Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Where is Mongolia located?🇲🇳
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Between Russia and China.
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In which U.S. state is the island of Mauna Loa located?
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Hawaii.
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What is Latitude?
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Lines north and south of the equator.
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What is Longitude?
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Lines east and west of the prime meridian.
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What are they used for?
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Coordinates or Absolute Location.
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What is 23° 30’ North?
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Tropic of Cancer.
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What is 23° 30’ South?
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Tropic of Capricorn.
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What is 66° 30’?
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Antarctic Circle.
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What is 66° 30’ North?
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Arctic Circle.
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0 Longitude is?
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Prime Meridian.
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0 Latitude is?
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Equator.
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North Pole is?
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90° N.
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South Pole is?
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90° S.
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If you face the North Pole the Sun rises and sets in which directions?
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The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
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What are map projections?
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Putting the map on a flat rectangle without distorting it.
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What are the 3 main map projections?
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Mercator, Winkel-Tripel, and Goode’s Interrupted Homolosine.
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What are the 2 types of maps? 🗺
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Physical and Political maps.
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What does a physical map include?
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Natural features such as mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts, and plains; mainly differentiated by color.
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What does a political map include?
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Use lines to show boundaries between countries, points to show cities, and other symbols for roads, airports, canals, and other human-related features.
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What is relative location? 👨🚗🌆 🗾🌍☀️🌌🚀
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Location of an object compared to another object’s location.
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Chicago’s absolute location?
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41° N, 87° W.
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The Windy City(Chicago)’s relative location?
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Right next to Lake Michigan; Without Lake Michigan, Chicago might not exist.
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What is the capital of Sudan?
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Khartoum.
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Khartoum’s absolute location?
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15° N, 32° E.
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Khartoum's relative location?
Next to the Blue and White Niles; Without the rivers, Khartoum would not have become such a big city.
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In which U.S. state is Mt. Rainier?
Washington.
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Mt. Rainier's absolute location?
47° N, 122° W.
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Mt. Rainier's relative location?
Next to the 2 tectonic plates that created the Cascade range, which the mountain was made from.
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The Arabian Peninsula is in?
Saudi Arabia
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The Somali Peninsula is in?
Somalia
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The Saharan Desert is in?
Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.
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The Sahel is in?
Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia.
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Upper Guinea is in?
Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.
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The Atlas Mountains are in?
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
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The Ethiopian Highlands are in?
Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
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The island of Cyprus is in?
Cyprus/Northern Cyprus.
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The island of Crete is in?
Greece.
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The island of Sicily is in?
Italy.
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The Madeira islands are in?
Portugal.
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The Canary islands are in?
Spain.
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The island of Bioko is in?
Equatorial Guinea.
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The countries that border the Mediterranean Sea are?
Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Albania, B&H, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Spain.
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The countries that border the Red Sea are?
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, and Israel.
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The countries that border the Gulf of Guinea are?
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
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The countries that border the Caspian Sea are?
Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
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The countries that border the Dead Sea are?
Jordan, Israel, and Palestine.
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What is the depth of the Dead Sea?
-1,385 ft or -422 m.
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The Niger River is in?
Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria.
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The Nile River is in?
Egypt and Sudan.
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The White Nile is in?
Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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The Blue Nile is in?
Sudan and Ethiopia.
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The Congo River is in?
Angola, DRC, and the Republic of the Congo.
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Lake Victoria is in?
Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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Portugal
Lisbon
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Spain
Madrid
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Italy
Rome
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Greece
Athens
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Cyprus
Nicosia
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Turkey
Ankara
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Syria
Damascus
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Israel
Jerusalem
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Iraq
Baghdad
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Iran
Tehran
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Jordan
Amman
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Lebanon
Beirut
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Palestine
Palestine
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Kuwait
Kuwait
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Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
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Bahrain
Manama
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UAE
Abu Dhabi
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Qatar
Doha
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Yemen
Sana'a
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Oman
Muscat
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Morocco
Rabat
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Western Sahara
Laayoune
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Algeria
Algiers
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Tunisia
Tunis
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Libya
Tripoli
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Egypt
Cairo
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Mauritania
Nouakchott
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Mali
Bamako
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Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
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Chad
Ndjamena
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Niger
Niamey
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Nigeria
Abuja
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CAR
Bangui
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Sudan
Khartoum
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South Sudan
Juba
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
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Eritrea
Asmara
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Djibouti
Djibouti
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Somalia
Mogadishu
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Cameroon
Yaounde
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Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
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Gabon
Libreville
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Congo
Brazzaville
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DRC
Kinshasa
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Uganda
Kampala
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Kenya
Nairobi
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Senegal
Dakar
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Gambia
Banjul
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Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
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Guinea
Conakry
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Sierra Leone
Freetown
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Liberia
Monrovia
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Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro and Abidjan
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Ghana
Accra
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Togo
Lome
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Benin
Porto Novo
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Cape Verde
Praia
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What is an enormous mountain spewing molten rock?
