1) Zurich is a major banking center in which European country?
Switzerland
2) What peninsula, known as Hispania under the Roman Empire, is occupied by Spain and Portugal?
Iberian Peninsula
3) Gondolas floating on canals are associated with which city in northern Italy?
Venice
4) The St. Lawrence River flows out of the easternmost of the Great Lakes. Name this lake.
Lake Ontario
5) The Gulf of Paria separates the island of Trinidad from which country?
Venezuela
6) Corrientes, Santa Fe, and Rosario are three major cities that lie upstream from the Rio de la Plata estuary in which country?
Argentina
7) Tropical storms and population growth have been contributing factors in a major housing shortage on the largest island in the Greater Antilles. Name this island.
Cuba
8) The Gulf of Gabes, one of Tunisia’s major gulfs, opens into which larger body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
9) For centuries the Chinese emperors lived in seclusion in the Forbidden City, which is located within what present-day city?
Beijing
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