Marzo 7 Par/men Flashcards

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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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5
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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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10
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A region of high land especially far from the sea

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Upland

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11
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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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13
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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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15
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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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16
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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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18
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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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19
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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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23
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Religion of turkey

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Islam

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24
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Largest city of turkey

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Istanbul

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Economy of turkey
Modern factories , agriculture
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Natural resources of turkey
Oil , coal , iron , ore and water | Construction of dams
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Dispersal of the Jewish population
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
Zionism
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Israel's largest city
Tel Aviv
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Kosher
Jewish food
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Languages of israel
Hebrew and arabic
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What are the Ural Mountains
Where the continents of europe and asia meet
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What three countries make up the caucasus?
Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan
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What is Siberia?
A vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean
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What is the Russia's climate like?
Very cold
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What is taiga?
A vast forest of evergreen trees
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What are russia's main natural resources?
Fertile soil Wood Copper Gold Diamonds
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What valuable resource is in the caspian sea?
Oil
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What is Cyrillic
A form of the greek alphabet
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Who were the rus?
First settlers of Russia
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Who were the Bolsheviks?
A radical russian communist group
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Why was ivan iv called "ivan the terrible"?
Because he was a cruel and savage ruler
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Who was the leader of russia when it became a communist country?
Vladimir lenin
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What was the cold war?
A period of tense rivalry between the soviet union and the united states
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What is the main religion in russia?
Orthodox christian
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Who were the czars?
Russian's emperors
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What russian delicacy comes from a fishery on the caspian sea?
Caviar
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What is the most important industry in the urals region?
Mining
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What type of government does russia now have?
Federal republic
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What year did the soviet union collapse and break apart into 15 independent republics?
In 1991
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What was the name of the 2nd soviet leader , who ruled as a brutal dictator?
Joseph stalin
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The majority of russians are descended from the
Slavs
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Name the three bodies of water found in the narrow waterway that separates europe from asia
Dardanelles , bosporus and sea of marmara
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What makes the dead sea so unique?
Because it only contains little life and only have bacteria , and its the lowest point on any continent
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Name two deserts found in this region
The pontic mountains and the taurus mountains
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Where is the syrian desert located
In syria and jordan
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What was the 1st empire to invade eastern Mediterranean region?
Romans
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Who was kemal ataturk
Turkey's first president
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What is turkey's largest city
Istanbul
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What does secular mean?
That religion is kept separate from government
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What are israel's two official languages?
Hebrew and arabic
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What city is sacred to Jews , Muslisms , and Christians?
Israel
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Most people living in syria , lebanon and jordan are
Arab
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What mineral resource is produced by syria , jordan and israel
Oil
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Capital of russia
Moscow