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Sunday: Geography Flashcards

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Name this island off the southern coast of Australia.

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Tasmania

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This range includes the Maritime Alps, and the tallest mountain in this range is Corno Grande.

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Apennines

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This range includes the Maritime Alps, and the tallest mountain in this range is Corno Grande.

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Apennines

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This region includes Tenaya Valley, and an old tradition here consisted of pushing a bonfire off a cliff in a namesake “firefall” on Glacier Point.

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Yosemite

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This city’s broadest street, called the “widest avenue in the world,” was modeled by Georges-Eugène Haussmann after the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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Buenos Aires

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Its subway system consists of eleven spoke lines connected by a 20-kilometer ring line, and some of its ornate stations are decorated with once-royal chandeliers.

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Moscow

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One of this country’s islands is also called Bird of Paradise Island, and it is home to the mud volcano system known as the Devil’s Woodyard.

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Its large cities include Toliara, Antsirabe, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa.

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Madagascar

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Delicias City and Hidalgo del Parral are other cities in this state.

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Chihuahua

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The Rodo Park is located in this city to the north of the Punta Carretas.

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Montevideo

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Hobart and Darwin are the capitals of two of its states.

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Australia

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Identify this nation named for its two major islands which lies northeast of Venezuela in the Caribbean and has its capital at Port of Spain.

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Prominent ethnic groups in this country include the Invincible and Inseparable Multitudes and the Elevated People, or Merina, and the main traditional deity of this country is Zanahary

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Madagascar

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Mountain ranges in this country include the Espinhazo, Serra do Mar and Mantiqueira while it is the owner of the archipelagos Fernando de Norhonha, Trinidade and Martim Vaz, the Rocas Atoll and Marajo Island.

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Brazil

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Also called las Islas Malvinas, identify this island group in south Atlantic that was the target of a two-year war between the Argentines and the British.

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Falkland Islands

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The Kaibab Plateau borders one part of this geological feature known as the North Rim

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Grand Canyon

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The Tiber River flows from, which mountain range, often called the “backbone of Italy”?

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Apennines

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Name this island nation with capital at Antananarivo.

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Madagascar

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These features are characterized by large drainage basins, which deposit sediment.

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Deltas

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Flowing into the Beaufort Sea, identify this river that begins at Great Slave Lake, the longest in Canada.

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Mackenzie River

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Identify this South American city whose name means “I see a mountain” and is the capital of Uruguay.

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Montevideo

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The Kakabeka Falls are located on a tributary of this body of water, the Kaministiquia River, and it is also fed by the Nipigon and St. Louis Rivers.

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Lake Superior

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The northern range of the wild Bactrian camel lies in this country, which lies north of Xinjiang and south of Tuva and which also contains the cold Gobi Desert.

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Mongolia

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As of 2007, this city’s disproportionate size led poet and philosopher Ezequiel Martínez Estrada to liken it to “The Head of Goliath.”

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Buenos Aires

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One mountin in this range is Mount Alvernia, and one subrange of this range is the Sibillini.

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Apennines

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Its eastern portion, home to the Chelif river valley, is populated by Berbers.

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Atlas Mountains

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This city’s broadest street, called the “widest avenue in the world,” was modeled by Georges-Eugène Haussmann after the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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Buenos Aires

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This city is located near the confluence of the Parana River and the Rio de la Plata, and the larger province that shares its name is characterized by flat, grass-covered plains known as the Pampas

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Buenos Aires

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Name this state, the largest in Mexico, which is home to Ciudad Juárez on the south of the Rio Grande and shares its name with a breed of dog.

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Chihuahua

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A trail that can be followed in this site travels along the Bright Angel Fault.

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Grand Canyon

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Many dolerite columns named “Organ Pipes” lie on this island’s Mount Wellington, which overlooks its largest city as well as the Derwent estuary.

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Tasmania

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Its namesake peninsula contains Port Arthur, a former settlement for convicts, and another name for it is van Dieman’s Land

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Tasmania

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Name this country of steppes with a capital at Ulan Bator that is landlocked between China and Russia.

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Mongolia

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The Liard River joins it at Fort Simpson, and the Redstone and Keele rivers enter it north of Wrigley.

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Mackenzie River

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This geological feature has a Vishnu Group that consists of the Vishnu, Brahma, and Rama Schists.

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Grand Canyon

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As of 2007, this city’s disproportionate size led poet and philosopher Ezequiel Martínez Estrada to liken it to “The Head of Goliath.”

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Buenos Aires

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Name this home of the Kremlin and capital of Russia.

