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0
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What percent of Nigerians speak English

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1%

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Explain what the phrase “the sun never sets on the British empire” mean

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There are so many countries and nations in the British empire that at least one is always where the sun is. The countries span so far that when it is dark in some, it is light in others. The sun is never completely set on the British empire

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What is most commonly spoken

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Niger Congo

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What desert is slightly larger than the Mojave

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An-Nafud

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What is the only lotus in taller than the tallest in the U.S.

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Mt. Everest

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What mountains cut off turkey and Iran

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Zagros & Touris mountains

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What is the Israel land relation in 1967 and 1948

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They have smaller than in 1967 but more than in 1948

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What nation is in possession of the Sinai peninsula today

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Egypt

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What four nations surround the Golan heights

Who controls the area

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Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon

Israel

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What percent of the population is Kurdish

Where are the Kurds found in the region

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9%

Northwest (Lebanon, Turkey)

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What area has holy places for 3 major religions

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Israel

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What energy sources are found in the region

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Oil
Petroleum
Natural gas

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What is the main economic activity in the region

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Nomadic farming and herding

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What countries are poor based on doctors, literacy rate, televisions, and passenger cars

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Jordan
Afghanistan
Iraq
Syria

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What countries border the Persian gulf

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Shiraz 
Basra 
Kuwait 
Manama 
Bahrain 
Doha 
Quatar 
Oman
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Where were several ancient river valley civilizations located

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Along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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16
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What do refineries do

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Take crude oil and transform it into something useful

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Where would you find a salt desert

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Iran

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Southwest Asia forms a land bridge connecting

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Asia
Africa
Europe

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The most distinctive landform in southwest Asia is the Arabian peninsula which is surrounded by what on the southwest and what on the east

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Red Sea

Persian gulf

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On the southwest side of the Arabian peninsula is a opening to the Mediterranean Sea- the

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Suez Canal

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The Anatolian peninsula is located between what two seas

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Black

Mediterranean

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River beds that remain dry except during the rainy seasons

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Wadis

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23
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What mountains of Afghanistan are linked with other ranges of mountains that frame Southern Asia

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Kush

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What river has no outer to the sea

It’s water single with the salty waters of the what

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Jordan River

Dead Sea

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A landlocked salt lake

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Dead Sea

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The most abundant resource in southwest asia

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Oil

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A scarce resource in southwest asia

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Water

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What kind of climate prevails in parts of southwest Asia

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Mediterranean

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What is the most famous desert in the region
Also known as the Empty Quarter
The temperature on the surface of the sand often exceeds 186°F

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Rub al-Khali

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Severe sandstorms and brutal heat make this desert a barrier to travel across the Arabian peninsula

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An-Nufad

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When winds evaporate the moisture in the soil, chemical salts remain cresting a

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Salt flat

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32
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Along the Mediterranean coast and most of turkey, hot summers and rainy winters create a good climate for growing

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Citrus fruits
Olives
Vegetables

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What project in Israel carries water from the north of the country to the sites in the center and south of the nation

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National Water Carrier

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34
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The removal of salt from ocean water

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Desalinization

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35
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Water pumped from underground aquifers

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Fossil water

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36
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The first southwest Asia oil discovery was in

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1907 in Persia, now known as Iran

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37
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Petroleum that has not been processed

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Crude oil

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38
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Some towns in the Arabian peninsula served as trade centers for

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Caravans

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39
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Other cities were ports where goods were exchanged from the

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Silk Roads in East Asia
Indian Ocean trade from South Asia
Mediterranean Sea trade from Europe

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Nomad dwellers who moved across the peninsula from oasis to oasis

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Bedouins

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41
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Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of its founder the Prophet Muhammad

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Islam

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42
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The basic duties of Islamic people

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Five pillars

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43
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What language spread across southwest Asia as a result of armies of muslin fighters moving across the desert

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Arabic

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44
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Religious leaders controlled the government

