Bahamas
The Bahamas lies southeast of Florida. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Bahamas trivia questions
The Bahamas is an island country in which ocean region?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Bonus fact: The Bahamas lies southeast of Florida.
The Bahamas consists of roughly what kind of geographic formation?
Answer: Archipelago
Bonus fact: The country includes hundreds of islands and cays.
What is the capital of The Bahamas?
Answer: Nassau
Bonus fact: The U.S. Department of State lists Nassau as the capital of The Bahamas.
Where did Columbus first land in the Americas in 1492?
Answer: An island in the Bahamas
Bonus fact: He called the island San Salvador.
Columbus first landed in 1492 on an island in what modern region?
Answer: Bahamas
Bonus fact: He called the island San Salvador.
According to the Library of Congress 1492 exhibit, Columbus’s voyage brought Mediterranean and American peoples together on an island in which archipelago?
Answer: The Bahamas
Bonus fact: The encounter initiated sustained contact between peoples of the Mediterranean world and the Americas.
On which island group did Columbus first make landfall in the Americas?
Answer: The Bahamas
Bonus fact: The exact island is debated, but Columbus called it San Salvador.