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Moscow

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This home of the Bolshoi Ballet and St. Basil’s Cathedral is centered on Red Square

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Moscow

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Storm Bay and the Bay of Fires lie off the coast of this island, whose northwest contains a temperate rainforest, the Tarkine.

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Tasmania

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Name this geological feature that occurs when a river flows into a lake or ocean, which is named for the shape of the Greek letter formed by the Nile one.

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Deltas

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Its notable features include El Capitan and Half Dome

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Yosemite

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Its delta begins to form shortly before Arnheim

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Rhine River

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Name this national park located in the Sierra Nevadas of eastern California.

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Yosemite

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Russian satellite Cosmos 954 plunged into this river’s source in 1978

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Mackenzie River

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This geological feature has a Vishnu Group that consists of the Vishnu, Brahma, and Rama Schists.

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Grand Canyon

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This city is located near the confluence of the Parana River and the Rio de la Plata, and the larger province that shares its name is characterized by flat, grass-covered plains known as the Pampas

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Buenos Aires

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Its large cities include Toliara, Antsirabe, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa.

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Madagascar

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The south of this country is home to the Nullarbor Plain, which is north of its “Great Bight.

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Australia

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This river broadens to four miles in width at Norman Wells, and its water transportation routes terminate at Tuktoyaktuk, North of the Sans Sault Rapids.

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Mackenzie River

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The Sieg joins this river at Niederkassel, and the Neckar joins it after flowing past Heidelburg and Mannheim, where it turns west.

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Rhine River

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This and other broad avenues unofficially divide the city into several distinctive neighborhoods, the one of which is La Boca, now an artists’ colony.

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Buenos Aires

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This range is home to San Marino, and it ends in Calabria and runs through Umbria.

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Apennines

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Lake Khovsgol lies near this nation’s Khangai Mountains and drains north into the Selenge River.

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Mongolia

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Name this Southeast Asian nation that was reunified in 1975 after a bloody war between the communist north and U.S.-aligned south.

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Vietnam

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In 2007, a glass skywalk was opened at this site for public use

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Grand Canyon

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The peninsula that forms the southern portion of its east island is called Lafonia, and Mount Usborne is the highest peak on these islands.

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Falkland Islands

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Name this largest of the Great Lakes.

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Lake Superior

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The Canal Street, Riverfront, and (*) St. Charles Street lines are all that remains of this city’s historic streetcar system.

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New Orleans

46
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Name this island nation with capital at Antananarivo.

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Madagascar

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Rivers in this nation include the Araguaia, a tributary of the Tocantins, and its largest, the Sao Francisco, while the Iguazu Falls are formed by another.

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Brazil

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Khuiten Peak is part of the Five Saints Peaks in this nation’s section of the Altay Mountains, which form part of the northwestern boundary of this nation.

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Mongolia

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This geographical feature was once home to its continent’s only native bear species, now extinct.

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Atlas Mountains

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The Bay of Antongil is located on this country’s east coast, and the island of Nosy-Be in this country was a stop on the Russian Baltic Fleet’s journey to Japan.

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Madagascar

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Name this mountain range spanning Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, named after a Greek titan who held up the sky.

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Atlas Mountains

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Called Gichigami in Ojibwe, the Mesabi Iron Range is to its northwest, and its western terminus is at Duluth, Minnesota

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Lake Superior

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This nation’s capital includes the Temple of the Trung Sisters and is located on the Red River.

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Vietnam

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This nation’s capital city was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin.

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Australia

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This range is home to San Marino, and it ends in Calabria and runs through Umbria.

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Apennines

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The Battle of Teutoburg Forest established it as the Roman northern frontier, and its namesake crisis occurred when Adolphe Thiers discussed making it a border

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Rhine River

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The Kaibab Plateau borders one part of this geological feature known as the North Rim

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Grand Canyon

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In 2007, a glass skywalk was opened at this site for public use

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Grand Canyon

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The Jason Islands lie northwest of the main group of this political entity.

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Falkland Islands

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A giant sandstone formation in this country is called Uluru by its aboriginal inhabitants, and is also known as Ayers Rock

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Australia

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Name this city south of Lake Ponchartrain whose Lower Ninth Ward was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and whose French Quarter is famous for Mardi Gras.

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New Orleans

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Treme is a notable African-American neighborhood in this city, and the old red-light district was known as Storyville.

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New Orleans

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Name this capital of Argentina.

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Buenos Aires

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Its namesake capital is found in the Sierra Madre Occidental and is home to Quinta Luz, a former home of Pancho Villa.

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Chihuahua

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One mountin in this range is Mount Alvernia, and one subrange of this range is the Sibillini.

