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| Wht narrow body of water separates the Iberian Peninsula from North America? | Strait of Gibraltar
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| What city do both he Muslims and the Jews claim as a holy city? | Jerualem
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| What is the main product exported from the Arabian Peninsula? | oil
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| What body of water separates Great Britain from coninental Europe? | north sea
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| On what Parallel were North and South Korea divided? | 38th
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| What continent is considered the birthplace of civilization? | Europe
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| What plateau known as the "roof of the world"? | (blank)
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| What tiny European country is the world's smallest indepndent state? | vatican city
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| What country is spread over thousands of islands in the Maylay Archpeligo? | Asia
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| What are the four major political divisions of the United Kingdom? | Europe, Scotand, Wales, Nothern Ireland
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| Which country occupies the Jutland Peninsula? | Denmark
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| What is the world's oldest republic? | (blank)
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| A person that is skilled in displaing eograpic inforation on maps and globes is called? | cartography
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| What country is known as th Emerald Isle? | Ireland
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| Indiansociety is based on what system? | the Caste system: a srict division of socil classes
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| Largest city in the world basd on population | (blank)
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| Name the Baltic states | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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| The hightest peak in Europe | Mount Elbrus
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| The world's largest pininsua | Arabian peninsula
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| Capital of Greece | Athens
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| I which German city did the communsts build a wall to keep people from escaping tofreedom? | Berlin
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| Land that has been taken from the sea by using dams, dikes, and windmills to drain the water | Poler
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| 1/4 of this country's land is polder | netherlands
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| What area is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"? | ferile crescent
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| Capital of Iraq | Baghdad
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| Captal of Russia | Moscw
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| Capital of Spain | Madrid
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| A narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses | (blank)
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| Name the 7 continents | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrlia
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| Name the 4 oceans | Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian
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| The Pri Meridian runs through the ____ in Greenwich England | Royal Observatory
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| a triangular-shaped landform where a river fans out into smalle streams before it reaches the ocean | delta
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| What is the difference between weather an climate? | weather involves he changs that take plac in th lower part of the earths atmosphere in a short period of time. Climate involves certain patterns of weather which occur over a long perioof tme in a particuar region
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| The side of a mountain tat receivesthe precipitaion is called | (blank)
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| The side of the mountain that remains relatively dry is called? | the Leeward side
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| the single mos important factor in culture | religion
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| this form of government means 'ruled by God' | Theocracy
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| The USA has this form of Governmet meaning "ruled by the people" | Democracy
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| the earth's largest and highest mountain range | Himalayas
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| Lowest point on land | Dead Sea
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| the modern state of Isrel was created in what year? | 1948
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| What does PLOstand for? | Palisinian Liberation Organazation
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| What is the name of the nomadic arabs in the Middle East that make their home in the desert and migrate with their sheep an goats? | Bedouins
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| The world's largest lake | Caspian sea
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| This country has more live stock than any other in the world | india
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| the only country in Asia where Catolicism is the majority religion | hilippines
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| Europe's longest river | Volga
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| This city in Italy is known for its canals | Venice
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| know where places are on the maps. | (blank)
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