Countries 3 Flashcards
1
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Italy: Physicist
A
Enrico Fermi
2
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The Netherlands: Capital
A
The Hague
3
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Kenya: Game reserve
A
Masai Mara
4
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Myanmar: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1996
A
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
5
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Italy: Northeast Adriatic port
A
Trieste
6
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Italy: Countries within its border
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Vatical City and San Marino
7
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Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Janet Evans)
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Michele Smith
8
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The Philippines: Capital and largest city
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Manila
9
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Japan: Poison fish
A
Fugu
10
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Japan: “Divine Wind”
A
Kamikaze
11
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Myanmar: Former Name
A
Burma
12
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Ireland: 8th century book of gospels
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Book of Kells
13
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Italy: Capital of Piedmont region
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Turin
14
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Norway: Island
A
Spitsbergen
15
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World’s largest landlocked country
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Kazakhstan
16
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Monaco: Capital
A
Monaco-Ville
17
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Papua New Guinea: Capital
A
Port Moresby
18
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Lebanon: Tree
A
Cedar
19
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Italy: Largest island
A
Sicily
20
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Myanmar: River
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Irrawaddy
21
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Japan: First pocket radio maker
A
Sony
22
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Norway: Currency
A
Krone
23
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Latvia: Capital
A
Riga
24
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Mexico: Stone carving Indians
A
Olmecs
25
Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Michele Smith)
Janet Evans
26
The Philippines: Currency
Peso
27
Italy: Violin manufacturing center
Cremona
28
Mexico: Southern state with insurgency
Chiapas
29
Italy: Bell tower
Campanile
30
Italy: Florence ruling family
Medici
31
Israel: Former capital and largest city
Tel Aviv
32
Nicaragua: Female president - 1990-1997
Violeta Chamorro
33
Mali: Ancient trading center
Timbuktu
34
Norway: Actress
Liv Ullman
35
Northern Ireland: actor
Liam Neeson
36
Italy: Turin auto maker
Fiat
37
Mozambique: Capital
Maputo
38
Italy: Capital of Tuscany region
Florence
39
Italy: Venetian traveller
Marco Polo
40
Nepal: Capital
Kathmandu
41
Italy: Rome fountain
Trevi fountain
42
Nicaragua: Capital
Managua
43
Mexico: Yucatan resort
Cancun
44
Japan: Flower
Chrysanthemum
45
Israel: Collective farm
Kibbutz
46
Japan: Lute
Samisen
47
Italy: Capital and largest city
Rome
48
Mexico: Pacific peninsula
Baja California
49
Ireland: Writer and poet
James Joyce
50
Kenya: Native tribe
Masai
51
Mexico: Capital and largest city
Mexico City
52
Northern Ireland: Capital
Belfast
53
Kazakhstan: Curency
Ruble
54
Italy: North central mountains
Dolomites
55
Italy: Milan opera house
La Scala
56
Italy: Sicily capital
Palermo
57
Myanmar: Bay
Bay of Bengal
58
