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Where is Marseilles located?
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France

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What is a name for a landform that is completely sorrounded by water.
Definition
Island
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on Which landmark is the Gulf of Mexico located, (N,S,E,W,SE,NE,SW,NW,).
Definition
North
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On what ocean is the Baffin Island Located and what longituded and latitude.
Definition
Artic Ocean
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In which direction is the country Iraq (N,S,E,W).
Definition
West
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What Sea is in between Turkey and Israel.
Definition
Red Sea
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What ocean is in between the U.S and S.A
Definition
Atlantic Ocean
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What is the name of Earths 8th Continent before they knew it was myth?
Definition
Atlantis
Term
Where would you be at 0 degrees latitude and 0 deree longitide?
Definition
South Pole
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Where would you be if you were at 18 degrees latitude and -18 derees longitude?
Definition
Uganda
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what is the longest River in the world and runs for 4,132 Miles and (6,650 Km) and has 4 cities. It also has 3 Bridges.
Definition
Nile River (Africa)
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What is the 2nd longest river in the world that runs for over 3,977 Miles and (6,400Km)
Definition

Amazon River

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On what continent is the region of bosnia located
Definition
Europe
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Where is the Region of Tanzania Located.
Definition
Africa
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What latitude and longitude is brazil located at.
Definition
North
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Where is the liberian desert.
Definition
Libya
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What river is the 3rd longest river in the world, that is (3,195 Miles) and (6,380 Km).
Definition
Yangtze River.
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What is the fourth largest river in the world, that is (3,900 Miles) and (6,300 Km). 98.5 % of this river is located in the U.S.
Definition
Mississippi River
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What is the name of the fivth largest river in the world. That is (3,445 Miles) and (5,539 Km), this river includes several dams.
Definition
Yenisei River.
Term
what is the sixth largest river in the worl that equals (3,010 Miles) and (4,845 Km)
Definition
Yellow River
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In what area is the Arabian Desert Found.
Definition
Africa
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In what land area is the worlds smallest island found.
Definition
East
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What is the name of the seventh largest river in the world. That is (3,364 Miles long) and (5,410 Km)
Definition
Ob-Irtysh River.
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What is the name of the Eighth Largest River in the World. That is (2,922 Miles long) and (4,700 Km)
Definition
Congo River
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What is the name of the ninth largest river in the world.that is (2,700 Miles) and (2825 Km)
Definition
Amur River
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What is the name of the Tenth Largest Rver in the World that measures up to (2,800 Miles) and (4,400 Km)
Definition
Lena River
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Which present day nation would you expect to find descendents of bantu
Definition

Cameroon, Sudan, Congo, Kenya, Angola,

Botswana, Etc.

Term
If the Great vallet is still wideing in Africa what 5 lakes might affected by the sea form. 
Definition
Lake Nyasa,Lake tanganyika,Lake Edward,Lake Albert,Lake victoria.
Term
What countries include a marine west coast.
Definition
S.A,Lesotho,Swaziland
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Why was the Sahel  a keyhole region in the ancient world.
Definition
Trade routes between Africa and the Med Sea.
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What crops can be grown in S Nigeria.
Definition
Cocoa trees, oil plants, rubber trees, and peanuts
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What Problems does the D.R.C face.
Definition
trying to devolop peace to pretect people
Term
how have natiolns along africas coast taken the advantage of the location over centuries.
Definition
They used their location to devolop trade routes and economy.
Term
How have the Coups played a part in the Govermental history of this time in this region.
Definition
Coups Threatened the Esteblished of the Gov and made the economy development difficult.
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What new econmic practice is find success in Africa
Definition
to organize local resources and develop micro buisness.
Term
What are the causes of Nigeria's problem.
Definition
Lack of unity and weak central Gov.
Term
List 4 features that become symbols of kenya.
Definition

Rolling Savanna Lands

Highland coffee Plantations

Nomadic Masai people

Spectacular national parks

Term
Why is loation such a great asset to the nations of the horn of Africa. 
Definition
It is between the oil supplies of the Middle East and the shipping lanes of the Med Sea. 
Term
What is the cause of conflict in Sudan
Definition
here is Strife Between the mulims and the Christians
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What changes did the English Railroad bring to Kenya.
Definition
The new Capitol city was Nairobi and it encouraged the settlement in the Central Highlands.
Term
What was the result of the Kenya Challenge of the British in the 1950's.
Definition
the Kenyans were Defeated cause they got a new leader the people emerged in Jomo Kenyatta.
Term
What shift has taken place in the Gov of Tanzania
Definition
The Gov has Abonded Sociliasm for Democracy
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How did a white minority come to gain power in predomianyly black populated South Africa.
Definition
Through a long period of migration into black migration and taking ober the landsfrom blacks.
Term
Give 2 reasons for the change in the White South African Gov's policy toward Black South African. 
Definition
Forgein Gov's imposed sanctions and Blacks applied pressure through protests.
Term
What is the name of the imaginary line in the center of the Earth.
Definition
Equator
Term
What are the names of the Earths 4 largest Oceans.
Definition
Artic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Term
How many Contigeous States are there
Definition
48
Term
What is the features of the temperate climate.
Definition
Some rain and its Cold.
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Is the Tropic of Cancer North or South of the Equator. 
Definition
South
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What are the names of the 7 Continents on earth
Definition
Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Antartica.
Term
What is the Name of a landform that is completely sorrounded by water.
Definition
Island
Term
What Changes took in South Africa after the Presidential Election of F.W de Klerk.
Definition

