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GEO Semester 2 Final
GEO Semester 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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