Libya: Capital
Tripoli
59
The Netherlands: Priest and humanist - 1466-1536
Erasmus
60
Namibia: Capital
Windhoek
61
Italy: Venetian leader
Doge
62
Japan: Grill
Hibachi
63
Japan: Emperor
Akihito (125th emperor)
64
Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of the Yucatan
Mayans
65
Kenya: Independence leader
Jomo Kenyatta
66
Myanmar: United Nations secretary general
U Thant
67
Northern Ireland: Northern port
Londonderry
68
Italy: Largest lake
Lake Garda
69
Japan: Drama theater
Kabuki
70
Jamaica: Mountains
Blue Mountains
71
New Zealand: Islands
North Island; South Island
72
Japan: Massage
Shiatsu
73
Japan: Green liquor
Midori
74
Pakistan: Former capital largest city and port
Karachi
75
Pakistan: Capital
Islamabad
76
Italy: Cities Vesuvius burried
Pompeii and Herculaneum
77
Madagascar: Capital
Antananarivo
78
Italy: Infamous patron of the arts
Lucretia Borgia
79
Laos: Religion
Buddhism
80
Mexico: Christmas procession
Peseta
81
Madagascar: Monkey
Lemur
82
Myanmar: Religion
Buddhism
83
Japan: Primary religion
Shinto
84
Sweden: Actress
Greta Garbo
85
Ireland: Convent
Sisters of Mercy
86
New Zealand: Strait
Cook Strait
87
North Korea: Head of government - 1994-
Kim Jong-Il
88
Jamaica: City of "eight rivers"
Ocho Rios
89
New Zealand: Operatic soprano
Kiri te Kanawa
90
The Netherlands: Currency
Guilder
91
Italy: Longest River
Po
92
Morocco: King Hassan II's successor
King Sedi Mohammed
93
Norway: Ethnologist
Thor Heyerdahl
94
The Philippines: Largest Island
Luzon
95
Italy: Opera conductor
Arturo Toscanini
96
Kenya: Languages
Swahili and English
97
Italy: Galileo's birthplace
Pisa
98
Peru: President - 1992-
Alberto Fujimori
99
Japan: 9th to 16th century military dictators
Shogun
100
Jordan: King 1953-1999
King Hussein I
101
Norway: second largest city
Bergen
102
Japan: Act of ceremonial suicide
Hara-Kiri (sepeku)
103
Jordan: Former name
Trans Jordan
104
Pakistan: President - 1977-1988
Ul-Haq Zia
105
Nepal: "lost man" of Himalayas
Yeti
106
New Zealand: Capital
Wellington
107
Mexico: State after which a breed of dog was named
Chihuahua
108
Ireland: Irish-American Miners
"Molly Maquires"
109
Japan: Art of paper folding
Origami
110
Kenya: Currency
Shilling
111
New Zealand: Former Capital
Christchurch
112
Ireland: Dramatist and director of Abbey Theater - 1904
John Millington Synge
113
Italy: Electrostatics and animal physiology pioneer
Luigi Galvani
114
Japan: photographic Film maker
Fuji
115
Mexico: Maximillian's Belgian wife
Grand Duchess Carlotta
116
Israel: Capital
Jerusalem
117
Israel: Prime minister - 1996-1999
Benjamin Netanyahu
118
Mexico: Artist-muralist
Diego Rivera
119
Norway: Artist
Edvard Munch ("Screaming Artist")
120
Japan: Added to a name for respect
San
121
Norway: Olympic figure skater
Sonja Henie
122
Israel: World's saltiest lake
Dead Sea
123
Mongolia: Desert
Gobi
124
Italy: Sicily volcano
Etna
125
Monaco: Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
Charles Wells
126
Peru: Incan city in Andes
Macchu Picchu
127
Italy: Second largest island
Sardinia
128
Italy: Venetian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
129
Mexico: President 2000-
Jefe Vincente Fox
130
Japan: Self defense
Judo and Jujitsu
131
Italy: Capri cave
Blue Grotto
132
Italy: Violin virtuoso
Niccolo Paganini
133
Italy: Turin veil of controversy
Shroud of Turin
134
Italy: Religion
Roman Catholic
135
Japan: "Empty Hand"
Karate
136
Ireland: Hunger striker
Bobby Sands
137
Panama: Currency
Balboa
138
Japan: Kabuki theater of Tokyo
Ginza
139
Nigeria: Breakaway republic
Biafra
140
Monaco: Prince Renier's wife
Princess Grace (Kelly)
141
Pakistan: Currency
Rupee
142
Morocco: King who died in 1999
King Hassan II
143
Ireland: Playwright
Sean O'Casey
144
Libya: Dictator - 1969-
Muammar Gaddafi
145
Nicaragua: Lakes
Lake Nicaragua; Lake Managua
146
Japan: High speed train
Bullet train
147
Italy: Rome River
Tiber
148
Ireland: Rebellion against British rule - 1916
Easter uprising
149
Mexico: Caribbean peninsula
Yucatan
150
New Zealand: Indigenous people
