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Is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.

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Geography

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Is all human and physical features that make it unique.

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Landscape

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Is a field that studies people and the relationships among them.

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Social science

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Is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.

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Region

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What are the 3 levels of organization in geography?

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Local level, regional level, and global level

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Is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface.

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Map

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Is a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet

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Globe

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How are globes and maps similar?

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Both are to locate and show what the world looks like

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What are the 5 themes of geography?

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Location, place, regions, movement and human-environment interaction

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Where something is.

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Location

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Describes the features that make a site unique

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Place

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Are areas that share common characteristics

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Regions

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Looks at how and why people and things move.

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Movement

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People interact with their environment in many ways.

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Human-environment interaction

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A specific description like this one.

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Absolute location

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This general description of where a place lies

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Relative location

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What are 2 branches of geography?

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Physical and human geography

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Is the study of the world’s people, communities and landscapes

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Human geography

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Is the study of the world’s physical features, its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils and plants

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Physical geography

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The science of making maps

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Meteorology

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A region’s average weather conditions over a long period

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Climate

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What parts of the earth receives the most heat of the sun?

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The part of the earth that is tilted towards the sun

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Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air

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Monsoon

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What is an environment?

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Surroundings

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Is a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live

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Ecosystem

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Is any material in nature that people used and value

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Natural resource

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2 types of natural resources.

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Air, soil

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The production of electricity from water power

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Hydroelectric power

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Is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group has in common

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Culture

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Is an activity or behavior in which people often take part

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Culture trait

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The spread of culture traits from one region to another

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Cultural diffusion

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Is a form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority

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Democracy

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Is a political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country

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Communism

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What is the difference between developed and developing countries?

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Developed has strong economies and developing has less productive economies

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The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other though culture and trade.

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Globalization

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Piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.

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Peninsula

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37
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Capital of Mexico

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Mexico City

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38
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Climate of the Yucatan peninsula?

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Hot and dry

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Mexico’s most important resource?

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Petroleum and oil

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Was a mexican catholic priest.

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Miguel hidalgo

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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

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Isthmus

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A large group of islands

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Archipelago

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What is the major resource in Central America and the Caribbean?

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Coffee, bananas, sugarcane and cotton

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What is the official language of Belize?

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English

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A war between political factions or regions within the same country

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Civil war

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The canal cuts across the isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade

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Panama canal

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A regional variety of a language

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Dialect

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Main language in Panama

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Spanish

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Malin religion in Mexico

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Catholic

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50
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Main religion in Panama

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Roman catholicism

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What is the world’s largest river?

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Amazon River

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Is a partially enclosed body of water, where freshwater mixes with salty seawater

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Estuary

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The clearing of trees

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Deforestation

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54
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Who were the first persons to live in Brazil?

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American Indias

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What european colonized brazil?

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Portugal

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Main religion in brazil

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Roman catholic

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A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs

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Megacity

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Means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean

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Landlocked

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Mediterranean climate

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Warm and dry

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Largest city in Greece

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Athens

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Is a narrow inlet of the sea set between high rocky cliffs

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Fjord

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An ocean current flowing toward the british

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North Atlantic drift

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Which 2 cities are the central to the economy of the British isles?

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The Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom

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A system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government

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Constitutional monarchy

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Were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early middle ages

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Vikings

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Largest country in scandinavia

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Sweden

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Which Northern European city is a major European economic center?

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United Kingdom and Ireland republic

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What does czar mean?

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Emperor

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What 3 countries make up the Caucasus?

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Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

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The government owns all businesses

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Command economy

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Which Caucasus country has a economy based on oil?

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Azerbaijan

72
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Main natural resources of Eastern Mediterranean

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Valuable minerals and water

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This desert of rock and gravel. Covered much of Syria and Jordan

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Syrian desert

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Known as the father of the turks, was the first president, he modernized Turkey

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Kemal Atatürk

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Government of Turkey

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National Assembly

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Turkey’s largest city

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Istanbul

77
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This dispersal of the Jewish population

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Diaspora

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Israel’s largest city

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Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

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Means “fit” in Hebrew, is the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws

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Kosher

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Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of southwest Asia

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Bedouins

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What country ruled Lebanon during WWI?

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France

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Climate of most Israel, Jordan and Syria is..

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Desert

83
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It is the world’s longest river

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Nile River

84
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Which countries make up North Africa?

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Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt

85
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It is between the Sinai and the rest of Egypt

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Suez Canal

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Main language of North Africa

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Arabic

87
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Divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth or occupation

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Caste system

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Main religion in India

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Hinduism

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The dominant religion of India

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Hinduism

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Is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha

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Buddhism

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Is a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits

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Delta

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Considered by many to be the father of modern India.

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Gandhi

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A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land

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Colony

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Capital of Guatemala

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Guatemala city

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Capital of Costa Rica

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San José/ St Jose

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Capital of Panama

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Panama city

97
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Capital of Cuba

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Havana

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Capital of Argentina

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Buenos Aires

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Capital of Brazil

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Brasilia

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Capital of Spain

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Madrid

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Capital of Italy

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Rome

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Capital of Portugal

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Lisbon

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Capital of Greece

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Athens

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Capital of United Kingdom

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London

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Capital of Norway

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Oslo

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Capital of Finland

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Helsinki

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Capital of Ireland

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Dublin

108
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Capital of Russia

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Moscow

109
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Capital of Turkey

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Ankara

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Capital of Israel

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Jerusalem

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Capital of Morocco

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Rabat

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Capital of Algeria

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Algiers

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Capital of Tunisia

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Tunis

114
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Capital of Egypt

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Cairo

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Capital of India

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New Delhi

116
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Capital of Madagascar

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Antananarivo

117
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Capital of Sri Lanka

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Colombo

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Capital of Jordan

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Amman

119
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Name two important resources in southern Europe

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Regions, climate, the sea

120
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Which country has a large supply of geothermal energy?

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Iceland

121
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Is a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there

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Free port

122
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What regions of the world have the highest levels of population density?

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Indian subcontinent, east Asia and Japan

123
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What is an environmental problem in Mexico?

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Smog

124
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What type of landform covers much of Southern Europe?

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Rugged mountains

125
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A group of muslims from North Africa

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Moors

126
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Two of the most common foods in Southern European cooking are:

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Pasta and they always cook with yogurts and honey

127
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About what year the vikings first reach North Africa?

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In the 900’s

128
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Was the first leader of Soviet Union

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Vladimir Lenin

129
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The majority of Russians are descended from the…

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Slavs

130
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It is the lowest point on any continent

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Dead sea

131
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Most people living in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are..

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Muslims

132
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What are North Africa major resources?

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Oil, gas, iron, coal, and natural gas

133
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Important Arab influence in North African culture

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They brought the Arabic and the Islam language to the region

134
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It is the civilization that begins in the Indus River Valley

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Harappan Civilization

135
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India’s 2 largest cities..

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Mumbai and Kolkata

136
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Is a state of perfect peace in which suffering and reincarnation end

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Nirvana

137
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Ia the festival of lights, celebrates Hindu, Sikh and Jain beliefs

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Dwalli

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It is the highest peak in the world

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Mount Everest

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What language was spoken by Aryans?

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Sanskrit

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