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Semester 1 Final
Thz r da crdz
31
History
9th Grade
01/23/2008

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The Ganges River flows SE from
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The Himalayas
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The major river in India is...
Definition
The Ganges River
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The Ganges River flows into...
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The Bay of Bengal
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The Ganges River is sacred to...
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The Hindus
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The major river in Cambodia is...
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The Mekong River
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The Mekong River starts in______ and flows ____.
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China... SE
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The Mekong River is the longest river in
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Southeast Asia
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The biggest freshwater lake in Cambodia is
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Tônlé Sap
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The Elephant Mountains in Cambodia are also called the
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Dâmrei Mountains
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The highest elevation in Cambodia are the
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Cardamom Mountains
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In Kuwait ____ lakes were created after ____ was expelled after the Gulf War.
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Oil... Iraq
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In Oman the _____ ________ is a vast stretch of dunes.
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Empty Quarter
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The _____ _____ was a mausoleum built after Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz, died.
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Taj Mahal
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The Taj Mahal took __ years to build and required _____ workers.
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22... 20,000
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In Isreal the _____________ was where Muhammad ascended to heaven and where Abraham sacrificed his son to God
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Dome of the Rock
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The _________ in Israel is where Jews worship a piece of the Holy Temple.
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The Wailing Wall
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The _____________ is where Jesus was crucified and his burial site.
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Church of the Holy Seplacher
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The residents of the Old City in Israel are the ______, _________, _________, and _________
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Christians, Jews, Muslims and Armenians
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In Cambodia ______ ________ was a Hindu inspired temple built in the __ century.
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Phom Da... 13th
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Angkor Wat has over ___ stone temples built in honor of ________
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100... Vishnu
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_______ was a high school that the Khamer Rouge turned into a torture center. It had only _ known survivors.
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Tuol Sleng... 7
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Tuol Sleng is now a museum of _________
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Genocide
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______is a highly fashioned commercial market in an Arab city.
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Souk
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A ____ is a loose black robe worn by ____ women.
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Abaya.... Muslim
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A.O. Hume had a great influence over India by...
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-Speaking out about how Indians were being treated unfairly (He was British)
-Created the Indian National Congress
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The currency of India is the ...
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Rupee
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The currency of Israel is...
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The New Shekel
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The currency of Cambodia is the...
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Riel
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The currency of Kuwait is the...
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Dinar
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The currency of the UAE is the...
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Dirham
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The currency of Oman is the...
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Riyal
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