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- A. Stalingrad
- B. Kuibyshev
- C. Gorky
- D. Leningrad
Explanation: Volgograd was Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961, site of the decisive World War II battle.
Correct answer: Stalingrad- A. Medan
- B. Batavia
- C. Surabaya
- D. Semarang
Explanation: The Dutch East India Company founded Batavia in 1619; it became Jakarta after Indonesian independence.
Correct answer: Batavia- A. Bulawayo
- B. Victoria Falls
- C. Salisbury
- D. Mutare
Explanation: Zimbabwe's capital Harare was called Salisbury under British colonial rule.
Correct answer: Salisbury- A. Léopoldville
- B. Elizabethville
- C. Brazzaville
- D. Stanleyville
Explanation: Kinshasa, capital of the DR Congo, was Léopoldville under Belgian rule, named for King Leopold II.
Correct answer: Léopoldville- A. Nara
- B. Edo
- C. Kyoto
- D. Osaka
Explanation: Tokyo was the shogun's city of Edo until the 1868 Meiji Restoration renamed it Tokyo.
Correct answer: Edo- A. The Lesser Antilles
- B. The Bahamas
- C. The Greater Antilles
- D. The Virgin Islands
Explanation: The Greater Antilles are the four large islands of the northern Caribbean.
Correct answer: The Greater Antilles- A. The ABC Islands
- B. The Windward Islands only
- C. The Greater Antilles
- D. The Lesser Antilles
Explanation: The arc of the Lesser Antilles curves along the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
Correct answer: The Lesser Antilles- A. The Arctic Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Bahamas lie in the western Atlantic, north of Cuba.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The North Atlantic
- B. The South Atlantic
- C. The Pacific
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: Bermuda is a British territory in the North Atlantic, east of the Carolinas.
Correct answer: The North Atlantic- A. Grenada
- B. Trinidad and Tobago
- C. St Lucia
- D. Barbados
Explanation: The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago lies off Venezuela's coast.
Correct answer: Trinidad and Tobago- A. Suriname
- B. Colombia
- C. Guyana
- D. Venezuela
Explanation: Trinidad sits only about 11 km off the Venezuelan coast.
Correct answer: Venezuela- A. The Galápagos Islands
- B. The Azores
- C. The Falklands
- D. The Canary Islands
Explanation: Darwin's observations of Galápagos finches helped shape his theory of evolution.
Correct answer: The Galápagos Islands- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Southern Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Galápagos lie in the eastern Pacific, about 900 km off Ecuador.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. France
- B. Peru
- C. Chile
- D. Ecuador
Explanation: Easter Island in the south-eastern Pacific is Chilean territory.
Correct answer: Chile- A. Colossi
- B. Totems
- C. Menhirs
- D. Moai
Explanation: The giant moai statues carved by the Rapa Nui people are Easter Island's icons.
Correct answer: Moai- A. Tierra del Fuego
- B. The South Shetlands
- C. The Falklands
- D. South Georgia
Explanation: Tierra del Fuego ("Land of Fire") is divided between Chile and Argentina.
Correct answer: Tierra del Fuego- A. Zanzibar
- B. Seychelles
- C. Madagascar
- D. Mauritius
Explanation: Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is Africa's largest island and the world's fourth-largest.
Correct answer: Madagascar- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: Madagascar lies in the western Indian Ocean off south-eastern Africa.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Mozambique Channel
- B. The Guardafui Channel
- C. The Pemba Channel
- D. The Zanzibar Channel
Explanation: The Mozambique Channel runs between Madagascar and Mozambique.
Correct answer: The Mozambique Channel- A. Mauritius
- B. Madagascar
- C. Maldives
- D. Seychelles
Explanation: Lemurs are primates found in the wild only on Madagascar.
Correct answer: Madagascar