Maori
151
Israel: Foreign minister who wore an eye patch
Moshe Dayan
152
Mongolia: Capital
Ulan Bator
153
Pakistan: Northern disputed territory
Kashmir
154
Nicaragua: Dictator ousted in 1979
Anastasio Somoza
155
Italy: Venetian artist
Titian
156
Panama: General and strongman (now in US prison)
Manuel Noriega
157
Kuwait: Capital
Kuwait City
158
Japan: Largest Island
Honshu
159
New Zealand: Bird
Kiwi
160
Mexico: Mexican-American female golfer
Nancy Lopez
161
Japan: Warrior knights
Samurai
162
Israel: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1987
Menachem Begin
163
Israel: Prime minister - 1974-1977 and 1992-1995
Yitzhak Rabin
164
Lebanon: Valley
Bekaa Valley
165
Liechtenstein: Capital
Vaduz
166
Italy: Florence palace used as an art gallery
Pitti Palace
167
Italy: The Jewel of the Adriatic
Venice
168
Ireland: Dublin theater and company
Abbey Theater
169
Kenya: Tallest mountain
Mt. Kenya
170
Martinique: Capital
Fort de France
171
Mexico: Austrian archduke - ruled 1864-1867
Maximillian
172
Japan: "Precision" watch maker
Seiko
173
Norway: Playwright
Heinrich Ibsen
174
Ireland: 1848-49 disaster
Potato famine
175
Monaco: Renier's children
Princesses Caroline and Stephanie; Prince Albert
176
Norway: Betrayer of Norway
Vidkun Quisling
177
Ireland: Moaning spirit
Banshee
178
Mali: Capital
Bamako
179
The Netherlands: Largest city
Amsterdam
180
Monaco: Currency
Monegasque Franc
181
Japan: Capital
Tokyo
182
Norway: Explorer
Roald Amundsen
183
Italy: Currency
Lire
184
Kenya: Capital
Nairobi
185
Sweden: UN secretary-general
Dag Hammarskjold
186
Pakistan: Prime Minister - 1988-1990 and 1993-1996
Benazir Bhutto
187
Italy: Milan ruling family
Sforza
188
North Korea: US ship captured in 1968
Pueblo
189
Jamaica: Famous Olympians
Jamaican Bobsled Team
190
Namibia: Desert
Namib
191
North Korea: Capital
Pyongyang
192
Japan: Largest port
Yokohama
193
Lebanon: Capital
Beirut
194
Japan: Three line poem
Haiku
195
Italy: Venetian bridge on the way to the gallows
The Bridge of Sighs
196
Israel: Desert
Negev
197
Nigeria: Capital
Abuja
198
Italy: Florence fountain
Fountain of Neptune
199
The Philippines: Largest religious group
Roman Catholic
200
Jordan: King Hussein's wife
Queen Noor (American born)
201
Italy: Florence art gallery
Uffizi Gallery
202
Japan: Gangster
Yasuka
203
Israel: First prime minister
David Ben-Gurion
204
Mexico: Leader of Mexican revolution - 1910-1914
Emilio Zapata
205
Italy: Florence river
Arno
206
Peru: Capital
Lima
207
Luxembourg: Grand Duchess
Carlotta
208
Italy: Columbus' birthplace
Genoa
209
Italy: Venetian canal
Grand Canal
210
New Zealand: Mountains
Southern Alps
211
Mexico: Leader during Mexican-American war
Santa Anna (one legged)
212
Morocco: Well known cities
Fez; Marrakesh
213
Japan: Powerful businessman
Tycoon
214
Luxembourg: Grand Duke
Henri
215
Japan: Art of dwarf tree growing
Bonsai
216
Zimbabwe: Last Rhodesian prime minister
Ian Smith
217
Malaysia: Island
Borneo
218
Japan: Hokkaido aborigines
Ainus
219
Italy: Naples island
Capri
220
Norway: Capital and largest city
Oslo (former Christiana)
221
Norway: Royal names
Haakon; Harold
222
Mexico: Late Mexican-American singer
Selena (Perez)
223
Japan: Northernmost main island
Hokkaido
224
Jamaica: Capital
Kingston
225
Ireland: Physicist and chemist
Robert Boyle (Boyle's law)
226
Mongolia: Rodent
Gerbil
227
Paraguay: Capital
Asuncion
228
Japan: Akihito's father
Hirohito
229
Italy: Comedy of Masks
Commedia del' Arte
230
The Netherlands: Artists
Piet Mondrian and Rembrandt
231
Norway: Composer
Edvard Grieg
232
Italy: Tenor from Modena
Luciano Pavarotti
233
Luxembourg: Major religion
Roman Catholic
234
Israel: Parliament
Knesset
235
New Zealand: Minor Island
Chatham Island
236
Liberia: Capital
Monrovia
237
Jamaica: Liquor
Tia Maria
238
Monaco: Principal income
Gambling
239
Monaco: Gambling city
Monte Carlo
240
Luxembourg: Capital
Luxembourg
241
Israel: Group that created Israel
Zionists
242
Morocco: Capital
Rabat
243
Italy: Central mountains forming the spine of Italy
Apennines
