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Geography Quiz

Week of March 9, 2000

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1. When did U.S. President James Monroe declare in a speech what later became known as the Monroe Doctrine, establishing that the U.S. would be involved in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere?
1810
1823
1850
1898

2. In which country is the world's southernmost city?

Argentina
Chile
Australia
New Zealand

3. When was Alberto Fujimori first elected president of Peru?

1990
1992
1994
1996

4. Which is the only member country that can not sit on the U.N. Security Council?

Switzerland
Libya
Vatican City
Israel

5. How many countries end in the suffix -stan?

4
6
8
10

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