1. a) What major body of water does Georgia border?
b) What major mountain range runs through Georgia?
c) Name the countries that share a border with Georgia.
d) Name the capital of Georgia.

2.  a) On what platform did opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze run?
b)  For what reason did Mr. Gachechiladze criticize President Saakashvili's presidency?
c)  What did he pledge to do if elected?

3.  a) What accusations did Georgians opposing President Saakashvili make against him during demonstrations in November? 
b)  What demands did they make?

4.  a) How did President Saakashvili react to the protesters? Be specific.
b)  What did he do next?
c)  What accusation did the president make against Russia and some opposition leaders?

5.  What did the U.S. urge Georgians to do after international election observers including the OSCE declared the Georgian election valid?

6.  Why does presidential candidate Shalva Natelashvili not trust the election monitors?

7.  CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: Without previous knowledge of Georgia's politics and history, we do not learn enough from this article to determine which party is right or wrong.  Mr. Natelashvili's accusations are presently just hearsay.  The OSCE (Europe's main election monitor) is considered reputable and has determined the election results were valid.  Unless Mr. Natelashvili could produce proof to backup his accusations we would have to assume the monitors are correct.  Read more about Georgia and how President Saakashvili became president in the aftermath of the Rose Revolution here.