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| What is the green revolution? |
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| Renovation of agricultural practice in Mexico bc of the success produced by agricultural production there |
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| What is the economic policy of import substitution? |
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| Producing needed goods locally rather than relying on importation. |
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| Which Canadian Province has vast oil reserves? |
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| What is the largest city in the world? |
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| What is the pop. of the world? |
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| What are the most important exports of Russia? |
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| What is the different between NATO and EU? |
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| NATO is an alliance crated to counter the communist threat & EU is a group of uniting countries with a Constitution, Pres., currency, etc. |
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| What is Canada's largest city in terms of population and the size of its economy? |
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| What is the name of Mexico's govt.? |
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| Who is the president of Russia? |
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| What country was called the "Banana Republic"? |
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| What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? |
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| The Pope granted 1/2 of the new non-christian territory to Spain & 1/2 to Portugal. |
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| What is Brazil's most modern & prodcutive city? |
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| What 2 coutnries never joined the EU? |
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| What is the biggest problem of Quebec gaining independence? |
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| They would not be a part of NAFTA, the Indians would not go with Quebec (so they wouldn't have the dams), & they would get 25% of the nat. debt. |
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| What country provides 95% of the world's heroin? |
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| Standard of Living in Afghanistan & Pakistan? |
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30%-no sanitary facilities
78%-no clean water
257/100 babies die w/i 1st year
50% unemployment rate |
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| What are the ethnic problems in Afghanistan? |
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| The diff. groups hate ea. other, the Paktuns are supportong the Taliban, but the Tadjiks are pro-US |
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| What is the core of Afghanistan's problems? |
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| Ethnic groups hate ea. other |
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| Drew to keep the Paktuns from attacking modern day Pakistan |
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| What is the major concern of the Paktuns? |
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| 2-faced; have nuclear weapons (80) |
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| How many British people made it to out of Afghanistan alive in 1841? |
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| Who are the godfathers of the Taliban? |
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| The US & Saudia Arabia provided cash & weapons to Mujahideen to get rid of who? |
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| What countires are experiencing the most casualities in Afghanistan? |
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| US, Canada, British, Dutch. |
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| Who are the largest group of people in Pakistan? |
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| Who are the 2nd largest group of people in Pakistan? |
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| Pashtuns (live in Mountains). |
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| Desert, very lightly populated. |
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| What is the top Islamic country in India? |
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| What is significant about the year 2050 & India? |
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| That is when they are forecasted to surpass China's pop. |
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| Ethnic group; turban wearers. |
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| What is the major ethnic group of India? |
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| What is the most used language in India? |
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| What lang. do the educated elite in India speak? |
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| Lang. used to connect all other languages; in India English is the "lingua franka". |
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| Where did the elites send kids to school in India? |
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| Roman Catholic Missionary schools. |
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