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What is geography

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The study of the world, its people and landscapes they create

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What is a landscape

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It is all the human and physical features that make a place unique

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What is a social science?

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It is a field that studies people and the relationships among their environment

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It 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 three levels of organization in Geography?

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Global

Local

Regional levels

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It is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface

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Map

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It is a spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet

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Globe

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How are maps and globes similar?

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Both show what the world looks like

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What are the five themes of geography

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LOCATION

PLACE

REGIONS

MOVEMENT

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION

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Describes 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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Areas that share common characteristics

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Regions

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Looks at how and why people interact with their environment in many ways

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Human environmental interaction

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Looks at how and why people and things move

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Movement

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This general description of where a place lies

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Relative location

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A specific description

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Absolute location

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What are the two branches of geography?

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Human and physical

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Is the study of the Earth’s people, including their ways of life, homes, cities, beliefs, and customs

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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, soil and plants

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Physical geography

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Is the study of making maps

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Cartography

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The study of weather

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Meteorology

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The average weather conditions of a region over a long period of time

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Climate

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What parts of Earth receives the most of the Sun

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The equator, the east of the tropics

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What is an environment?

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Includes its land, water, climate, plants and animals

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Plants and animals must live where they are suited

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Ecosystem

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Is any material in nature that people use and value

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Natural resource

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Write two types of natural resources

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Air

Water

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The production of electricity from waterpower

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Hydroelectric power

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It is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common

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Culture

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It is an activity or behavior in which people often take part

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Culture trait

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What regions of the world have the highest levels of popular density?

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New york

Mexico city

Sao pavio

Tokio

Mumbai

Shangai

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A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting

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Democracy

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Is a political system in which the given owns all property and dominates all aspects of live 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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Develop countries have strong economies and high quality of life and the developing countries have less producting economies and lower quality of life

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Is the process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade

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Globalization

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36
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Piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water

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Peninsula

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37
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What is the capital of mexico

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Mexico city

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38
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What is the main climate of the yucatan peninsula?

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Steep sided depressions that form when the roof of a cave collapses

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What is one of mexico most important resource?

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Petroleum

Oil

SILVER

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Early civilizations in Mexico

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OLMEC

MAYA

AZTEC

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41
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Made sculptures of giant stone heads. The heads may represent rulers or gods.

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OLMEC

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42
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Had a trade network between cities

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Maya

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They built the first empire in the Americas.

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Aztecs

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44
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What is the day of the death

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Its a mexican celebration on November 2nd

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45
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Who was miguel hidalgo?

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He calls for independence from Spain in 1810

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46
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What is an isthmus?

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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas

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47
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A large group of islands

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Archipelago

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What are the main natural resources in Central America and the Caribbean?

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Its land and climate

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49
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What is the official language of Belize?

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English

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50
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A conflict between two or more groups within a country

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Civil war

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51
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Provides a link between the pacific ocean, the caribbean sea, and the Atlantic ocean

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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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53
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What is the main language in Panama?

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Spanish

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54
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What is the main religion in mexico?

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Roman Catholic

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55
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What is the main religion in panama?

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Roman catholic

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56
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It is the world’s largest river

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Amazon river

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A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty water

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Estuary

58
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The clearing of trees

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Deforestation

59
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Who were the 1st people to live in Brazil?

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American Indians

60
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What European country colonized Brazil?

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Portugal

61
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What is the main religion in Brazil?

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Roman Catholic

62
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A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs

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Megacity

63
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Completely surrounded by land with no direct a cew to the ocean

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Landlocked

64
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What type of landform covers much of Southern Europe?

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Mountains

65
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Name two important resources in Southern Europe?

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region’s climate

The sea

66
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What is the Mediterranean climate like?

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Warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters

67
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Who were the moors?

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People that invaded Spain

68
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Two of the most common foods in Southern European cooking are

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Olives and grapes

69
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What is the largest city in Greece?

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Athens

70
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A narrow inlet of the sea between high, rocky or groups

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Fjord

71
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Which country has a large supply of geothermal energy?

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Iceland

72
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An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic ocean

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North Atlantic drift

73
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Which two cities are central to the economy of the British Isles?

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London

Dublin

74
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Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages

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Vikings

75
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About what year the vikings first reach North America?

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900s

76
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Which is the largest country in Scandinavia?

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Sweden

77
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Which northern european city is a major european economic center?

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London

78
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What does czar means?

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Emperor

79
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What three countries make up the Caucasus?

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Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

80
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The first leader of the Soviet Union

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Vladimir Lenin

81
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An economic system in which the central government makes all economic decisions

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Command economy

82
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The majority of Russians are descended from the

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Slavs

83
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Which Caucasus country has an economy based on oil?

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Azerbaijan

84
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It is the lowest point on any continent

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Dead sea

85
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What are the main natural resources of the eastern Mediterranean?

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Water and oil resources

86
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Is covered much of Syria and Jordan

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Syrian desert

87
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Known as the Father of the Turks, he was turkeys first president

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Kemal Ataturk

88
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What kind of government does turkey have?

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National Assembly

89
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What is turkeys largest city?

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Istanbul

90
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The dispersal of Jewish population

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Diaspora

91
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What is israels largest city?

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Tel Aviv

92
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Means “fit” in Hebrew, is the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws

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Kosher

93
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Arabic speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of southwest asia

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The bedouins

94
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What european country rules lebanon after WWI?

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France

95
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The climate of most israel, jordan and syria is

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Hot

96
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Most people living in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are

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Islamics

97
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It is the world’s longest river

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Nile River

98
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A narrow waterway that connects the Mediterranean sea with the red sea

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Suez canal

99
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What are the North Africas major resources ?

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Oil and gas

100
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Seasonal winds that bring either moist or dry air to an area

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Monsoons

101
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What language do most North Africans speak?

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Arabic

102
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A city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there

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Free port

103
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Most north africans are

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Muslims

104
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Divided indian society into groups based on a persons birth or occupation

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Caste system

105
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The first urban civilization in the indian subcontinent

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Harappan civilization

106
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What is the main religion in India?

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Hinduism

107
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Name indias two largest cities

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Mumbai

Kolkata

108
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A state of perfect peace in which suffering and reincarnation end

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Nirvana

109
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One of the worlds oldest religions and the dominant religion of India

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Hinduism

110
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A religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddhism

111
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A landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits

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Delta

112
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The festival of lights, is one of the most important celebrations in India

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Diwalli

113
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It is the highest peak in the Indian subcontinent and the world?

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Mount Everest

114
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Father of the modern India, he led the struggle for Indian independence

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Gandhi

115
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What language was spoken by the Aryans?

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Sanskrit

116
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A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land

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Colony

117
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Mexico

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Mexico city

118
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Guatemala

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Guatemala

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Costa rica

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San jose

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Panama

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Panama city

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Cuba

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Habana

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Argentina

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Buenos aires

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Brazil

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Brazilia

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Spain

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Madrid

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Italy

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Rome

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Portugal

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Lisbon

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Greece

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Athenas

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United Kingdom

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London

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Norway

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Oslo

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Finland

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Helsinki

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Ireland

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Dublin

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Russia

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Moscow

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Turkey

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Ankara

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Israel

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Jerusalem

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Jordan

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Amman

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Morocco

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Rabat

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Algeria

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Algiers

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Tunisia

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Tunis

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Egypt

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Cairo

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India

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New Delhi

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Madagascar

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Antananarivo

142
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Sri lanka

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Colombo

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