Nelson Mandela was Freed From Prison  Apartheid Was Repealed

Black South Africans were allowed to Vote.

Term
What is the southern most point in the world called
Definition
South Pole
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What are three Capes near the Cape of good hope.
Definition
Cape Cod, Cape Horn and Cape Haze
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What is a Cape.
Definition
A shallow Ocean between two lands.
Term
How does Proximity to the Republic of South Africa affect the countries of Malawi and Botswana
Definition
Both Countries have strong Economic ties to South Africa
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What are three ways in which the Southern African countries of Angola and Mozambique share a similar past.
Definition

Both were portugese Colonies

Both Won independece in 1975

Both adopted Communism

Both have suffered in Civil Wars.

Term
What is a defenition od the Gulf of Aden.
Definition
an arm of a Sea or Ocean Partly Enclosed by land, larger than a bay
Term
What is a part of a map that tells where everything is.
Definition
Key
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What line measures the distance East and West of the Prime Meridean
Definition
Longitude
Term
What city label would be next to the star symbol in the State of Texas
Definition
Austin
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Which Pole is not located on a Continent/Map
Definition
North Pole
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In which part of the U.S. is Washington Located
Definition
Eastern
Term
What two Continents are located on a single landmass.
Definition
Asia/E.U
Term
What direction would you travel to get to North Carolina from South Dakota
Definition
South East
Term
What are the 4 Times Zones found in the U.S.
Definition
(Mountain, Central, Eastran, Pacific)
Term
What is the name of the Island off the Coast of the Red Sea
Definition
Baffin island
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What sea is bordered by Europe, Africa and Asia
Definition
Artic Ocean
Term
If you include Minnesota, Louisiana, Alaska and Hawaii, how many states are west of the Mississippi River
Definition
14
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What does the circle with a star mean on a map

 

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capital
Term
What lines measure distances from either side of the equator
Definition
lines of latitude
Term
List the 5 Great Lakes
Definition
Huron, Erie, Michigan, Ontario and Superior
Term
What continents touch the 70 degree W line of longitude
Definition
Antartica, North America, and South America
Term
What is the capital of Switzerland
Definition
Zurich
Term
What do green areas on a physical map usually mean
Definition
Grassy plains
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What is the name of the largest bay in the world
Definition
Bay of Bengal
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Is the Artic Circle closer the the equator of the South Pole
Definition
Equator
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What is the capital of the country that has a border with Hungary and a coastline on the Black Sea
Definition
Bucharest, Romania
Term
What two states are not part of the contiguous United States
Definition
Alaska and Hawaii
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A state is to the United States as a ________

is to Canada

Definition
Province
Term
What line of latitude divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Definition
Equator
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What three countries in South America are in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres

 

Definition
Ecudor, Columbia and Brazil
Term
In what direction does the Missouri River flow
Definition
North to South
Term
Lake Michigan is in what direction from Lansing, Michigan
Definition
West
Term
What is the capital of Chile
Definition
Santiago
Term
Which country has more land, North America or South America
Definition
North America
Term
On what continent are the great lakes
Definition
North America
Term
What is the capital of the only state that shares part of its borders with Iaow, Nebraska, and Minnesota
Definition
Pierre, South Dakota
Term
Port-au-Prince is the capital of what country in the Caribbean
Definition
Haiti
Term
How many African countries does the equator pass through
Definition
7
Term
What is the name of the third largest ocean in the world
Definition
The Indian Ocean
Term
What is the capital of the United Kingdom
Definition
London
Term
What time zone lies between Eastern Standard and Mountain Standard time zones
Definition
Central Standard
Term

 


What is the nation that ended the apartheid system of enforced segregation in the early 1990's

