History of Cuba

Here are today's research sites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cuba
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/Cuba-history.htm
http://www.keyshistory.org/cuba.html

That's all for today.

Cuba Basic Facts

This week's country is ... Cuba!
Here are today's research sites:

http://www.infoplease.com/country/cuba.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/cuba-facts/

 

 

Cuba in green

Croatia Quiz Answers

Here are this week's quiz answers:

1. 4,470,534
2. Roman Catholic - 86 %
3. Croatian
4. 1091
5. Franjo Tudman
6. April 2009
7. Sibenik
8. Zagreb
9. West Virginia

Bonus: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia (Croatia was already named)

Croatian Quiz

Here is this week's quiz:

1. What is the population of Croatia?
2. What is the main religion in Croatia, and how many Croatians follow this religion?
3. What is the official language of Croatia?
4. When did Hungary’s King Ladislav invade northern Croatia?
5. Who was Croatia's first president?
6. When did Croatia join NATO?
7. Where is St. James Cathedral?
8. What is the capital of Croatia?
9. Which state is Croatia about the same size as?

Bonus: Croatia was part of the former communist republic of Yugoslavia. Name all the other countries that made up Yugoslavia.

That's all for today.

Deographics of Croatia

Here are today's research sites:

http://www.indexmundi.com/croatia/demographics_profile.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Croatia
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html (Click on the "People and Society tab)

The Croatian flag.

History of Croatia

Here are today's research sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/croatia/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Croatia
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/croatia-history.html

That's all for today.

Croatia Basic Facts

This week's country is ... Croatia!
Here are today's research sites:

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/Croatia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia
http://www.infoplease.com/country/croatia.html

 

Location of Croatia in dark green, with members of the EU in green and European countries in dark green, green, and grey.

Costa Rican Quiz Answers

Here are this weeks quiz answers:

1. 4,755,234
2. Nicaragua, Colombia, and the US
3. Spanish
4. On his fourth and final voyage to the New World in 1502, Columbus's ship was it hardly hit by a hurricane, and he was forced to drop an anchor near today's Puerto Limon. Waiting for repairs, Columbus travelled into land and his excited descriptions of "la costa rica" giving the region its everlasting name.
5. 44 days
6. Oscar Arias Sanchez
7. Cahuita
8. San Jose
9. Colon

That's all for today.

Costa Rica Quiz

Here is this week's quiz:

1. What is the population of Costa Rica?
2. Where are most of Costa Rica's immigrants from?
3. What is the official language of Costa Rica?
4. How did Christopher Columbus discover Costa Rica?
5. How long was the Costa Rican Civil War?
6. In 1987, which Costa Rican president won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending the Nicaraguan Civil War?
7. Where is the Playa Negra?
8. What is the capital of Costa Rica?
9. What is the currency of Costa Rica?

That's all for today.

Demographics of Costa Rica

Here are today's research sites:

http://www.indexmundi.com/costa_rica/demographics_profile.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Costa_Rica
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html (Click on the "People and Society" tab)


The Costa Rican flag.

History of Costa Rica

Here are today's research sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Costa_Rica
http://www.geographia.com/costa-rica/history.htm

That's all for today.

Costa Rican Basic Facts

This week's country is ... Costa Rica!
Here are today's research sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica
http://www.infoplease.com/country/costa-rica.html

A map of Costa Rica.

Comoros Quiz Answers

Here are this week's quiz answers;

1. Arabic, French, Shikomoro
2. Muslim Sunni
3. 766,865
4. Phoenician sailors
5. 1505
6. July 6th, 1975
7. Mt. Ntingui
8. 84%
9. Moroni

That's all for today.

Comoros Quiz

Here is this week's quiz:

1. What are the three official languages of Comoros?
2. What is the largest religion in Comoros?
3. What is the population of Comoros?
4. According to myth, who first visited Comoros?
5. When did the Portuguese discover Comoros?
6. When did Comoros gain independence from France?
7. Which Comorian mountain is the tallest on Anjouan?
8. What percent of Comoros is used for agricultural reasons?
9. What is the capital of Comoros?

That's all for today.

Demographics of Comoros

Here are today's research sites:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html (Click on the "People and Society" tab)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Comoros
http://www.indexmundi.com/comoros/demographics_profile.html

 

The flag of Comoros.

History of Comoros

Here are today's research sites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Comoros
http://www.mapsofworld.com/comoros/history/
http://countrystudies.us/comoros/1.htm

That's all for today.

Comoros Basic Facts

This week's country is ... Comoros!
Hera re todays research sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/comoros
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cn.html (Click on the "Geography" tab)
http://www.infoplease.com/country/comoros.html

 

Location of Comoros in dark blue.

Colombian Quiz Answers

Here are this week's quiz answers:

1. 46,245,297
2. 90%
3. Spanish
4. Christopher Columbus
5. 1917
6. Alonso de Ojeda in 1499
7. Bogota
8. Cartagena
9. Pico Cristobal Colon at 5,775 m (18,947 ft)

That's all for today.

Colombian Quiz

Here is this week's quiz:

1. What is the population of Colombia?
2. What percent of Colombians are Roman Catholic?
3. What is the official language of Colombia?
4. Who, or what, is Colombia named after?
5. When did Colombia settle its boundary disputes with Ecuador?
6. Which European explorer first set foot on Colombian soil, and in what year did he do it?
7. What is the capital of Colombia?
8. Where is the Palacio de la Inquisición?
9. What is the highest point in Colombia?

That's all for today.

Demographics of Colombia

Here are today's research sites:

http://www.indexmundi.com/colombia/demographics_profile.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Colombia
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html (Click on the "People and Society" tab)

History of Colombia

These are today's research sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/colombia/history
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/colombia-history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Colombia

That's all for today.