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Geography midterm1

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makes up the greatest part of mexico   mexican plateau  
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mexican pop.   109 million  
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what is a mestizo   mixed european and indian  
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per capita in mexico   13,000  
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border of US and mexico   rio grande  
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northern climate in mexico   semiarid  
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southern climate in mexico   tropical  
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most important resource in mexico   silver  
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largest indian group in mexico   mayan  
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name mexico comes from   aztec  
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conquistador who conqueres the aztec   hernando cortes  
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tenochitalan was renamed   mexico city  
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spanish farm   hacienda  
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% of US factories in mexico   66  
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4 parts of Latian America   Mexico central america carribean islands, south america  
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how did central america form   plate tectonics  
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number of countries in central america   7  
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3 important crops in centeral america   coffe, bananas, and cocoa beans  
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year for central america independence   1821  
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central american countries united to form....   united provence of cental america  
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english speaking country in central america   bolivia  
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what is ecotourism   preserves trees and attracts people  
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central american country with largest pop   guatemala  
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guatemala indians were...   mayan  
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economy of guatemala is based on   coffe  
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hurrican that damaged central america   mitch  
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called banana republic   honduras  
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smallest country in central america   el salvador  
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largest and poorest country in central america   nicaragua  
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most stable country in CA   cost rica  
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what is an archipelago   chain of islands  
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started to build pananma canal   France  
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finished and fixed panama canl   US  
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miles across panama canal   40  
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hours to travel panama canal   8  
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4 islands in greater antilles   jamaica cuba, hispanola, puerto rico  
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3 parts of triangle trade   carribean, africa, europe  
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trade orginization in carribean   caricom  
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largest island in carribean   cuba  
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3 cuban crops   tobacco, sugar, coffee  
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country US recieved after the spanish-american war   puerto rico  
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cuban dictator   fidel castro  
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attempt to overthrow castrow   bay of pigs  
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stand off over soviet missle   cuban missle crisis  
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2 countries in hispanola   dominican rempublic and haiti  
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poorest country in carribean   nicaragua  
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fastest growing economy in carribean   dominican republic  
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leading sugar producer in carribean   jamica  
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highest per capita in carribean   29,000  
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number of countries in lesse antilles   8  
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2 cash crops in lesser antilles   sugar cane, bananas  
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highest waterfall in s america   angle falla  
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rain forest in s america   amazon  
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driest desert in s america   atacama desert  
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warm current caused problems in SA   el nino  
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country with copper inSA   chile  
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country with oil in SA   venezuela  
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exports most bananas in SA   equador  
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exports beef in SA   argentina  
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leading coffee in SA   brazil  
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trade orginization in SA   mercosur  
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2 men who freed SA   Simon Boliviar and Jose de Sanmartin  
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what is carnival   mardi gras  
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laargest city in SA   Sao Paulo, Brazil  
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English country in SA   guyana  
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dutch country in SA   suriname  
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french country in SA   french guiana  
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island prison in SA   devil's island  
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economy of columbia   coffee, emeralds, and cocaine  
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why is cocaine a good crop   brings in twice as muchas coffee, and grows four times a year instead of once  
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venezuela means   little venice  
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what is OPEC   orgenization of petrolium exporting countries  
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largest country in SA   Brazil  
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Fertile plains called in SA   pampas  
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longest country in SA   chile  
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crops sold to US in winter months of SA   grapes  
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Most isolated islands   easter islands  
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Indians in peru   inca  
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peru has the best   fishing  
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ecuador islands   galapagos  
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galapagos means   saddle  
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poorest country in SA   bolivia  
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US/CANADA makes up what % of NA   80  
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what is located on the fall line   piedmont and costal plain boundries`  
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oldest mountians in Amer   appala  
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highest mountains in amer   rockies  
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longest mountian in amer   rockies  
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eastern mountains in amer   appalachian  