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Theocratic

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45
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After the 1900s, much of southwest Asia fell under the control of

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British

France

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46
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A daring leader who consolidated power over large areas of this subregion

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Abdul-al-Aziz

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47
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In 1960, a group of oil-producing nations, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, that established an organization to coordinate policies on selling petroleum

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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48
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When must Muslims pray

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Dawn 
Noon 
Mid-afternoon 
Sunset 
Before bed
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49
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Muslims fast during the month of

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Ramadan

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50
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What three monotheistic religious claim Jerusalem as a holy city

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Judaism
Christianity
Islam

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51
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What is religious for Jews about Jerusalem

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The Western Wll

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52
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What shrine in Jerusalem houses the spot where Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad rose into heaven

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Dome of the Rock

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53
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Who hated the French and in the 1920s and 1930s rebelled against them

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Syrians

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54
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What became independent in 1943

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Lebanon

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55
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What gained independence in 1946

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Syria

56
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What makes up the majority of people who live in the countries if the eastern Mediterranean

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Muslim Arabs

57
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Since the seventh century, Lebanon has been a refuge for both

A

Muslims

Christians

58
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What is a land with a tremendous variety of immigrants

A

Israel

59
Q

Where were the terrorists responsible for the attacks on 9/11 being harbored

A

Afghanistan

60
Q

In May 2011, U.S. Troops found and killed who

He had been living where for some time

A

Osama bin Laden

Pakistan

61
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What is Afghanistan’s most profitable crop

A

Opium

62
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What are the nations in this subregion include

A

Turkey
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan

63
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After the death of Muhammed, what two main branches did Muslims divide into

A

Sunni

Shi’ite

64
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How many Muslims are Sunni

Most who are Shi’ite

A

Four out of five

Iranians

65
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Who has the largest refugee population of any nation in the world

A

Iran

66
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Who was protecting Osama and his al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan

A

A fundamentalist Muslim politician group called the Taliban

67
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During 2006, how many Iraqi civilians were killed

A

More than 34,000

68
Q

Who have been called a stateless nation

A

The Kurds

69
Q

What happened between 1980 and 1990

A

Iran and Iraq fought a war over control of oil fields

70
Q

Who was removed from power and later executed

A

Saddam

71
Q

Who does Taliban violence often target

A

Women

Girls seeking an education

72
Q

What happened on March 16, 1988

How many Kurds died

A

Iraqi Air Force planes released poisonous gases over the Kurdish town of Halabja, Iraq
An estimated 5,000

73
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An ethnic group in southwest Asia

A

Kurds

74
Q

Lines which run north and south

A

Longitude lines (Meridians)

75
Q

MR. HELP

A 
Movement  
Region
Human-
Environment Interaction 
Location 
Place
76
Q

What kind of maps display countries and states and where they are in relation to one another

A

Political

77
Q

The exact place is what step in the geography theme of Location

A

Absolute

78
Q

Where something is in relation to something else

A

Relative location

79
Q

What map element is better known as a map key

A

Legend

80
Q

Of the 5 oceans in the world, which is the largest

A

Pacific

81
Q

Which lines run east and west and never crossover

Also called parallels

A

Latitude lines

82
Q

What is the study of the Earth’s surface and the process that shapes it

A

Geography

83
Q

Which map displays elevation

A

Physical map

84
Q

Which continent is the largest

A

Asia

85
Q

Someone who makes maps

A

Cartographer

86
Q

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior between and among societies

A

Diffusion

87
Q

More and more people moving to cities

A

Urbanization

88
Q

People who come into a country

A

Immigrants

89
Q

People who leave a country

A

Emigrants

90
Q

Cities with over 10million people

What city is the largest in the world

A

Megacities

Tokyo with 35 million people

91
Q

What region is generally considered to be the wealthiest in the U.S.

A

Northeast

92
Q

Which region of the U.S. has the most mountains

A

West

93
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Which region of the U.S. is full of plains

A

Midwest

94
Q

Name some territories of the U.S.

