1. What does the word Balkan mean in Turkish?

2. What Austrian city, noted for its Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture, is dominated by a fortress resting on Monks’ Hill?

3. What city in Syria is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?

4. The Cape of Good Hope lies at the southern tip of which continent?

5. Which of these is an ancient Iranian (Persian) city that was the capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty?

6. Where are the world headquarters of the Bahāʾī Faith situated?

7. What term refers to the coordinate system by means of which the position or location of any place on the Earth’s surface can be determined?

8. What is the term for a narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas otherwise separated by the sea?

9. Which two countries have a larger land area than China?

10. The Mercator projection is which type of map projection?

11. Which continent, sometimes known as the “Home of the Blizzard” and “White Desert,” is the coldest?

12. Which U.S. city is situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers?

13. What is Tilbury, in southeastern England, known for?

14. The city of Linz is located in what country?

15. What modern city was originally named Byzantium and later called Constantinople?

16. In what city would you find the Alhambra, a palace built in the 13th and 14th centuries?

17. Which country has a seaport called Split?

18. In what city can the Potala Palace be found?

19. What Ethiopian place is known for its monolithic churches (hewn of solid rock)?

20. What city on a Greek island of the same name was once home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World?

21. What city in Iran is the birthplace of the Persian poets Saʿdī and Ḥāfeẓ?

22. Which of these cities was named for the leader of the Hospitallers?

23. In what country is the Patagonia region located?