Definition
South Africa, Africa
Term
What is the line of latitude called that is located at 23 degrees 30'south
Definition
tropic of capricorn
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In what ocean would you go swimming if you were in San Diego, California
Definition
Pacific Ocean
Term
What is the capital of South Carolina
Definition
Columbia
Term
What scandinavian country has the highest overall popluation
Definition
Norway
Term
Is the tropic of Cancer a parallel or meridian
Definition
Parallel
Term
What is the capital city of the Netherlands
Definition
Amsterdam
Term
Where is the Great Smokey Mountains National Park
Definition
Tennessee
Term
Khartoun is the capital of what country
Definition
Sudan
Term
What is the name of the eastern most island in the mediterranean Sea
Definition
Cypress
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What baseball team plays its home games outside of the United States
Definition
Toronto Blue Jays
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What two countries are part of the peninsula that is located west of Japan
Definition
North and South Korea
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What sea is between Vietnam and the Philippines
Definition
South China Sea
Term
What is the only state that has coastline on four of the five Great Lakes
Definition
Michigan
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What is the only Central American country that borders four other countries
Definition
Guatamela
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What sea is between Greece and Turkey
Definition
Aegean Sea
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What state has the highest average elevation
Definition
Colorado
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On what continent is the worlds longest river located
Definition
The Nile in Africa
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What is the capital of Pennsylvania
Definition
Harrisburg
Term
What is the name of the southernmost of the major Hawaiian islands
Definition
Hawaii
Term
What is the capital of Liberia
Definition
Monrovia
Term
What is the country that has a southeastern border with Mynamar
Definition
 Dhaka, Bangledesh
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What is the capital of the country whose southern neighbors are Switzlerland, Liechtenstein and Austria
Definition
Berlin, Germany
Term
What is the name of the large bay found between Maryland and Virginia
Definition
Brooklyn Bay
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On what great lake is Toledo, Ohio located
Definition
Lake Erie
Term
What state has the longest border with Alabama
Definition
Mississippi
Term
If you were in Lisbon, Portugal you would be on the coast of which ocean
Definition
Atlantic Ocean
Term
is Central America on the North or South American Contintent
Definition
North American
Term
What are the 3 countries in the world with the largest land area
Definition
Russia, Canada, U.S and China
Term
What is the capital of the State that has a Northern border with South Dakota and aSouthern Border withwith Kansas
Definition
Lincoln, NE
Term
Which hemisphere has more land the Eastern or the Western
Definition
Eastern
Term
The largest lake in the the world is located near the borderof Asia and Europe. what is its name.
Definition
Caspian Sea
Term
What is the name of the country that shares the liberian Peninsulawith Spain
Definition
Portugal
Term
Florida is a state known for its sunshine, How is sunshine anatural resource
Definition
It contributes to the economy, agriculture and tourism.
Term
Name the Geat lakes that Border Canada
Definition
Superior Lake, Erie Lake, Huron Lake, Ontario Lake
Term
Compare the way that people living on a lake might use it as a natural resource with the that people living on a ocean might use it as a natural resource
Definition
It could Provide food, recreation and income tourism
Term
What chain of islands lies between Florida and Haiti
Definition
Columbia/ Puerto Rico
Term
Rivers west of the rocky mountains flow toward the _________  Ocean
Definition
Pacific Ocean
Term
Damascus is capita of what country
Definition
North Korea and South Korea.
Term
What would be the shortest route from South America to Africa
Definition
Brazil to South Africa
Term
Which country in Africa has the Greatest Population
Definition
South Africa
Term
Find 2 large Peninsulas that touch waters of the Gulf of Mexico
Definition
Florida Peninsula, and the Yucatan Peninsula
Term
eWhat is the only human built structure that is visible from space
Definition
The Great Wall of China
Term
What valuable natural resource is found in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Definition
Oil
Term
What is the widest state in the U.S.
Definition
Tennessee
Term
Does buenos Aires lie at the mouth or the source of the Parnara River
Definition
Mouth
Term
What is the Capital of the country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guniea
Definition
Port Mosby
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Cuba is located in which hemisphere
Definition
North
Term
Which is longer, the North sea or the Mediterranean Sea
Definition
Mediterranean Sea
Term
What is the Capital of the North American nation (Excluding Panama) that is closest to the panama Canal.
Definition
San Jose ,Costa Rica
Term
What neighboring state is due south of Montgomery, Alabama 
Definition
Georgia
Term
List 4 uses of Crude oil
Definition
Gasoline, Pesticides, Wax, Lubricants
Term
Which State extends further west.
Definition
Virginia
Term
What Sea borders Indias West Coast
Definition
Ariel Sea
Term
Belize is in what direction from Cuba
Definition
South West
Term
What is the Capital of the European Country that is the shape of a boot.
Definition
Rome
Term
What is the Southernmost State of the 48 Contiguous States
Definition
Florida
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What Direction would you be going if you were trying to find the English Channel

Definition

North East

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What deirection are you

Definition
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