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continential divide mount   rockies  
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main climate of canada   subarticc  
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only climate not found in US   ice cap  
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plants and animals form   ecosystem  
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groups of ecosystem   biome  
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canada is the world leader of   wood  
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low quality paper   newsprint  
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north america has more than any continent   fresh water  
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canada's most important waterway   st lawrence  
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the st lawrence connects   atlantic to lake ontorio  
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% of coal in US   25  
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% of oil imported bu the US   50  
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amount traded a day between Canada and US   over 1 billio  
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difference bteween FTA and NAFTA   fta-canada and US Nafta-us, canada, mexico  
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pop of US   305 million  
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growth rate of US   .6  
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literacy rate of US   99%  
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number of religions in US   1200`  
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largest increase of peopl in the US in the nest 50 years   mexican  
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3 countries claiming land in the US   England France Spain  
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pop density in US`   80km^2  
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5 largest cities in the US   New york, LA, Chicago, Houston, philly  
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industrial region of US   northeast  
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what is a megalopolis   group of citites that have grown into one large built up area  
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economy in midwest   farming  
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number of mississippi tributaries   250  
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number of states the Mississippi runs through   31  
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2 belts in the midwest   corn and dairy  
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state ranks 1 in corn   iowa  
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state ranks1 in dairy   wisconson  
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% of wood in the south   33  
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2 crops in south   cotton and tobacco  
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new southern industry   auto  
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largest area in US   west  
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belt in the west   wheat  
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aquefer in west   ogallala  
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leading agriculture state   california  
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what is a dead zone   chemicals wash into the water killing animals and plants  
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what is gentification   rich people buying run down houses, restoring them, which raises taxes in the poor areas  
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what is a trade deficit   in import more than export  
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largest country in the world   russia  
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2nd largest country   canada  
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capitol of canada   ottowa  
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what does bilingual mean   able to speak two languages fluentley  
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population of canada   33 million  
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per capita of canada   35,000  
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number of lakes in canasa   3 million  
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% of canada covered by forest   50  
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another name for inuit   eskimo  
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viking explorer in newfoundland   john cabot  
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sea route through canada   northwest water passage  
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1 french explorer in canada   jacques cartier  
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1 french colony in canada   quebec city  
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what drove british loyalist to canada   american revolution  
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head of state in canada   queen elizabeth  
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true leader of canada   governor general  
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4 atlantic provinces   prince edward island, newfoundland, new brunswick, nova scotia  
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2 provinces in the heartland   quebec and ontario  
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3 prairie provinces   alberta, sakasewean, manitoba  
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3 territory   yukon, nunavat, northwest  
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inuit territory   nunavut  
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3 economic activities in canada   torism, mining, fishing  
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european pop   129 millioj  
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k=mountains that seperate Europe and Asia   urals  
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smallest country in europe   vatican city  
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imaginary line that separates east and west europe   iron curtain  
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5 peninsulas   balkan, italian, jutland, iberian, scandinavian  
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europe's 2 main rivers   danube and rhine  
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3 climates in europe   west, interior, south mediterranian  
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3 types of forest and area   tempeate, boreal, meditteranian scrub  
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thrade union in europe   european union  
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type of currency in europe   euros  
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2 countries in british isles   united kingdom and ireland  
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4 parts of the united kingdom   scotland, wales, england, north ireland  
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having different culture ifflence the country   sequent occupancy  
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controlling other countries   imperialism  
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% of the world britian controlle during imperialism`   25  
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3 reasons the industrial revolution started in europe   coal/iron, population, transportation  
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year of irish potatoe famin   1845  
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caused irish potatoe famine   fungus  
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how long dod te irish potatoe famine last   7  
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fast growing economy   celtic tiger  
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north ireland is called   ulster  
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catholic terrorist group   IRA  
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religion in France   catholic  
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capitol of france   paris  
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2 things france ranks number 1 in   wine and tourism  
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3 benelux countries   belguim, netherlands,luxembourg  
