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1) Which country's economy is more dependent on fisheries than the other two options?
A — BURKINA FASO
B — NORWAY
C — BOLIVIA
2) What Central American country was formerly known as British Honduras?
A — BELIZE
B — COSTA RICA
C — PANAMA
3) When Prophet Muhammad left Mecca, he traveled north to which now-sacred city in SAUDI ARABIA?
A — Tabuk
B — Riyadh
C — Medina
4) Central Bengal, Eastern Bengal, Northern Bengal, and Southern Bengal are regions in which country?
A — PAKISTAN
B — THAILAND
C — BANGLADESH
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Norway
Question 2:
A . . . . . Belize
Question 3:
C . . . . . Medina
Question 4:
C . . . . . Bangladesh
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
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
1) Which of the following is not a city in NORWAY?
A — Stockholm
B — Oslo
C — Bergen
D — Trondheim
2) In late summer 2024, over 20 silver Roman denarii coins were discovered inside a wall hole at an acropolis on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. The Italian island is located between ITALY and which country in Africa?
A — CAMEROON
B — TUNISIA
C — ETHIOPIA
3) Which two states in the UNITED STATES have more than 80 counties each?
A — Arizona and Nevada
B — Michigan and Minnesota
C — Connecticut and Rhode Island
D — North Dakota and South Dakota
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Stockholm which is the capital of Sweden (↗)
Question 2:
B . . . . . Tunisia
Question 3:
B . . . . . Michigan and Minnesota
What is the Struve Geodetic Arc, a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning across the countries of BELARUS, ESTONIA, FINLAND, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, MOLDOVA, NORWAY, RUSSIA, SWEDEN, and UKRAINE? The UNESCO World Heritage Site webpage (↗) provides an interactive map and description:
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. This helped to establish the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. It is an extraordinary example of scientific collaboration among scientists from different countries, and of collaboration between monarchs for a scientific cause. The original arc consisted of 258 main triangles with 265 main station points. The listed site includes 34 of the original station points, with different markings, i.e. a drilled hole in rock, iron cross, cairns, or built obelisks.
Surveyors from around the world and other people involved in geodesy and geography might consider adding a [probably expensive] trip through Eastern Europe onto their travel "Bucket List"! The UNESCO description is available under license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Intergovernmental Organization 3.0 license (↗).
According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org), the following items are major exports of NORWAY: barley, chemicals, copper, dairy products, equipment and machinery, iron ore, meat, natural gas, nickel, packaged food, paper products, petroleum, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, potatoes, pyrites, seafood, ships, timber, titanium, wheat, and zinc. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include the United Kingdom (top importer), Germany, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, the United States, Poland, Spain, Finland, China, Italy, Turkey, Japan, Ireland, Lithuania, Canada, Iceland, and the Bahamas.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for NORWAY in Northern Europe lists 7 critically endangered species and 14 endangered species. There are no extinct species listed on IUCN's website. Norway's critically endangered species are the Balearic Shearwater, Baltic Sturgeon, Blue Skate, Blunt-Nose Rattail (Black Grenadier) fish, Boreal Felt Lichen, European Eel, and Starry Breck Lichen. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Black Right Whales, Common Rorquals, Cortinarius osloensis mushrooms (Oslofjord area, southeastern Norway), Egyptian Eagles, Freshwater Pearl Mussels, Great Knot birds, Halibut fish, Pollack (Sei) Whales, Pygmy Blue Whales, Sandy Skates, Steppe Eagles, Violinfish, and Yellow-Breasted Bunting birds are endangered in Norway. Species named after Norway include the Norway Bullhead fish, Norway Lemming, Norway Lobster, Norway Pine, Norway Pout fish, Norwegian Goby fish, Norwegian Skate, and Norwegian Topknot fish.
Hundreds of native Norwegians fish and collect eider ducks' fluffy down on hundreds of native islands off the Norwegian Sea coast — and among fascinating fjords and the Kilværfjorden marine channel — in Central NORWAY. These people live on islands in the Vega Archipelago (Norwegian: Vegaøyan), and their centuries-old way of life is even celebrated by the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The whole archipelago is designated a « UNESCO World Heritage Site », inscribed in 2004. Based on archaeological evidence, it is believed that people have lived on these islands since the Stone Age (8,700-2,000 BC). Some inhabited islands feature beacons and lighthouses, warehouses, fishing villages, and eider houses for ducks to nest in. Some islands and islets in the Vega Archipelago include Bremsteinvær, Heimøya, Hysvær, Igerøya, Islandsøya, Skjervær, Søla, Steinan, Vega (of course!), and Ytter-Flesa (Ytre Flesan).
The Scandinavian Countries usually consist of DENMARK, NORWAY, and SWEDEN, but can sometimes include FINLAND and ICELAND as well. Below, I have included all countries' areas. From the list below, you can tell that Sweden is the largest country in the grouping while Denmark is the smallest.
Denmark: 16, 629 sq. miles / 43,069 sq. kilometers (5th largest)
Iceland: 39,768 sq. miles / 103,000 sq. kilometers (4th largest)
Finland: 130,128 sq. miles /337,032 sq. kilometers (2nd largest)
Norway: 125,181 sq. miles / 324,220 sq. kilometers (3rd largest)
Sweden: 173,731 sq. miles / 449,964 sq. kilometers (largest)
The total area of Europe is 4,057,000 sq. miles (10,507,630 sq. kilometers).
Lapland is a cultural region in northern Europe, specifically located in northern FINLAND, NORWAY, and SWEDEN. This region is in the Arctic Circle. Finland and Sweden have provinces named Lapland. Despite its relatively sparse population, there are multiple cities in Lapland. Cities in Finnish Lapland include Kemijärvi, Muonio, Rovaniemi, and Sodankyla in Finland. Alta, Harstad, and Tromsø are some communities in Norway, while the cities of Gällivare, Jokkmokk, and Kiruna are located in Sweden.
Partially located along the Arctic Circle, NORWAY (Norge) is located in Northern Europe. Norway is considered a Scandinavian country, situated along the large Scandinavian Peninsula's western coast and located west of Sweden and Finland. Mostly surrounded by large water bodies, Norway is east of the Atlantic Ocean and Norwegian Sea, north of the Skagerrak strait separating Norway from Denmark in the south, and northeast of the North Sea. The total population exceeds 5,100,000 as of April 2015. The capital and most-populated city of Norway is Oslo. Other cities include Bergen, Bodø, Kristiansand, Tromsø, and Trondheim. The currency is the Norwegian Krone, and its ISO 4217 currency code is NOK.
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