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The population of the USA is 3 32 or 320

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5.5 million in the United States

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What are the 5 largest nations in the world

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Brazil, China, USA, Canada, Russia

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What are the 5 most populated nations in the world

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Brazil Indonesia USA India China

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What are the 4 oceans and 7 contents

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Artic Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean southern Ocean

Asia Africa North America South America Europe Australia Antarctica

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Imaginary line on the surface of the earth that runs east to west are called lines of blank imaginary line on the surface of the earth that runs north to south are called lines of blank

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Longitude and latitude

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The line that separate the globe into northern and Southern
Hemisphere is called the blank

The line that separates the globe into eastern and Western Hemisphere is called the blank

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Equator and prime meridian

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What is the highest mountain within 20 miles of the North Pole

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Artic Ocean

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Blank is the highest mountain in the world

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Mount Everest 29,028

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Blank is the highest mountain in Colorado

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Mount Elbert 14,443

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Blank is the highest mountain in North America

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Denali 20,320

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Blank is the highest mountain in South America

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Aconcagua 22,841

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Blank is the highest mountain in Africa

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Mount Kilimanjaro 19,340

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The blank of the earth is the cause of season on the planet

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Tilt 23.5 deg

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What two lines of latitude located at 66.5 deg North South

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Artic and Antarctic circle 66.5 deg

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List the Nations of Central America starting with Mexico moving south and ending with panama

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Mr. George Bush Eats Honey Nut Cheerios Profusely

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The two Major religions of India are

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Hindu and Islam

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The capital of Russia is

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Moscow st. Basil’s cathedral

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Spain and Portugal are located on the blank peninsula

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Iberian peninsula

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Italy is a peninsula (shaped like a boot) and is surrounded by the blank sea

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Mediterranean Sea

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If you sail around the tip of Africa from west to east you are sailing from blank ocean and into the blank ocean

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Atlantic to the Indian Ocean cape of good hope

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Blank was the first person to circumnavigate the world (actually he died 2/3 of the way there but his expedition made it)

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Blank and blank were the first men to climb Mount Everest

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Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary

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The blank is the great mountain range that separates the Indian sun continent from Asia

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Himalaya, Hindu Kush, Karakorum

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Blank is the closest non continuous nation to the United States of America

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Russia

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The blank were credited with building the ancient world’s most extensive network of roads
Romans
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27 To see the monument to queen Victoria near Buckingham palace one would have to travel to blank
London
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28 What is the biggest (not longest)river in the world
Amazon river
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29 Name the predominant language spoken in Brazil
Portuguese
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30 The dominant religion in Italy is
Catholicism
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31 True or false Greenland is bigger than South America
False
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32 The southern tip of South America is called the blank
Cape Horn
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33 True of false Canada is located above the United States
No
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34 How many Canadian province are there how many territories
10 and 3
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35 What is the largest desert in the world
Sahara
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36 What is the deepest point in the ocean
Marianas trench
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37 A scale model of the earth is called a
A globe
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38 A collection of maps in one book is called an
Atlas
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39 Which US state was created over 1 million years ago as a result of volcanic activity
Hawaii
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40 Name two countries in Latin America beside Brazil that are not Spanish speaking blank and blank
Non Spanish speaking countries in LA
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41 True or false there is no permanent human habitation of Antarctic
True
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42 The predominant religion of the Middle East is
Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East
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43 Blank is the biggest city in the world
Tokyo
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44 Blank is the mountain range that separates Europe from Asia
Ural Mountains
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45 Name the continent that is also a country
Australia
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46 Blank blank and blank are the 3 nations of Scandinavia
``` Finland Sweden Norway Iceland Denmark ```
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47 Name 3 nations that border Russia
``` Finland Estonia Latvia Belarus Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan USA China Mongolia ```
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48 Cairo Cape Town and Kinshasa are all cities on the continent
Africa
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49 Blank and blank are the two land locked nation of South America
Bolivia | Paraguay
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50 List as many nations of the world where English is predominant language
The sun never sets on the English empire there are a lot
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51 Blank is the capitol of China
Beijing
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52 Blank blank and blank are all nations that border China
South Asia
52
53 Teheran is the capital of
Iran
53
54 Islamabad and Karachi are major cities in which Central Asia nations
Pakistan
54
55 Mt Whitney is the highest point in lower 48 states which state
California
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56 The canal that allows for fast shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean is called the blank
Panama Canal
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57 The canal that connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea is called the blank
Suze canal
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58 Buenos Aires Montevideo Lima and bogota are all cities on which continent
South America
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59 Hong Kong Singapore Mumbai and bator are all cities on which continent
Asia
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60 The prime meridian runs through which British city
Greenwich England
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61 What Middle Eastern nations are currently embroiled in war or civil unrest
Middle eastern nations embroiled in civil unrest Middle East 2014 chaos and regional wars
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62 True or false Timbuktu is a real place
True

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