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1
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Amazon Basin

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In the same area as northern Brazil

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Amazon river

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Second longest river in about 4000 miles long. The Paraguay river meets the Amazon river near the coast of Brazil in the north. The Amazon river splits into the Negro river and the Madeira River.

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3
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The original line of the Amazon river ends in…

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Peru

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Andes mountains chain

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The Andes is about 4500 miles long and it is the worlds longest mountain range. It goes down the coast of Ecuador Peru Chile and into Argentina.

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5
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Andorra is in between…

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Andorra is in between Spain and France

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6
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Andorra’s people speak..

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Catalan

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Andorra is the worlds only…

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Co-principality

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8
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Andorra was ___ during World War II

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Neutral

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9
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Armenia is a country in..

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Asia

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10
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Armenia’s national symbol is the…

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Turkey

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11
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Apennine Peninsula is taken up by the country of…

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Italy

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12
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Brazil is the ___ country in south americas

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biggest country

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13
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How many rivers does Brazil contain?

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Five major rivers

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14
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Buenos Aires is who’s capital?

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Argentina’s

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15
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Buenos Aires is on…

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Argentina’s coast

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16
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Canopy means…

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A continuous layer of leaves

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17
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Chile lies on the-continent of…

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South America

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18
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Chile borders…

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Argentina Bolivia and Peru

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19
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Dutch is spoken in…

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Mainly only in the Netherlands

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20
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Ecaudor borders…

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Columbia and Peru

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21
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Ecuador’s main languages are __ and it’s capital is ___

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Spanish and Quechua

Quito

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22
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Equator passes through…

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Ecuador Colombia and Brazil

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23
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Gabriel Garcia Moreno is a —- novelist

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Columbian

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Hinduism

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A religion common in the West Indies and coastal areas of South America

25
Q

Honduras borders the countries of

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Guatemala El Salvador And Nicaragua

26
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Capital of Honduras is

A

Tegucigalpa

27
Q

Hungarian people come from—- and speak—-

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Hungary and speak Hungarian

28
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Iberian peninsula contains…

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The countries of Portugal Spain in the Pyerenees mountains

29
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Isthmus of Panama is the…

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Narrow strip of land that forms the link in Central America between North American South America

30
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Italian can be used to describe…

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People from Italy in the language spoken by Italians

31
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Liechtenstein is a…

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Country who’s capital is Vaduz

32
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Lake balaton is in…

A

Hungary

33
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Lake como is in…

A

Italy

34
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Lake Geneva is in…

A

Switzerland

35
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Lake Maracaibo is in

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Venezuela

36
Q

Lake titicaca is in…

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South America in Bolivia

37
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Malta

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Is in Europe

38
Q

Malta’s people speak..

A

Maltese and English

39
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Mediterranean is

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The name of a sea or can referred to the countries on the coast by the Mediterranean sea

40
Q

Mexican plateau is in

A

Mexico

41
Q

Mexico has people called___ and common languages are___

A

Mexicans

Spanish and native American

42
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Mississippi River

A

Leads into the Gulf of Mexico

43
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Paraguay River leads to

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The start of the Amazon river

44
Q

Paraguay River crosses through he countries of…

A

Argentina Paraguay Bolivia and Brazil

45
Q

Paraná river meets the

A

Uruguay and Paraguay rivers

46
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Patagonia is in

A

Europe

47
Q

Populated rim of South America is by the

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Caribbean sea

48
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Prime meridian passes through

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The United Kingdom France and Spain in Europe

49
Q

Scandinavian peninsula contains

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Finland Sweden and Norway

50
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Sierra madre occidental is a mountain range in

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Mexico

51
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Spain main language is

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Spanish Catalan Galician basque

52
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Tierra caliente is

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The heartland that lies at elevations between C level in 2500 feet

53
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Tierra fría

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Is the Cold land where frost are common during winter months

54
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Tierra templada

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Is the temperature land that lies between 2500 feet in 6500 feet

55
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Tropic of cancer

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Passes through northern West Indies islands and Mexico

56
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Tropic of Capricorn’s

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Passes through chili Bolivia Paraguay and Brazil

57
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Uruguay River passes through

A

Uruguay

58
Q

Vatican City is where the ___ lives

A

Pope

59
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The country in Europe with no capital is…

A

Vatican City

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