New Country Quiz

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1. Which of these new countries was NOT once part of the USSR? Moldova Armenia Tajikistan Macedonia

2. Which sea borders Georgia to the west? Caspian Sea Red Sea North Sea Black Sea

3. In which new country could you visit the Adriatic beach resorts of Fiesa, Koper, and Piran? Croatia Slovenia Eritrea Belarus

4. Which is the smallest of the former Soviet republics? Armenia Latvia Estonia Lithuania

5. Which of these former Soviet republics is not correctly matched with its capital? Ukraine- Kiev Kazakhstan- Astana Latvia- Riga Turkmenistan- Vilnius

6. Until 1993, the country of Eritrea was part of ______. Sudan Ethiopia Israel Czechoslovakia

7. The country formerly known as Upper Volta is now called _______. Namibia Burkina Faso Eritrea Algeria

8. What is the major religion of Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma? Christianity Judaism Buddhism Islam

9. What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo once called? Zimbabwe Uganda Zambia Zaire

10. The archipelago country of Vanuatu was formed in 1980. Where is this country located? South Pacific South Atlantic Mediterranean Caribbean