Geography

What is Hezbollah, in what country is it based, and what religion is associated with it?

A Shia Islamic militant group and political party based in Lebanon

One the shore of what body of water is Turkey? Egypt? Qatar?

Turkey= Mediterranean Sea, Black sea Egypt= Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea Qatar= Persian Gulf, Gulf of Bahrain

What countries border on Somalia?

Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia

Name 3 religious/ethnic groups in Syria

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Name 10 landlocked countries in the world

Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Niger, Chad, Mali, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Zambia, Afghanistan, Central African Republic

What countries border on Tanzania?

Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Maiawi, Mozambique

What three countries share Lake Victoria?

Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

What is signifance of Fajr-5, what party rules Gaza, and what group governs the West Bank

artillery rocket developed by Iran Hamas party

List the countries that border on Iran

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Turkey, Turkmenistan

Name ten countries that are islands.

Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cyprus, Haiti, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Samoa, Philippines, Madagascar, Japan, Singapore

What counties border India?

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, China

What is Boko Haram, what country is associated with it, and what is that country's importance?

Boko Haram is a jihadist militant organization based in the northeast of Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the most important countries in sub-Saharan Africa, a member of the UN Security Council, a global oil producer, a leader in ECOWAS, a major peacekeeping contributing country, and a stabilizing force in West Africa. Nigeria's stability and democracy carry great significance beyond its immediate borders.

Name four countries that speak Turkish based languages.

Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, N. Cyprus, Germany

List the countries that border Afghanistan

China, Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

4 Cities in Syria, countries that border Syria, and ruling ethnic/religious group the country in the country

Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Hama Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Jordan Sunni Muslims

3 European languages of Asiatic origin

Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian

What countries border Turkey?

Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Greece and Bulgaria

What countries border on Bangladesh?

India and Burma

What countries border on China?

Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

What countries border Laos?

Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Camboodia

Name counties that border Mali

Niger, Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Cote- d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso

On what two oceans does Australia have shores?

Pacific and Indian

Where is Gaza, where are the Golan Heights, and to what bodies of water does Israel have access?

Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, near Mediterranean Sea Israel's northern mountainous region Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea

Through what body of water does most of the world's oil flow?

Persian Gulf

Name six countries that have shores on the Persian Gulf.

Qatar, Iraq, Quait, Sudai Arabia, Omen, United Arab Emirates.

What is the dominant religious denomination in Iran?

Shia

Name six African countries that have shores on the Indian Ocean

South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Swaziland

Where are Straits of Hormuz?

Strait of Hormuz is a strategically important strait or narrow strip of water that links the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast is Iran, and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman

What is the dominant form of Islam in Turkey

Sunni

Name 7 countries that have shores on the Baltic Sea

Sweden, Poland, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, Russia

Distinguish between the Baltic and the Balkan countries

The Baltic refers to the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, whereas the Balkan countries refers to a region of southeastern Europe.

What is the connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, respectively?

The Bosphorus (also called the Istanbul Strait) and the Dardinelles

From what body of water to what body of water does the Red Sea stretch?

The Red Sea water mass exchanges its water with the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden.

Where is and what is the political situation in Mali

located in the NW horn of Africa surrounded by the countries of Mauritania, Algeria, Guinea, and Niger currently being led by an interim government led by former President of the General assembly Dioncounda Traoré

Name 8 countries that have shores on the Indian Ocean.

ndia, Sri Lanka, Iran, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Oman, Yemen