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Countries of the World Flashcards

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Afghanistan

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Capital - Kabul
Freedom Fighters Mujaheddin
Former Ruling Party - Taliban
Mountain Pass - Khyber Pass
City Named for Alexander the Great - Kandahar
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Albania

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Capital - Tirana

Royalty - King Zog

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Algeria

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Largest Country in Africa
Capital - Algiers
16th Century Fortress - Kasbah

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Andorra

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Capital - Andorra La Vella
Mountains - Pyrenees
Principal Language - Catalan

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Angola

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Former Portuguese Colony
Capital - Luanda
Indigenous People - Bantu
Language - Portugese

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Largest Caribbean Leeward Islands

Capital - St. John’s

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Argentina

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Capital - Buenos Aires
Currency - Peso
Language - Spanish
Desert - Atacama (World's Driest Place)
Mountain - Aconcagua (Summit in Argentina But Shared with Chile)
Plains - The Pampas
Southern Island Shared with Chile (Tierra Del Fuego)
National Dance - Tango
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Armenia

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Capital - Yerevan

Mountains - Caucasus

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Australia

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Only Nation on an Entire Continent, World’s 6th Largest Country
Capital - Canberra
Currency - Dollar
Largest City and Harbor Bridge Location - Sydney (Famous Opera House)
Opera Singer - Nellie Melba
Alcohol - Fosters, Yellow Tail
Gum Tree - Eucalyptus

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States of Australia (6)

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New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
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Austria

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Capital - Vienna (the waltz city)
Winter Olympics Site, 1964/1976 - Innsbruck
Holy Roman Empress - Maria Theresa
20th Century Physicist - Erwin Schrodinger
Sometimes capital of HRE

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Azerbaijan

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Capital - Baku
Mountains - Caucus
Lake- Caspian Sea

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Bahamas

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Capital - Nassau (on New Providence)

Columbus Original Landing Point - San Salvador

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Bangladesh

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Formerly East Pakistan
Capital - Dhaka
Bay of Bengal
Language - Bengali

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Barbados

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Capital - Bridgetown
Island Group - Lesser Antillies
Singer - Rihanna

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Belarus (

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Former SSR
Capital - Minsk
Religion - Eastern Orthodox
Currency - Ruble

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Belgium

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Won Independence from Netherlands
Capital - Brussels (NATO Headquarters)
Napoleonic Battle Site - Waterloo
Language - Flemish
Ethnic Groups - Flemings, Wallons
Fictional Detective - Hercules Poirot
Current King - Phillipe
Colony - Belgian Congo
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Belize

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Formerly British Honduras

Capital - Belmopan

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Bermuda

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Capital - Hamilton

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Bhutan

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Capital - Thimphu

Mountains - Himalayas

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Boliva

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Formerly Upper Peru, Named after Simon Bolivar
Admin Capital - La Paz (Highest Capital in World)
Lake - Titicaca

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Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Capital - Sarajevo

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Botswana

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Capital - Gaborone

Dessert - Kalahari

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Brazil

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Largest Country in SA
Capital - Brasilia
Rio Beaches - Copacabana/Ipanima
Religious Statue Overlooking Rio - Christ the Redeemer
Largest City - Sao Paulo
Language - Portugese
Currency - Real
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Brunei

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Island - Borneo
Ruler (By Decree) - Sultan of Brunei
Capital - Bandar Seri Begawan

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Bulgaria

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Capital - Sophia

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Burkina Faso

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Formerly Upper Volta

Capital - Ouagadougou

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Cambodia

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Formerly Kampuchea
Capital -- Phnom Penh
Religion - Buddhism
Ancient Empire - Khmer Empire
Khmer Rouge Leader, Died 1998 - Pol Pot
Ancient Buddhist Temple - Angkor Wat
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Canada

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World Second Largest Country
10 Provinces
Capital - Ottowa
Largest Island - Baffin Island
PM - Stephen Harper
NW Territory Lake - Great SLave Lake
Nova Scotia French Area - Acadia
Comedian and Actor - Jim Carrey
Alberta National Park - Banff (Lake Louise)
Canada to US proposed Pipeline - Keystone
Yukon Gold Rush Area - Klondike
Capitals Named for Queen Victoria - Victoria and Regina
Nova Scotia Ship Builder - Cunard
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Chad

