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1
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A line separating one country or state from another

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Border

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A large amount or part of something

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Chunk

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One of the great divisions of land of the Earth

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Continent

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Producing many plants or crops able to support the growth of many plants

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Fertile

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A large area of flat land without trees

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Plain

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An enclosed or partly enclosed water area

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Basin

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One of the north-south rows of townships in a united states public-land survey that are numbered east and west from the principal meridian of the survey

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Range

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A piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water and is attached to a larger land area

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Peninsula

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The light and heat and especially the flame produced by burning

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Fire

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A region of high land especially far from the sea

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Upland

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Characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe

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Caucatian

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To continue in a specified direction or over a specified distance , space or time

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Extend

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To have a place in relation to something else

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Lie

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A long narrow place that is filled with water and was created by people so that boats could pass through it

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Canal

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Serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer

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Trade

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Treated , affected , or crusted over by freezing

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Frozen

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Having a smooth , level , or even surface , not having curves or bumps

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Flat

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A common reddish metallic element that is ductile and malleable and is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity see element table

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Copper

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Trees that are grown in order to produce wood

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Timber

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20
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Capital of Ukraine

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Kiev

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21
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Harsh soviet labor camps often located in siberia

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Gulags

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22
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Capital of turkey

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Ankara

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Religion of turkey

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Islam

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Largest city of turkey

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Istanbul

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Economy of turkey

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Modern factories , agriculture

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Natural resources of turkey

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Oil , coal , iron , ore and water

Construction of dams

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Dispersal of the Jewish population

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Diaspora

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A nationalist movement calling for Jesus to establish a Jewish state in their ancient homeland , began in Europe in the late 1800s

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Zionism

29
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Israel’s largest city

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Tel Aviv

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Kosher

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Jewish food

31
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Languages of israel

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Hebrew and arabic

32
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What are the Ural Mountains

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Where the continents of europe and asia meet

33
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What three countries make up the caucasus?

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Armenia

Georgia

Azerbaijan

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What is Siberia?

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A vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean

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What is the Russia’s climate like?

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Very cold

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What is taiga?

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A vast forest of evergreen trees

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What are russia’s main natural resources?

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Fertile soil

Wood

Copper

Gold

Diamonds

38
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What valuable resource is in the caspian sea?

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Oil

39
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What is Cyrillic

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A form of the greek alphabet

40
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Who were the rus?

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First settlers of Russia

41
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Who were the Bolsheviks?

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A radical russian communist group

42
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Why was ivan iv called “ivan the terrible”?

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Because he was a cruel and savage ruler

43
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Who was the leader of russia when it became a communist country?

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Vladimir lenin

44
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What was the cold war?

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A period of tense rivalry between the soviet union and the united states

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What is the main religion in russia?

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Orthodox christian

46
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Who were the czars?

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Russian’s emperors

47
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What russian delicacy comes from a fishery on the caspian sea?

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Caviar

48
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What is the most important industry in the urals region?

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Mining

49
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What type of government does russia now have?

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Federal republic

50
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What year did the soviet union collapse and break apart into 15 independent republics?

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In 1991

51
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What was the name of the 2nd soviet leader , who ruled as a brutal dictator?

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Joseph stalin

52
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The majority of russians are descended from the

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Slavs

53
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Name the three bodies of water found in the narrow waterway that separates europe from asia

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Dardanelles , bosporus and sea of marmara

54
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What makes the dead sea so unique?

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Because it only contains little life and only have bacteria , and its the lowest point on any continent

55
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Name two deserts found in this region

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The pontic mountains and the taurus mountains

56
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Where is the syrian desert located

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In syria and jordan

57
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What was the 1st empire to invade eastern Mediterranean region?

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Romans

58
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Who was kemal ataturk

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Turkey’s first president

59
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What is turkey’s largest city

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Istanbul

60
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What does secular mean?

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That religion is kept separate from government

61
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What are israel’s two official languages?

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Hebrew and arabic

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What city is sacred to Jews , Muslisms , and Christians?

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Israel

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Most people living in syria , lebanon and jordan are

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Arab

64
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What mineral resource is produced by syria , jordan and israel

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Oil

65
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Capital of russia

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Moscow

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