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Where China’s rice bowl is

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Chiang Jiang River

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The republic of China

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Taiwan

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Farmland scarce

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Japan

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Formed mostly from volcanos

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Japan

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Only lowland area of East Asia

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East China

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Got its name from yellowish-brown topsoil

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Yellow river

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Food for the silkworm

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Mulberry tree

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Pictorial characters

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Chinese writing

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Asia’s culture hearth

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China

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Most widely spoken Chinese dialect

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Mandarin

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Slowed by outdated technology

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China industrial growth

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12
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Most agricultural East Asian nation

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China

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13
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Asia’s economic miracle

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Japan

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Japan’s largest trading partner

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United States

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Part of Japan’s transportation system

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Bullet train

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Ruling family

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Dynasty

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Japan’s profession soldiers

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Samurai

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Substances in liquid coolants

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CFC’s

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Method of preparing a field for rice production

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Terracing

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Large sea wave caused by an earthquake

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Tsunami

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Pacific hurricane

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Typhoon

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Yellowish-brown topsoil

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Loess

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23
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Also called China’s Sorrow

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Huang He

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People’s republic of China

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China

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25
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Area of earthquake and volcanic activity

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Ring of fire

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The longest structure ever built

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Great Wall of china

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Former British colony

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Hong Kong

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28
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Largest Japanese islands

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Honshu

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13,677

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Indonesia

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30
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Climate of Southeast Asia

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Tropical

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31
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Where majority of southeast Asians live

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River valleys and coastal plains

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32
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What early literature of Southeast Asia consisted of

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Folktales and legends

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33
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Staple food of Asia

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Rice

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34
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One of the worlds most densely populated islands

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Java

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35
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An important port because of its location

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Singapore

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36
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The most common means of transportation in Southeast Asia

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Bicycle

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37
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Archipelago of 7,107 islands

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Philippines

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38
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Small country-rich from oil

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Brunei

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39
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Volcanic eruption in the Philippines

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My. Pintatubo

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40
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Cleanest city in the world

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Singapore

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41
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Malaysian buildings that house up to 100 people

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Long houses

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42
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Product of the Philippines

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Pearls

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43
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Animal life

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Fauna

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44
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A chain of islands

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Archipelago

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45
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Leading industrial country of East Asia

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Japan

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46
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City that serves as a capital as well as a major port and industrial center

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Primate city

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47
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Land suitable for farming

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Arable land

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48
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Plant life

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Flora

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49
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Parallel mountain ranges

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Cordilleras

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50
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Place where goods can be stored without the payment of import duties

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Free port

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51
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Contribute to a desert climate in Australia

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Great dividing range

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52
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Covers nearly two-thirds of Australia

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Western plateau

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53
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More than 1250 miles long worlds largest coral reef complex ecosystem

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Great Barrier Reef

54
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Vegetation that dominate Australia’s steppe climate

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Acacia and eucalyptus trees

55
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The south Pacifics most heavily populated country

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Australia

56
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Type is government in Australia and New Zealand

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Parliamentary democracy

57
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Used for hunting

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Boomerang

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Why Australia’s railroads are hard to join

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No standard gauge

59
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Will lead to the melting of the polar regions

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Global warming

60
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The most populated city of Australia

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Sydney

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Worlds coldest and iciest region

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Antarctica

62
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In Australia the star away from coastal cities

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Outback

63
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Australia’s most famous landform

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Ayers Rock

64
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Item formed by skeletons of tiny sea animals

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Coral

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A ring shaped island

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Still

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Native people of New Zealand

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Maori

67
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Pool at the center of an atoll

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Lagoon

68
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British explorer of the South Pacific

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James cook

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Nickname for New Zealanders

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“Kiwis”

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Native people of Australia

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Aborigines

71
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The dried meat of the coconut palm

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Copra

72
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Mammals that carry their young in pouches

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Marsupials

73
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Region of rich, fertile soil between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Fertile Crescent

74
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Worlds longest river

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Nike river

75
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Worlds saltiest body of water

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Dead Sea

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“Land between two rivers”

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Mesopotamia

77
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Rocky gravel areas in the desert

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Desert pavement

78
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Longest mountains in Africa

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Atlas Mountains

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Worlds largest desert

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Sahara desert

80
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Arabs living in territory on which Israel was established

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Palestinians

81
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The prophet of Islam

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Muhammad

82
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The largest peninsula of Southwest Asia

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Arabian peninsula

83
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The majority of the people of North Africa and southwest Asia

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Arabs

84
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The holy book of Islam

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Koran

85
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Nomadic peoples of North Africa and southwest Asia

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Bedouins

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Places in the desert where water is found

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Oases

87
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Taking plants and animals from the wild and making them useful to people

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Domesticate

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The writing of Sumerians

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Cuneiform

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The writing of the Egyptians

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Hyroglyphics

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Organization set up to control the price and production of oil

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OPEC

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Islamic houses of prayer

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Mosques

92
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The removal of salt from the sea

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Desalination

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The worlds largest inland delta

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Okavango river delta

94
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Covers nearly two-thirds of Africa

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Desert

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One of the causes of famine in Africa

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Civil war

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Obstacles to the improvement of transportation

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Africa’s size and unfavorable terrain

97
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Growth of cities

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Urbanization

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Second largest freshwater lake in the world

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Lake Victoria

99
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Transforming arable land into desert

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Desertification

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Destruction of timber areas

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Deforestation

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People who have similar cultures

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Ethnic groups

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Agriculture that meets the needs of a family

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Subsistence farming

103
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Large groups of people who are related to one another

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Extended family

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Strict separation of the races

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Apartheid

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Africa’s highest mountain

A

My. Kilimanjaro

106
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The most rapidly growing area of the U.S economy

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Services

107
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New England’s largest city

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Boston

108
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The key natural resource of the Mid-Atlantic states

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Coal

109
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The trade agreement between the u.s Canada and Mexico

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NAFTA

110
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The largest estuary in the u.S

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Chesapeake bay

111
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The largest city of the Midwest

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Chicago

112
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Drains nearly 1/2 of the U.S.

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Mississippi River

113
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Leading producer of automobiles

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Detroit

114
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The international boundary between the U.S. And Mexico

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Rio grande

115
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Lies totally within the border of the U.S.

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Lake Michigan

116
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Most used for livestock

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Corn

117
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The largest landform region in the south

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Coastal plain

118
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“Americas dairyland”

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Wisconsin

119
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Alaskans most valuable resource

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Oil

120
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The planting of trees along with the cutting of trees

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Reforestation

121
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Nations relying on each other

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Interdependence

122
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Capitalism

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Free enterprise

123
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Settlement of Jamestown

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1607

124
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Declaration of Independence beginning of American Revolution

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1776

125
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Civil war years

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1861-1865

126
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List of grievances and reasons for declaring independence sent to GeorgeIII

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Declaration of Independence

127
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First national constitution of the former colonies weaknesses eventually led to the writing of the Constitution

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Articles of confederation

128
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Authoritarian when the government controls

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Command economy

129
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Like the U.S. Based on supply and demand

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Market economy

130
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King John forced to sign and accept some limitations on his power ideas carried over to U.S. Government

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Magna carta

131
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Gave our forefathers ideas for our bill of rights

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English bill of rights

132
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Guarantees individual rights

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Bill of rights

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