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Capital - N’jdamena

Dessert - Sahara

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Chile

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Southernmost SA Country
Capital - Santiago
Marxist President 1970-73 - Salvador Allende
Man who overthrew Allende - Augusto Pinochet
Mountain (Aconcagua - with Argentina)
Desert - Atacama (World’s Dryest place)
Southern Island - Tierra Del Fuego (With Argentina)
Pacific Island - Easter Island (Papa Nui)
Poet - Pablo Neruda
Female Author - Isabelle Allende

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China

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World's Third Largest Country
Capital - Beijing (Formerly Peking)
Major Language Dialects - Cantonese and Mandarin
Ancient Northern China - Cathay
Ancient Philosopher - Confucius
Last Emperor - Pu-Yi
Last Dynasty - Manchu
Communist Revoluationary Leader - Mao Tse-Tung
Premier Under Mao - Chou Enlai
Head of Government 1976-92 - Deng Xiaoping
Youth Military - Red Guard
Chinese-American Architect - I.m. Pei
Chinese-American Sleuth - Charlie Chan
Chinese Self-Defense - Kung-Fu
Richest Man in China - Jack Ma (Alibaba Founder)
Desert - Gobi
Longest River - Yangtze
Second Longest River - Yellow
Counting Table - Abacus
Beijing Square - Tiananmen Square
Beijing Temple - Temple of Heaven
Beijing Central Area - Forbidden City
Violent Uprising, 1900 - Boxer Rebellion
Industrial Objection, 1956 - Great Leap Forward
Egalitarian Movement, 1966 - Cultural Revolution
Art of Furniture Arranging - Feng Shui
President - Xi Jinping
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Columbia

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Only South American Country with Caribbean and Pacific Coasts
Former Name - Gran-Columbia
Capital - Bogota
Auther - Gabriel Marquez

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Republic of Congo

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Capital - Brazzaville

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Democratic Republic of Congo

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Formerly Zaire
Capital - Kinshasa
River - Congo

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Costa Rica

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Capital - San Jose

President 1986-2010 - Oscar Arias Sanchez (Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1987)

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Croatia

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Capital - Zagreb (Last in Alphabetical Order)

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Cuba

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Largest Island in Caribbean
Capital - Havana
Head of Gov’t - Raul Castro
Former Dictator, OVerthrown by Fidel - Batista
Castro’s Revolutionary Aide - Che Guevera
US Naval Base - Guantanamo Bay
Site of Failed Invasion, 1961 - Bay of Pigs
Brothers Pitching Major League Baseball - Livan and Orlando Hernandez

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Cyprus

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Capital - Nicosia

Mythical King - Pygmalion of Tyre

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Czech Republic

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Formerly part of Czechoslovakia
Capital - Prague (city of 1000 spires)
Prague Cathedral - St. Vitus
1968 - Prague Spring
Leader During Prague Spring - Alexander Dubcek
1989 Revolution - Velvet Revolution
President 1992-93, 1993 - Vaclav Havel
Region - Bohemia
New World Symphony Composer - Bedrich Smetana
Female Tennis Star - Martina Navratilova
Male Tennis Star - Ivan Lendl
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Denmark

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Capital - Copenhagen
Peninsula - Jutland
Royalty - Margarethe II
Ruling House - Orange
Currency Krone
Overseas Regions - Greenland and Faroe Islands
Flag - Dannenbrog (World’s Oldest Flag) Red Field, white cross
Glazed Earthenware Down - Delft
Astronomer - Tycho Brahe
Philosopher - Soren Kierkegaard
Explorer - Vitus Bering (Bering Sea and Strait)
Physicist - Niels Bohr
Author - Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen – Out of Africa)
Short Story Writer - Hans Christian Anderson
Piano Comis - Victor Borge
Copenhagen Harbor Fountain - The Little Mermaid
Copenhagen Amusement Park - Tivoli Gardens

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Dominican Republic

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Capital - Santo Domingo

Island - Hispaniola (Second Largest Island in the Caribbean)

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East Germany

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Now Part of Germany
Capital - East Berlin
Dividing Wall - berlin wall
Berlin Wall Crossing Point - Brandenburg Gate
Figure Skater - Katarina Witt
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Ecuador

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Equator Runs Through It
Capital - Quito
Currency - Sucre
Islands - Galapagos Islands

