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The _________ established a great empire centuries ago in Cambodia.   Khmer  
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Who was the leader of the Mongols who invaded China in 1206?   Genghis Khan  
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Hinduism was originally based on the social practices of the   Aryans  
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The Egyption sun god was   Re  
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What term refers to agriculture practiced mostely to feed ones household   subsistence farming  
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what word means where one place is in comparisn to another place   relative location  
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what wor means the exact spot on earth where a place can be found   absolute location  
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the sahel region of africa is best described as   semiarid land  
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A _________ is an inherited social class   Caste  
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Who are the highly nationalistic mountain people who live in many nations, such as Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey?   Kurds  
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Which part of social studies is the study of people, places, and the environment?   geography  
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This movement begun in 1966 was intended to remove all opposition to the Communist Party in China   Cultural Revolution  
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The _____ extends more than 1,200 miles off the northeast coast of Australia.   Great Barrier Reef  
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In 1949, he became the leader of Communist China.   Mao Zedong  
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Which was the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel   Egypt  
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What is the name for recent developments in agriculture that use new seeds, fertilizers, and chemicals?   Green Revolution  
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Most of the crops grown on plantations owned by Europeans in Africa were   cash crops  
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which is the theme in the study of geography   movement  
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europeans first established trade with china by traviling the   silk road  
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what was the anciant egyption system of picture writing system   hieroglyphics  
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In western and central Africa, society is generally based on   extended family  
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Which revolt began in 1900 and was intended to rid China of all foreigners?   Boxer Rebellion  
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What is a three-day festival that marks the beginning of spring in Vietnam?   Tet  
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What is the seasonal wind that blows over the northern part of the Indian ocean?   monsoon  
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The people who came to South Asia around 1700 B.C. spoke _________.   Sanskirt  
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Who was the founder of Islam   Muhammad  
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What is the Chinese philosophy that is based on finding harmony with the "way of nature"?   Taoism  
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Who was the Mesopotamian ruler responsible for a code of strict laws   Hammurabi  
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The earliest monotheistic religion that developed in the area around Jerusalem was   Judaism  
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What family of languages was spoken centuries ago throughout India, but today is spoken mostly in the southern part   Dravidian  
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who were the first settlers in new zealand   Maori  
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Who are the two main ethnic groups in conflict in Rwanda   Hutu and Tutsi  
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Australia and New Zealand are both members of what group   Commonwealth of Nations  
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Nauru, Palau, and the Marshall Islands are all located in which region   Micronesia  
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Who was a communist leader of Vietnam's independence movement against France   Ho Chi Minh  
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What was the vast empire that included what is now Turkey and parts of Northern Africa, Southwest Asia, and Southeast Europe   Ottoman Empire  
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Which term refers to a person's ancestry being traced through the mother's family   matrilineal society  
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________ is a religion that emphasizes the principles of karma and reincarnation   Hinduism  
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The modernization of Japan took place in the 1800s during a period known as the   Meiji Restoration  
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What is the mountain range that stretches 1500 miles across south central Asia   Himalayas  
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The leader of Mali during its golden age was   Mansa Musa  
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Who was India's first woman prime minister   Indira Gandhi  
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In ancient Egypt, pyramids were built as burial places for _______.   Pharaohs  
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What word means a measure of distance north or south of the Equator   latitude  
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Long ago, what was the traditional Southeast Asian system of government with a ruler at the center of each region   mandala  
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The ancient Egyptians made writing material out of a plant called _______   papyrus  
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Before the Europeans arrived in Africa, huge trade netwoks were built based on the need of sub-Saharan Africans for   salt.  
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Which is a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean?   typhoon  
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what is the study of how people manage their resouces   economics  
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Jews, Christians, and muslims all believe that   there is only one god  
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