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Apennines

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The Porcupine Mountains are to its south, and Copper Island is an extension of Keweenaw Peninsula in this feature.

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Lake Superior

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Name this geological feature of northern Arizona that was created by the Colorado River.

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Grand Canyon

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This is the equivalent of an alluvial fan located in water.

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Deltas

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The Tiber River flows from, which mountain range, often called the “backbone of Italy”?

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Apennines

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It is separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait and its capital is Hobart

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Tasmania

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This city’s Garden Ring is a series of roads which follow the path of sixteenth-century fortifications.

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Moscow

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The Arafura Sea is directly north of this country’s Gulf of Carpenteria

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Australia

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Name this geological feature of northern Arizona that was created by the Colorado River.

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Grand Canyon

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Gratham Sound divides the island group in half, and Port Louis served as the former capital of these islands, but since 1845 the capital had been located in Stanley.

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Falkland Islands

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This city is home to a theater whose ballet company premiered Spartacus and a church whose many sanctuaries are each toped with onion domes.

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Moscow

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This state’s natural features include the Basaseachic waterfall and Copper Canyon

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Chihuahua

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This and other broad avenues unofficially divide the city into several distinctive neighborhoods, the one of which is La Boca, now an artists’ colony.

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Buenos Aires

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Manitou and Madeline are among the Apostle Islands in this lake, which drains via the St. Marys River and also contains Isle Royale.

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Lake Superior

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Name this country whose largest cities include Salvador, Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazil

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Prominent ethnic groups in this country include the Invincible and Inseparable Multitudes and the Elevated People, or Merina, and the main traditional deity of this country is Zanahary

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Madagascar

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Containing the Draa valley, its “Tell” subrange contains the Er-Rif region, while its “Anti” range connects to the “High” range via Mount Siroua.

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Atlas Mountains

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It is found between Coahulia on its east, Durango on its south, and Sinaloa and Sonora on its west.

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Chihuahua

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The Keo Nua Pass in this country is one of the few passes through the Annamese Cordillera (CORE-dee-YARE-uh).

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Vietnam

95
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This country celebrates Arrival Day for its substantial Indian minority.

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Name this capital of Argentina.

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Buenos Aires

97
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A war including the Battle of Caudine Forks, the Samnite wars, took place in this mountain range

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Apennines

99
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Suburbs of this city include Gretna and Kenner.

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New Orleans

100
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The imperial citadel of Dai Noi is found in this country’s onetime capital Hue (hway)

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Vietnam

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A trail that can be followed in this site travels along the Bright Angel Fault.

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Grand Canyon

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With its highest peak at Jbeb Toubkal, 60 kilometers south of Marrakesh, it is bordered to the south by the Sahara Desert.

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Atlas Mountains

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This country contains the asphalt deposit of Pitch Lake, and the major island of this nation is separated from the South American coast by the Gulf of Patria.

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Trinidad and Tobago

104
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This park is near a cliff of polygonal basalt columns, Devils Postpile National Monument, and it includes Bridalveil Fall.

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Yosemite

105
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his city’s namesake department is bordered by Canelones on the north and San Jose on the northwest

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Montevideo

106
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Name this river of West Germany.

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Rhine River

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This geological feature retreats in a process known as transgression, and it can grow outward and upward in progradation and aggradation, respectively.

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Deltas

108
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Caroni Swamp is the home of the national bird of this country, the scarlet ibis

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Trinidad and Tobago

110
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To the west of this city, the Santa Lucia River empties into an isthmus formed by the Rio de la Plata.

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Montevideo

111
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With its highest point at Neblina Peak, this nation is the source for both the Uruguay and Parana Rivers

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Brazil

112
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This feature can be described as cuspate, arcuate, bird-foot, or estuarine.

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Deltas

113
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Its namesake, discovering that it did not terminate in Cook Inlet, dubbed it “Disappointment River” after exploring from a trading post of Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca

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Mackenzie River

114
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A war including the Battle of Caudine Forks, the Samnite wars, took place in this mountain range

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Apennines

115
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Its namesake (*) falls drop into the Merced River, and, like Sequoia National Park, its creation was instigated by John Mui

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Yosemite

116
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It contains Cradle Mountain and its tallest point is at Mount Ossa

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Tasmania

117
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This city has a “sister city” relationship with the seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, with which it shares its name.

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Montevideo

118
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Deserts in this country include the Gibson, Great Sandy, and Great Victoria.

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Australia

119
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The Treaty of Versailles declared the area around it a demilitarized zone, and it flows past Bonn and Cologne on its way to the North Sea.

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Rhine River

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