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