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netherland means   lowland  
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used to hold water back   dike  
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land reclaimed   polder  
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belguim capitol   brussels  
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brussels is the headquarter of   e.u. and NATO  
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luxembouge per capita ranks`   3  
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biggest industry in luxembourg   steel  
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5 scandinavian countries   norway, sweden, denmark, iceland, finland  
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norway sweden and denmark formed   union of kalmar  
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norway is europe's leading   fishing company  
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sweden's religion   lutheren  
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sweden's economy   socialism  
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sweden ranks 3rd in   wood  
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denmark's peninsula   jutland  
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island controlled by denmark   greenland  
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% ice in greenland   85`  
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people in greenland   eskimos  
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iceland is this type of island   volcanoe  
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number of volcanoes in iceland   200  
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number of glaciers in iceland   100  
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finland had the worlds 2nd largest   wood  
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northern part of norway, sweden, and finland,   lapland  
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people of lapland   sami  
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# of reindeer   200,000  
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germany's pop   83 million  
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number of german states   16  
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german capitol   berlin  
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2 most powerful state in germany   Austria and hasburg  
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during industrial revolution, germany spent on   military  
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european alliances against the germans created a   balance of power  
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german political party   nazi  
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hitler invaded   poland  
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divided west and east berlin   soviet union  
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the fall of the berlin wall ended the   cold war  
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germany GNP ranks   4th  
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1 out of 7 germans are employed in   auto  
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3 alpine countries   austria, liechinstein, switzerland  
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austrian family   asburg  
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defeated austria   prussia  
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river liechtenstein is located on   rhine  
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leichenstein per capita renak   2nd  
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% of sweden's pop that skies   33  
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how many officaial languages in sweden   4  
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sweden's policy toward war   neutral  
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swiss guards protect   VATICAN  
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swiss biggest industry   chocolate  
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3 parts of soviet treaties   military bases, communist, makes products  
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imaginary land   iron curtain  
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poland's capitol   warsaw  
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number of jews in warsaw   500,000  
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jews were forced to live in a   ghetto  
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number of jews who dies in the ghetto   10,000  
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how many weeks was the ghetto revolt   5  
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number who dies in the revolt   60,000  
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how many partitions of poland   3  
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3 baltic states   estonia,lativa, lithuania  
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part of russia on the baltic   kaliningrad  
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hugary's capitol   budapest  
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largest greek island   crete  
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main crops in greece   grapes and olives  
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a former soviet republic   moldove  
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66% of moldova's pop are   romanian  
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country created after WWII   yugoslavia  
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yugosavian dictator   tito  
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tito type of govermetn   communist  
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6 countries that formed after yugosavia collapsed   bosnia, croatia, slovenia, macedonia, serbia, montengro  
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difference between latitude and longitude   latitude measures left to right  
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3 ways to make a map projection   cylindrical- a cyclinder wraps around a globe conic- a cone fits on top of a globle flat-plane-appears to touch one point of a globe  
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how are inner planets different fro outer   inner-small and rocky outer-large and gaseous  
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explain the water cycle   water is evaporated, condenstation, precipitaion  
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how have continents driffted apart   continential drift- plates slowly move, so it forces the conteninets to detatch  
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explain what happens when plates move   rift valleys, trenches, volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes  
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difference between secondary and tertiary industries   secondary-use raw matierials to produce or manufacture something new teritiary- provide services to people and buissnesses  
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difference between capitolisma and command   capitolism-buissnisses, industries, and resources are privatley owned command-gov. decides what to produce, where to make it, and price of charge  
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give an example of natural,cultural, and geometric boundries   natural-rio grande cultural-north ireland geometric-canada and US  
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3 belts in the US   corn, wheat, dairy  
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what is th difference between the head of state and real ruler of canada   head of state-queen of england real ruler-governor general  
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northern mexico and how it effects US   has 2000 factories and 66% belong to US and 70% is exportes to US  
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explain how eco tourism works   countries keep unique sites like waterfalls and rainforests for tourism and use it for the economy  
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why did the french stop building the panama canal   so many people had died and there were diseases  
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explain cuban missle crisis   soviet union and US stand off during the cold war  
