2025 IAC Geography Blue Set

What is the capital of Libya, a country that used a monochrome flag from 1977 to 2011?

• Tripoli

• Benghazi

• Misrata

• Sirte

Senegal is a country in West Africa that is bordered to its southeast by which two countries?

• Mali and Guinea

• Gambia and Guinea-Bissau

• Mauritania and Guinea

• Mali and Mauritania

The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway in which country that connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas?

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

• Italy

• Greece

In 2011, the map of Africa was redrawn when which country officially separated from Sudan?

• South Sudan

• Eritrea

• Somalia

• Libya

Spain controls which archipelago off the coast of Africa that is named for its dogs?

• the Canary Islands

• the Azores

• the Cape Verde Islands

• the Madeira Islands

Two of the major cities in Nigeria are:

• Lagos and Abuja

• Cairo and Nairobi

• Accra and Dakar

• Johannesburg and Cape Town

The city of Petra, Jordan, was built into a sandstone rock face by which kingdom?

• Nabatean Kingdom

• Roman Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

What is the busiest port in the world, as well as the largest city in China?

• The busiest port in the world is Shanghai, which is also the largest city in China.

• The busiest port in the world is Beijing, which is also the largest city in China.

• The busiest port in the world is Guangzhou, which is also the largest city in China.

• The busiest port in the world is Shenzhen, which is also the largest city in China.

The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert that is shared by which two countries?

• Mongolia and China

• Russia and China

• India and Pakistan

• Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Which country contains most of the course of the Irrawaddy River?

• Myanmar

• Thailand

• India

• Bangladesh