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1) True or false: according to 2018 data from UNESCO's Institute for Statistics, LESOTHO's youth literacy rate is 95.2%.
There is a town named Bratsberg near the center of ____________________.
A — NORWAY
B — GERMANY
C — LATVIA
3) Which of the following is not a city in Lebanon?
A — Beirut
B — Tyre
C — Riyadh
D — Tripoli
4) Being home to an interesting red-and-white 1800s lighthouse (↗) and having a namesake current, Cape Agulhas is located southeast of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. The southernmost point of Africa, this cape is known as a separation point between the Atlantic Ocean and __________ Ocean.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
True
Question 2:
A . . . . . Norway
Question 3:
C . . . . . Riyadh which is in Saudi Arabia (↗); Tripoli (D) is a city in Lebanon and also in Libya (↗)
Question 4:
Indian
What is the capital of LEBANON? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Tyre
B — Beirut
C — Zgharta
D — Byblos
ANSWER
B . . . . . Beirut
People all across LEBANON recently celebrated their country's Independence Day on Sunday, November 22nd. Lebanon achieved independence from France in 1943. Happy belated Independence Day!
According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org), the following items are major exports of LEBANON: apples, chemicals, citrus fruit, construction materials, consumer goods, electric power machinery and switchgear, grapes, iron ore, jewelry, limestone, metal, olives, paper, potatoes, salt, textile fibers, tobacco, and tomatoes. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include Syria (top importer), Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iraq, Turkey, France, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, the United States, Italy, South Korea, Bahrain, Greece, Côte d'Ivoire, Germany, and the Netherlands.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for LEBANON in the Middle East lists five critically endangered species and twenty-eight endangered species. There are fortunately no extinct species in Lebanon, or at least none listed by the IUCN. Lebanon's critically endangered species are the Ammiq Garra fish, European Eel, Leguminaia saulcyi mussel, Pseudobithynia kathrinae snail, and Sociable Plover. Ammiq Garra fish are only found in Ammiq Wetland, the country's largest wetland (only 6 square kilometers in size) and particularly located in east-central Lebanon. The aforementioned mussel species lives west of the Mount Lebanon mountain range, in northern Jordan, and in northwestern Syria. Pseudobithynia kathrinae snails inhabit areas in northeastern Lebanon, east of the major mountain range. Endangered species include the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Bushy Coral, Common Rorqual baleen whale, Egyptian Eagle, Lebanon Savory wildflower, Lebanon Viper, and Sweet Violet wildflower.
The Cedars of Lebanon, also known as The Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab in Lebanese Arabic), is a UNESCO-registered forest located in northern LEBANON, a country that borders the Mediterranean Sea and located north of Israel and west of Syria. Like many countries, Lebanon had a high deforestation rate, so much of the country lacks huge forest systems. Luckily, the Cedars of Lebanon remains and now is preserved. This site earned a UNESCO designation since 1998 for another reason besides natural preservation. According to the Forest of the Cedars of God UNESCO page (opens in new window or tab), the Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus lebani) has a biblical significance - a clue given by the long name of the forest! As the website explains, the tree has been mentioned in the Bible at least 100 times and was a valued source for wood in ancient and Biblical times. The Lebanon Cedar tree is a national symbol for Lebanon and is present on the country's flag and currency.
LEBANON is a Middle Eastern country located north of Israel. Syria borders Lebanon to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea is west. Lebanon's total population is about 4.5 million as of May 2015. The capital and most-populated city of Lebanon is Beirut, which has over 2 million residents. Other Lebanese cities include Juniyah, Sayda, Sur, Trâblous, and Zahlah. The currency is the Lebanese Livre, and its ISO 4217 currency code is LBP.
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