Name some that aren’t

A

Puerto Rico
American Samoa

Newfoundland

95
Q

What are the four regions of the United States

A

South
Midwest
West
Northeast

96
Q

What can both tie us to some people and separate us from others

A

Culture

97
Q

The way of life of a group of people

A

Culture

98
Q

The hubcity of the Midwest is

A

Chicago

99
Q

The hubcity of the south

A

Atlanta

100
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The region of the USA known as “the heartland”

A

Midwest

101
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The region of the USA known as the “rust belt”

A

South

102
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The process of breaking up a region into small, mutually hostile units

A

Balkanization

103
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What provided more than 95% of Egyptians with water

A

Nile River

104
Q

What is Africa’s highest peak

A

Mount Kilimanjaro

105
Q

A location where temperatures can reach 122°F in the summer and can fall below freezing at night in winter

A

The Sahara

106
Q

If you were gazing at wildebeest through tall grass, where would you be

A

The Serengeti

107
Q

What is Africa’s population

A

Over a billion people

108
Q

How many countries are in Africa

A

Over 50

109
Q

Who owned the most land in Africa during the colonial period

A

Great Britain

France

110
Q

Where is the Serengeti plain located

A

East Africa

111
Q

What spread from Asia to Europe and caused the deaths of millions of people

A

Bubonic plague

112
Q

Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland are part of Northern Europe but more specifically the

A

Nordic Countries

113
Q

What was the city-state that produced the first democracy

A

Athens

114
Q

The Vikings were ancient inhabitants of

A

Then Nordic countries

115
Q

A series of wars between Christians and Muslims

A

Crusades

116
Q

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union had this reasonable young leader come to power who worked with the west much more than his predecessors had

A

Mikhael Gorbachev

117
Q

What currency is used throughout most of Europe today

A

Euro

118
Q

What are the countries in the U.K.

A

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland

119
Q

What are the Nordic countries

A 
Denmark 
Finland 
Iceland 
Norway 
Sweden
120
Q

The communist leader who kept Yugoslavia independent of Soviet Rule and managed to calm ethnic tensions

A

Josip Broz Tito

121
Q

A Serbian leader who was arrested for war crimes and died in prison

A

Slobodan Milosevic

122
Q

The fertile soil found on the Northern European plain

A

Chernozem

123
Q

The Northern European plain is located on which border of Russia

A

Western

124
Q

What is Russia’s present day capital city

A

Moscow

125
Q

The oldest and deepest lake in the world

Holds 20% of the world’s freshwater

A

Lake Baikal

126
Q

What plain lies between the Ural Mountains and the Central Siberian Plateau

A

West Siberian plain

127
Q

Where are the biggest cities in Russia found

A

The Northern European plain

128
Q

The country known for being the site of Russian nuclear testing during the time of the Cold War

A

Kazakhstan

129
Q

To prevent wars over Africa, fourteen European nations came together at the

A

Berlin Conference

130
Q

Why was the Berlin conference not beneficial to the African people

A

They were moved and put next to religious groups that they didn’t get along with

131
Q

What diseases have a major impact on Africa because of their poor healthcare

A

Malaria
AIDS
Ebola

132
Q

The largest cultural and religious influence in north africa

A

Islam

133
Q

Russia’s “window to the west”

A

St. Petersburg

134
Q

The Russian prison

A

Gulag

135
Q

Tensions between the USA and Russia

Called this because it never broke out into real fighting

A

Cold War

136
Q

What happened in Ukraine

A

The nuclear plant in Chernobyl exploded
2 people killed in the immediate explosion
28 workers died later

137
Q

Who was the Russian leader that installed pro-soviet governments in Eastern Europe (where his armies had liberated them from Nazi Germany) after WWII

A

Joseph Stalin

138
Q

The current leader of Russia

Worked in Ukraine

A

Vladimir Putin

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