Provo, Utah....

...is nestled between two mountain ranges, the Wasatch Range, to the east, and the Oquirrh to the west.  The largest missionary training center for the Church of Latter Day Saints is located in Provo, as is BYU, which has more than 30,000 students, mostly undergraduates.

Deseret was the state name bestowed upon the area by the Mormons.  When settlers proposed that name to the United States, they were refused and the Utah territory was born (1850).  Filmore was originally the capital, but Salt Lake CIty replaced it in 1858.

geography 101

Can you name the capital cities of each country? (of any country?)

Can you identify the natural resources of each country? (of any country?)

Can you name the president or prime minister of each country? (of any country?)

pop quiz

1. where is the kyrgyz republic?

2. is kyrgyzstan larger or smaller than texas?

3. name a natural resource found in abundance in kyrgyzstan.

4. what is the approximate population of kyrgystan?

5.  what is the capital of kyrgystan?

answers courtesy of the world factbook published online by the cia:

1. asia, broadly speaking: Central Asia, west of China, south of Kazakhstan, to be more specific

2. duh, that was a gimme. it is slightly smaller than south dakota

3. abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc (which begs the question, of course, what is nepheline and how is it used?)

4. 5,587,443 (July 2011 est.)

5. bishkek