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GEO Semester 2 Final
GEO Semester 2
Question | Answer |
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site of worst nuclear accident ever | Chernobyl |
father of Communism | Karl Marx |
nation once known as Ottoman Empire | Turkey |
popular crop in Africa | peanuts |
Israel was created out of what former country? | Palestine |
world's highest mountain | Mt. Everest |
Russia's 2nd largest city | St. Petersburg |
nation created out of Pakistan | Bangladesh |
leader of Iraq until 2003 | Saddam Hussein |
Jewish nation in Middle East | Israel |
Gaddafi led nation until he was overthrown and killed | Libya |
most popular baseball team in Japan | Tokyo Giants |
flag grassland of tropical weathered region | savanna |
world leader in fight against AIDS | Uganda |
2 key cities in Egypt | Cairo and Alexandria |
U.S. bombed these two cities to end WWII | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
U.S. helped this nation in 1991 war vs. Iraq | Kuwait |
led solidarity movement in Poland | Lech Walesa |
loser of Chinese Civil War; fled and founded Taiwan | Chiang Kai-shek |
military takeover | coup |
nuclear energy program is concern for rest of world | North Korea |
he broke non-agression pact with Stalin | Adolf Hitler |
England sent prisoners there due to overcrowding | Australia |
leader of 1917 Russian Revolution | Vladimir Lenin |
protected by DMZ border | South Korea |
huge oil industry; 9/11 hijackers from there | Saudi Arabia |
1st Black President of South Africa | Nelson Mandela |
China produces 80% of their products | Wal Mart |
area of great tectonic activity | Ring of Fire |
Poland's dominant religion today? Why? | Catholic due to the Holocaust |
nations is 2x size of California; 1/7 Africa's population | Nigeria |
nation known as "Little Russia" | Ukraine |
when non-whites were segregated in South Africa | apartheid |
why is Dead Sea "dead"? | vast minerals in water |
world's 6th largest country | Australia |
Camp David Accords were between what 2 nations? | Egypt and Israel |
brightly colored scarf worn like dress | sari |
year of Sydney Olympic games | 2000 |
Australia's 3 key cities in the Urban Rim | Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne |
country has grown due to promotion of tourism | Nepal |
original inhabitants of Australia | Aborigines |
5 castes of India | Brahmans, Vaisyas, Sudras, Kshatriyas, Untouchables |
produces 1/4 of the world's kiwi | New Zealand |
Hindu nation created out of India | Pakistan |