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why do colombians grow cocaine instead of coffee   cocaine brings in twice as much money and it grows four times fater  
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explain irish potoatoe famine   1845 cause by fungus and lasted 7 years  
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explain how ntherlands formed   formed with dike and poder system which was a way to reclaim land from the sea  
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where is lapland and why is it unique   across norway, finland, and swedem-has 200,000 reindeer.economy is reindeer and tourism  
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discuss the berlin wall   divided east and west berlin and when it fell it ended the cold war  
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discuss the warsaw ghetto revolt   60,00 died, polish jews uprising  
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explain break up of yugosolvia   after dictator tito died 6 countires broke off  
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genocide of kosova   miloservic sent in troops for the genocide, the EU tried to help. milodevio was arrested and died in jail  
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study of the earth   geology  
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age of the earth   5 billion years  
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3 layers of the earth   core, mantle, crust  
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2 metals in the core   iron, nickle  
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84% of earth   mantle  
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crust makes up what %   1  
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upper mantle and crust make up   lithosphere  
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temperature in core   11.000  
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melted rock is called   magma  
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number of active volcanoes   1,500  
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one landmass   pangea  
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3 continents in Laurasia   north america, europe, asia  
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4 continents in Gondwana   antartica, australia, south america, Africa  
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crust divided into plates   plate tectonics  
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number of plates   20  
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plates move how much a year   1 INCH  
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2 plates move apart   sea floor spreading  
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2 plaes move toward eachother   colide  
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2 plates collide form a   island and mountain  
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2 plates slide   lateral  
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what happens with lateral plates   earthquakes  
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area with active volcanoes   ring of fire  
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changes landforms   weathering  
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3 causes for weathering   water, wind, glaciers  
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% of fresh water in the great lakes   20  
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60 times more water if found   underground  
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underground lake   aquifer  
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aqueffer between texas and south dakota   ogallala  
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% of pop that do not have fresh water   30  
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any material used from earth   natural resource  
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3 nonrewnewable resources   oil, coal, mineral  
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% forest on earth   21  
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destrection of forest   deforestation  
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3 fossil fuels   coal, petrolium, natural gas  
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dirtiest fossil fuel   coal  
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top oil producer   saudi arabia  
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% of oil US imports   60  
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cleanest fossil fuel   natural gas  
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alternative energy that can create the most   uranium  
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4 alternative renewable resources   hydropower, geothermal,wind, solar energy  
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atudy of population   demography  
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average person per square mile   population density  
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3 pop clusters   china, europe, india  
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% of pop in the northern hemisphere   90  
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3 things cause pop change   birth rate, death rate, migration  
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pop of US   305 million  
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how fast will the pop double   6.7 million in 61 years  
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world's pop   6.7 billion  
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demographic changes   high birth/death rate, high birth/death rate falls, low birth/death rate  
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study languages   demographs  
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number f languages in the world   6,500  
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% of languages will disappear in the next 100 years   90  
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most spoken language   chinese  
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number of major religion   19  
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3 groups of religion   ethic,universal, animest  
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study of how goods are produced   economy  
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4 industries   primary, day, tertiary, quaterly  
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4 primary industries   farming, hearding, forestry, fishing  
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what are secindary industries   take raw material and turn it into a product  
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another name for tertiary industries   service industry  
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what do quaternary industries do   reasearch, create new products, help the other three  
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3 typres of economires   traditional, market, command  
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traditional economies are used in   poor countries  
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traditional economies produce one   product  
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what is substinence farming   growing enough to feed your family  
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people own the resources is called   capitolism  
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economy where the gov has complete control   communism  
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command econmy are also called   GNP  
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GNP of US   12trillion  
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total value of goods produced between the border   gross domestic prodect  
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US literacy rate   99%  
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3 categories of countries   developed, developing, middle income  
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% of developed countries   25  
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per capita of developed countries   20,000  
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number of nation in the UN   192  
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2 people who created UN   rosevelt/churchill  
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