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- the european union is a
- an agreement among nations to cooperate economically
- democracy was born in
- Greece
- During World War II, the leader of the Soviet Union was...
- Joseph Stalin
- the South American country with the largest population is..
- Brazil
- Countries that claim colonies in other lands are practicing...
- Imperialism
- New Zealand lies in the
- Pacific Ocean
- A "hole" in the earth's ozone layer has been discovered above
- Antarctica
- In Brazil, futbol is what people in the US call
- soccer
- famous Russian music composer
- Peter Tchaikovsky
- Beginning around 1350, the period of renewed interest in education, art and science was called
- Renaissance
- Peru gained its independence from
- Spain
- the first immigrants to arrive in Australia were the
- aborigines
- the British, Dutch and French had colonies in
- the Guianas
- Oceania is a group of about 25,000 islands in the
- Pacific Ocean
- Antarctica is the only continent in the world that has no
- permanent population
- in 1982 Argentina fought with the United Kingdom for control of
- Falkland Islands
- Australia's land is mostly
- flat and dry
- Sputnik I was a Russian
- spacecraft
- what south american countries are landlocked
- Bolivia and Paraguay
- Russia's capital and largest city is
- Moscow
- Southern ARgentina stretches almost to
- Antarctica
- a nation in which power is divided between nationa and state governments is a
- federal republic
- Machu Picchu was an ancient city of the _________of Peru
- Inca
- A country with many hot springs and geysers is
- Iceland
- Pope JOhn Paul II was the first pope to come from
- Poland
- movement of Antarctica's ice covering results in huge cracks in the ice called
- crevasses
- When a huge chunk of ice breaks off Antarctica's ice covering and floats freely in the surrounding waters it becomes
- an iceberg
- from the steam created under its volcanic land, New Zealand makes
- geothermal energy
- Until recent years Russia's farms and businesses were controlled by the government, under a system called
- communism
- Islands on the Equator that are famous for their rich plant and animal life are called
- the Galapagos Islands
- Unlike Australia, New Zealand's land is mostly
- green and mountainous
- from the Volga River, Russia makes
- hydroelecric power
- Most Brazilians speak a form of
- Portuguese
- Martin Luther was
- a leader of the Protestant Reformation
- the national symbol of ARgentina is its cowhands called
- gauchos
- Peru and Ecuador lie along the
- Pacific Ocean
- The country of Caribbean South America that uses francs as its currency is
- Frenchy Guiana
- To Australians, a "barbie" is a
- barbecue grill
- steep-sided valleys cut into the moun tains by glaciers and filled with sea water are called
- fjords
- a country that does not touch a sea or ocean anywhere along its borders is
- landlocked
- abour how big is Antarctica?
- larger than either Europe or Australia
- a low-lying, ring-shaped island that surrounds a lagoon is called
- an atoll
- the largest country in the world is
- Russia
- during the Cold WAr, the Eastern European countries formed an imaginary line called
- the iron curtain
- the leader who set up a communist state in Russia was
- Vladimir Lenin
- Which eastern European country has such a large area of rich farmland that it is called "the breadbasket of Europe"?
- Ukraine
- in 1999 the US and other nations bombed Serbia to try to end the conflict in
- Kosovo
- Fossils of the earliest human ancestors were found in
- Kenya
- the competition for world influence between the US and the USSR after WWII was called
- the Cold War
- as much as 120 inches of rain a year falls in
- the Amazon Basin
- the Eiffel Tower is a famous attraction in
- Paris
- the only area of the British ISles that is NOT part of the United Kingdom is
- the Republic of Ireland
- during WWII the USSR fought with
- the US and Great Britain
- the full name of the USSR was the
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- the first emperor of Rome was
- Caesar Augustus
- which South American country is over 2,600 miles long but averages only 110 wide?
- Chile
- Russia can reach the Mediterranean Sea from its border on what sea?
- Black Sea
- Russia has 11 time zones. This indicates that Russia is very...
- Wide
- the first British people to come to Australia were mostly
- prisoners
- the leader who introduced reforms in the USSR moving the country more toward capitalism was...
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- drug dealers have become a major problem in
- Colombia
- Sea animals around Antarctica feed on tiny, shrimp-like creatures called
- krill
- the crop for which Colombia is known all over the world is
- coffee
- the first president of Russia after the break-up of the USSR was
- Boris Yeltsin
- which of these islands of Oceania is a territory of the US?
- Guam
- kangaroos and koalas are
- marsupials
- Aristotle was a
- greek philosopher
- Russia is called a Eurasian country because
- it lies on two continents, Europe and Asia
- Jesus Christ was born in the country controlled by
- Rome
- Russia's political and cultural center as well as its largest city is
- Moscow
- What is the largest animal living in inland Antarctica?
- an insect
- The amazon river lies mostly in
- Brazil
- name the Nordic countries
- Denmark, Norway, Finlnad, Sweden, Iceland
- In recent years Americans have been among the troops serving as peacekeepers in
- Bosnia and Iraq
- the leader who introduced more freedom and openness to the USSR
- mikhail Gorbachev
- from its name, you would expect Tierra del Fuego to have
- volcanoes
- Russia's only Baltic port that is ice-free year round is
- Kaliningrad
- the leader of the Nazis during WWII was
- Adolf Hitler
- the early rulers of Russia called themselves
- czars
- the Black Forest is a beautiful area of
- Germany
- the main language spoken in Australia is
- English
- A major responsibility of a democratic citizen is
- voting
- the United States of America is a................form of government
- representative democracy
- communism is an example of a..........form of economy
- command
- countries with a lot of manufacturing are
- industralized countries
- in a market economy individuals determine demand, supply and...
- price
- waking up to rock music, putting on denim jeans and celebrating the 4th of July are all part of the American
- culture
- the majority group in a region
- controls most of the wealth and power
- food production had increased faster than population on all continents except.......
- africa
- a main reason why our world is "shrinking" is
- technology
- Democracy is a form of
- limited government
- voting is a form of
- civic participation
- the US has what sort of economy
- mixed economy (command and pure market)
- the earth's crust is made up of.....
- many plates that move
- places near the Equator are in the.........
- lower latititudes
- the warming of the earth from the buildup of gases in the air
- greenhouse effect
- tectonic plates float on top of.....
- liquid rock
- as altitude increases
- air temperature decreases
- Erosion is a process that
- carries soil away making the land less fertile