244
The Netherlands: Port
Rotterdam
245
The Philippines: Former capital
Quezon city
246
Japan: Ancient Capital
Kyoto
247
Morocco: Rice dish
Couscous
248
Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of central Mexico
Aztecs
249
Nicaragua: Communist rebels
Sandinistas
250
Laos: Capital
Vientiane
251
Mexico: Mexican-American male golfer
Lee Trevino
252
Ireland: "Little Clover"
Shamrock
253
Jordan: King 1999-
King Abdul Hussein
254
Martinique: Dormant volcano
Mt. Pelee
255
Israel: Prime minister - 1977-83
Menachem Begin
256
The Netherlands: Royal House
Orange
257
Japan: Southernmost main island
Kyushu
258
Kazakhstan: Space port
Balkanor Cosmodrome (leased by Russia)
259
Japan: Dramas
Noh dramas
260
Italy: Caesar's river
Rubicon
261
New Zealand: Explorer
Sir Edmond Hillary
262
Japan: Conductor
Seiji Ozawa
263
Madagascar: Former name
Malagasy Republic
264
Israel: Intelligence Agency
Mossad
265
Italy: Revolutionary Red Shirt leader
Guiseppe Garibaldi
266
Japan: Currency
Yen
267
New Zealand: Currency
Dollar
268
Japan: "Long Life"
Bonzai
269
Mexico: President 1994-2000
Ernesto Zedillo
270
Libya: Gulf
Gulf of Sidra
271
Japan: Art of flower arranging
Ichybonnet
272
Japan: Sacred mountain
Mt. Fuji (Mt. Fujiyama)
273
Malaysia: Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
274
Peru: Incan dialect
Qechua
275
Mexico: President who overthrew Juarez - 1887
Porfirio Diaz
276
Japan: Wrestling
Sumo
277
The Netherlands: Pottery making city
Delft
278
Italy: Rome underground cemeteries
Catacombs
279
Italy: Mainland volcano
Vesuvius
280
Peru: Indians
Incas
281
Lithuania: Capital
Vilnius
282
Mexico: Man who overthrew Maximillian
Benito Juarez
283
Japan: "Exalted Gate"
Mikado
284
Israel: Prime minister - 1984-1986 - 1995-1996
Shimon Peres
285
Israel: River
Jordan
286
Panama: Capital
Panama City
287
Japan: Floor mat
Tatami
288
Kenya: President 1978-
Daniel arap Moi
289
The Netherlands: Explorer
Abel Tasman
290
Myanmar: Capital
Yangon (former Rangoon)
291
Nicaragua: Rebel leader and president
Daniel Ortega
292
The Netherlands: Current Queen
Beatrix
293
Japan: Director
Akira Kurosawa
294
Israel: Prime minister - 1999-
Ehud Barak
295
Jordan: Capital
Amman (former Philadelphia)
296
Israel: Nobel peace prize winner - 1994
Yitzhak Rabin
297
Ireland: Female writer
Maeve Binchy
298
Mexico: Candy filled toy
Pinata
299
The Netherlands: Beatrix' mother
Juliana
300
Japan: Ancient ceremony
Tea Ceremony
301
Mexico: President 1988-1994
Carlos Salinas
302
Macedonia: Capital
Skopje
303
Mexico: Aztec god
Quetzaquadl
304
Italy: Rome steps leading to Villa Burghese
Spanish Steps
305
Italy: Venetian landmark bridge
The Rialto
306
Monaco: Current royalty
Prince Ranier
307
North Korea: Head of government - 1948-1994
Kim Il-Sung
308
Japan: Temple
Pagoda
309
Italy: Second largest city - capital of Lombardy
Milan
310
Israel: Currency
Shekel
311
Japan: Ornamental fish
Koi
312
Mexico: Aztec conqueror
Hernando Cortez
313
Mexico: Atlantic gulf
Gulf of Mexico
314
Ireland: Poet who won Nobel Prize for Literature
William Butler Yeats
315
Nepal: Wild ox
Yak
316
Mexico: Pacific gulf
Gulf of California (sea of Cortez)
317
Mexico: Island off of Yucatan
Cozumel
318
Morocco: Port and largest city
Casablanca
319
The Netherlands: Area drained for farmland
Zuider Zee
320
Japan: Female professional entertainer
Geisha
321
Italy: Educator
Maria Montessori
322
Jamaica: Reggae artist
Bob Marley
323
Kazakhstan: Capital
Astana
324
New Zealand: Extinct bird
Moa
325
Mali: River
Niger
326
Japan: Parliament
Diet
327
Japan: Number of syllablesin haiku
Seventeen
328
Lebanon: Group of militant Shiite Muslims
Hezbollah
329
The Netherlands: Architect
Mies Van der Rohe
330
The Netherlands: Juliana's mother
Wilhelmina
331
Nigeria: Former capital and largest city
Lagos
332
Italy: Rome ancient arena
Colosseum
333
Malaysia: Capital
Kuala Lumpur
334
Jamaica: Resort City
Montego Bay
335
Nicaragua: Rebels against the Sandinista government
Contras
336
Martinique: City destroyed by Pelee - 1902
St. Pierre
