New Zealand
- D. Madagascar
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Namibia
Did you know? The Namib's dunes at Sossusvlei are among Earth's tallest.
24.Which country holds the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest land on Earth?
- A. Georgia
- B. India
- C. Jordan
- D. Vietnam
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Jordan
Did you know? The Dead Sea's shore lies more than 400 meters below sea level.
25.Which country shares the Białowieża Forest, Europe's last primeval woodland?
- A. Turkey
- B. Finland
- C. Poland
- D. Indonesia
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Poland
Did you know? The forest is home to the European bison, or żubr.
26.Which country is home to Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile?
- A. Greece
- B. Algeria
- C. Ethiopia
- D. Nepal
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Ethiopia
Did you know? The Blue Nile joins the White Nile at Khartoum.
27.Which Caucasus country sits on the Black Sea between Europe and Asia?
- A. Armenia
- B. Turkey
- C. Georgia
- D. Azerbaijan
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Georgia
Did you know? Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, lies on the Kura River.
28.Which country has the most islands of any country?
- A. Sweden
- B. Sri Lanka
- C. Poland
- D. Namibia
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Sweden
Did you know? Sweden counts around 267,000 islands, most uninhabited.
29.Which country has Mount Teide in the Canaries as its highest peak?
- A. Spain
- B. Guyana
- C. Monaco
- D. Egypt
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Spain
Did you know? Mount Teide is a volcano rising about 3,700 meters.
30.Which country means Land of Many Waters in an Indigenous language?
- A. Guyana
- B. Georgia
- C. Brazil
- D. Croatia
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Guyana
Did you know? Kaieteur Falls in Guyana is one of the world's most powerful single drops.

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