Volcano
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What is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water?
Strait
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What is a marine geographic formation, which is located along coastlines around the world?
Sound
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What is a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water?
Peninsula
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What is a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land?
Isthmus
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What is a narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end?
Spit
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What is a shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs?
Lagoon
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What is a body of water partially surrounded by land?
Bay
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What is a freshwater landform created when a fast-moving body of water, such as a river, flows into a comparatively still body of water, such as a lake or ocean?
Delta
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What is the elevated boundary separating areas that are drained by different river systems?
Divide
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What is an artificial lake where water is stored?
Reservoir
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What is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves downslope under the influence of its weight and gravity?
Glacier
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What is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life?
Desert
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What is a flat-topped mountain or hill?
Mesa
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What is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides?
Canyon
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What is the biggest continent?
Asia: 17,208,000(mi^2), 44,570,000(km^2), 30.0% of Earth's land.
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What is the 2nd largest continent?
Africa: 11,608,00(mi^2), 30,065,000(km^2), 20.2% of Earth's land.
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What is the 3rd largest continent?
North America: 9,449,000(mi^2), 24,474,000(km^2), 16.5% of Earth's land.
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What is the 4th largest continent?
South America: 6,880,000(mi^2), 17,819,000(km^2), 12.0% of Earth's land.
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What is the 5th largest continent?
Antarctica: 5,100,000(mi^2), 13,209,000(km^2), 8.9% of Earth's land.
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What is the 2nd smallest continent?
Europe: 3,841,000(mi^2), 9,947,000(km^2), 6.7% of Earth's land.
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What is the smallest continent?
Australia: 2,970,000(mi^2), 7,692,000(km^2), 5.2% of Earth's land.
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Which city recently had a severe earthquake? Omaha or Tokyo?
Tokyo
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Which is Germany's most important exported crop? Wheat or Palm oil?
Wheat
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What are thematic maps?
A map that starts with a base of a physical or political map, then adds geographic information in whatever style the creator of the map wants; Everything from world population and energy consumption to shark attacks and local weather predictions.
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What are cartograms?
It is a special type of thematic map, where the country's size is what shows information instead of color
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What is a population pyramid?
A pyramid chart with the lines being higher means more people of that age and gender.
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What are the most commonly spoken languages in order from highest to lowest speakers?
Chinese(Mandarin)[1197 mil], Spanish[406 mil], English[335 mil], Hindi/Urdu[260 mil], Arabic[223 mil], Portuguese[202 mil], Bengali[193 mil], Russian[162 mil], Japanese[122 mil], and Javanese[84.3 mil].
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What climate is in Belém, Brazil?
98% Tropical Wet.
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What climate is in Kumasi, Ghana?
95% Tropical Dry.
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What climate is in Monterrey, Mexico?
90% Semiarid.
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What climate is in Alice Springs, Australia?
83% Arid.
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What climate is in Malmö, Sweden?
75% Marine West Coast.
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What climate is in Rome, Italy?
69% Mediterranean.
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What climate is in Wuhan, China?
80% Humid Subtropical.
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What climate is in Des Moines, Iowa, USA?
75% Warm Summer.
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What climate is in Minsk, Belarus?
60% Cool Summer.
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What climate is in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA?
61% Subarctic.
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What climate is in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada?
52% Tundra.
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What climate is in Mcmurdo, Antarctica?
37% Ice Cap.
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What climate is in Lhasa, China?
61% Highlands.
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What climate is in Kampala, Uganda?
88% Uplands.
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What happened to the Germans while invading Russia in WWI?
The Russian winter froze the invading Germans.
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What did the Trade Triangle sell from Africa?
Slaves.
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What happened in the 1930s because of ecological disasters, poor farming techniques, and drought?
The Dust Bowl.
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Many computers are assembled in what country?
China
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The parts are made in which countries?
European and Japanese Countries.
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These computers are labeled in which country?
USA
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Then, they are boxed in which country?
Mexico
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Most toys are manufactured in which country?
China
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Most of our clothes are stitched in what regions of the world?
Mexico, Central America, and Asia.
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Where are many books printed?
Singapore
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New Zealand
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Colombia
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Central Asia
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Switzerland
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Mexico
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Ireland
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Made in India to South America
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Mexico
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English 🧁
Nebraska Wheat
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Canadian 🥓
Hogs in Iowa
