1. To see the Castillo del Morro and the José Martí Memorial, you would travel to Havana in which Caribbean country?
a. Puerto Rico
b. Hispaniola c. Cuba
d. Jamaica
2. What Asian country, which withdrew into almost complete seclusion in the mid-17th century, emerged from isolation in the 1800s and subsequently became the first industrialized Asian country?
a. Japan
b. China
c. Cameroon
d. Mongolia
3. Troy, an ancient city famous from the legend of the Trojan War, is an important archeological site located in Turkey on what peninsula that makes up most of the country?
a. Italian Peninsula
b. Jutland Peninsula c. Anatolian Peninsula
d. Iberian Peninsula
4. Nine Bantu languages, Afrikaans, and English make up the 11 official languages in which country?
a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Mozambique
d. Ghana
5. The hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, which is located in what country?
a. Egypt b. Saudi Arabia
c. Iran
d. Syria
6. Prior to Spanish conquest, the Pipil Indians, whose culture was similar to that of the Aztecs, lived in what present-day country, the smallest in Central America?
a. Panama
b. Guatemala c. El Salvador
d. Nicaragua
7. The capital of Tamerlane’s empire was Samarqand, a strategic city along the Silk Road in what present-day central Asian country?
a. Kazakhstan b. Uzbekistan
c. Armenia
d. Turkmenistan
8. During the 10th century, Córdoba was a cultural and political center of Muslim civilization and was one of the largest cities in what present-day country on the Iberian Peninsula?
a. Spain
b. Italy
c. Portugal
d. Malta
9. The Parthenon, built nearly 25 centuries ago, sits on a rocky hilltop called the Acropolis overlooking what city?
a. Thebes b. Athens
c. Delphi
d. Sparta
10. Final Question: Popularly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, this Orthodox church stands on Red Square next to the Kremlin in what Russian city?
a. Omsk
b. Saint Petersburg
c. Vladivostok d. Moscow
