Geography by Letter: A

Questions

1. Which sea is an enclave of the Black Sea, near-surrounded by the crimean peninsula, mainland Russia and Ukraine?

2. Which European country is known in its native language as Österreich, meaning "eastern realm"?

3. What is the name of the peninsula - and the mountain range which runs down its spine - on which the majority of Italy is situated?

4. Barbuda and which other island have made up a sovereign Caribbean state since they gained their independence from the United Kingdom in 1981?

5. Which country has - since 2011 - been the largest country by area in Africa?

6. Which sea lies between the Peloponnese and Anatolian peninsulas?

7. Which city is the former capital of the Mughal empire, and location of the Taj Mahal?

8. What term refers to a chain of islands, such as the Lucayan - consisting of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands?

9. What is the capital of the island nation of Madagascar?

10. Rather than its northern counterpart, what Latin name is given to the astronomical phenomenon also known as the "southern lights"?

11. Which European city derives its name from waterworks built across the river Amstel in the 12th century?

12. Which country is often called the "graveyard of empires", referring to numerous failed invasions by western powers?

13. 1 Which mountain in modern-day Turkey did Noah's arc supposedly make land on?

14. Which Semitic language is the world's 5th most commonly spoken?

15. Edmonton is the capital of which Canadian prairie province?

16. The French president is one of the two heads-of-state of which small national in the Pyrenees?

17. What is the name of the Dutch-derived language spoken by a large proportion of white South Africans?

18. What is the highest mountain in the Andes, and the Americas as a whole?

19. In 1997, Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty to which other "A" city?

20. Named after the state's "founding father", what is the capital of Texas?