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Egypt

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President (2012-13) Mohamed Morsi, now Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, prior to that Mubarak
Capital - Cairo (2nd Largest City in Africa - after Lagos)
Cairo Square - Tahrir Square
Dam - Aswan High Dam
Aswan Dam Lake - Lake Nasser
River - Nile
Canal - Suez
Currency - Pound
Largest Pyramid - Khufu (AKA Cheops)
Man Who overthrew King Farouk (1952) - Abdul Nasser
President, 1981-2011 - Hosni Mubarak
Amenhotep III’s son, 17th Century BC - Akhenaton
Akhenaton’s wife - Nefertiti
Longest Ruling Female Pharaoh, 14th Century BC - Hatshepsut
King Who Died at 18 - Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Book Found in Ancient Tombs - Book of the Dead
18th to 30th Century BC Dynasty - New Kingdom
19th Dynasty Rulers - Ramses II, Seti I
King Who Fathered 160 Children - Ramses II
Christian Sect - Coptic Church

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El Salvador

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Only Central American Country without a Caribbean Coastline
The smallest Central American Country
Capital - San Salvador
President 1980-82, 1984-89 - Jose Napolean Duarte

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Estonia

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Capital - Tallinn

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Ethiopia

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Capital - Addis Ababa
Country Newly Independent from Ethiopia - Eritrea
Emperor 1930-74 - Haile Selassie (aka Ras Tafari)

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Fiji

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Capital - Suva

Largest Island - Viti Levu

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Finland

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Capital - Helsinki (Site of Human Rights Accord)
Northern Herdsmen - Lapps
Composer - Jean Sibelius
Finnish-American Architect - Eero Saarinen

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France

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Capital - Paris
Porcelain City - Limoges
National Anthem - Les Marseilles
Current Gov’t - 5th Republic
President 1958-69 - Charles De Gaulle
President 2007-12 - Nicholas Sarkozy (wife - Carla Bruni)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Arc De Triomphe

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Afghan President

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President Ashraf Ghani

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Albanian Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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Nobel peace Prize Winner - Mother Teresa

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French Southern Port

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Marseille

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French Film Festival City

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Cannes

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Spa City and World War 2 capital

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Vichy (Chief of Vichey Gov’t - Marshal Petain

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Former Seat of Papacy

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Avignon

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Stained Glass Cathedral City

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  • Chartres
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Paris Gardens Paris River

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Tuilleries

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Paris River

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Seine

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Current French President

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Current President - Francois Hollande

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Finnish Cell PHone Maker

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Cell Phone Maker - Nokia

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Ancient Capitals of Egypt

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Ancient Capitals - Memphis, Thebes

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Site of 1982 War

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Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands Argentine Name - Malvinas

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Argentine Cowboys

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Gauchos

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President of Argentina 1946-55, 1973-74

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Juan Peron
Juan Peron’s Second Wife, Died 1952 - Evita (Eva) Person
Juan Peron’s Third Wife and President – Isabella Person

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Southern Plateau of Argentina

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Southern Plateau - Patagonia

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PM of Australia

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Prime Minister - Tony Abbot

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Color Changing Landmark “The Remarkable Pebble” –

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Ayres Rock (Uluru)

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Female Author Australian

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  • Colleen McCullough (The Thorn Birds)
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Australian Tennis Grand Slam Winner

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Tennis Grand Slam Winner - Margaret Court
Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May/June, Wimbledon in June/July, and the US Open in August/September.

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Australian Olympic Sites

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Olympic Sites - 1956-Melbourne, 2000 - Sydney

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Australian Super Model

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Super Model - Elle McPherson

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Holy Roman Empire Dynasty

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Dynasty 1247-1918 (Hapsburg)

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City of Treated the Ended War of 1812

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Ghent (Belgium)

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Flemish Painter

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  • Van Dyck (Beard named after him)
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WWI Cemeteryin Belgium

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  • Flanders Field
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Artist who taught Van Dyke

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  • Rubens (Belgian)
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Flemish Cartographer

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  • Gerardus Mercator (Belgian)
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Belgian Surrealist -

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Rene Magritte

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Australian Media Magnate

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Media Magnate - Rupert Murdoch

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Actress who Wore Fruit on her head

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  • Carmen Miranda

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