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Countries Flashcards

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Macedonia

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Capital: Skopje
Language: Macedonian

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Madagascar

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Capital: Antananarivo
Language: Malagasy, English
Animal: Ring-tailed lemur

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Malawi (landlocked, east Africa)

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Capital: Lilongwe
Language: Chichewa, English
Lake: Lake Malawi

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Malaysia

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Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Langauge: Malay
Former world's tallest building: Petronas Towers
Island: Borneo
Peninsula: Malay peninsula
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Maldives (smallest Asian country, smaller population, lowest elevation)

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Capital: Male

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Mali (landlocked, Central-west Africa)

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Capital: Bamako
Language: French
River: Niger
Ancient trading center: Timbuktu

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Malta

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Capital: Valletta
Sea: Mediterranean
Language: English, Maltese
Knights: Knights of St. John (Hospitallers)

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Marshall Islands

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Capital: Majuro
Currency: US dollar

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Mauritania (Northwest Africa)

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Capital: Nouakchatt
Religion: Muslim

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Mauritius (Indian Ocean archipelago)

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Capital: Port Louis
English, French
Extinct flightless bird: dodo

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11
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Mexico capital

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Mexico City

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Mexico: El Paso, TX sister city

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Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (shoo-dad?)

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13
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Mexico currency

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peso

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14
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Mexico number of states

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31

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15
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Mexico

Leader during Mexican-American war

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Santa Anna

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Mexcio

Austrian Archduke, ruled Mexico 1864-67

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Maximilian

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17
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Mexico

Maximilian’s Belgian wife

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Princess Charlette

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18
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Mexico

Man who overthrew Maximilian

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Benito Juarez

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19
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Mexico

President 1876-1911

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Porfirio Diaz

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20
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Leader of Mexican Revolution, 1910-14

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Emiliao Zapata

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21
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Mexico

President (2018-present)

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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22
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Mexico

President (2012-18)

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Enrique Pina Nieto

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23
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Mexico

Pyramid-building Indians, central Mexico

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Aztecs (A looks like pyramid, “z” = “central”

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24
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Mexico

Pyramid-building Indians, Yucatan peninsula

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Mayans (y)

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25
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Mexico

Conqueror of Aztecs

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Hernando Cortez

Neil Young “Cortez the Killer”, playing a concert in Mexico City, central Mexico, Aztec?

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26
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Mexico

Aztec giod

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Quetzalcoatl

27
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Mexico

Stone-carving Indians

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Olmecs (stones are OL-d)

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Mexico

breed of dog/state

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Chihuahua

29
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Mexico

southern state with insurgency

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Chiapas

30
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Mexico

Caribbean peninsula

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Yucatan

31
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Mexico

Pacific peninsula

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Baja California

32
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Mexico

Atlantic gulf

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Gulf of Mexico

33
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Mexico

Pacific gulf

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Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)

34
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Mexico

Yucatan resort

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Cancun

35
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Mexico

Island off of Yucatan

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Cozumel

36
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Mexico

Yucatan Mayan village

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Chichen Itza

37
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Mexico

Pacific resort best known for cliff divers

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Acapulco (“Ahhh! cupulco)

38
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Mexico

Christmas procession

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Las posodas

39
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Mexico

Candy-filled toy

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piñata

40
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Mexico

Artist-muralist

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Diego Rivera

41
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Mexico

Diego Rivera’s wife, also artist

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Frida Kahlo

42
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Mexico

Oscar-nominated actress

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Selma Hayal

43
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Mexico

Drug lord, captured, escaped, captured

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El Chapo (Joaquin Guzman)

44
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Mexico

billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist

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Carlos Slim

45
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Mexico

Mexican-American golden boy boxer

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Oscar de la Hoya

46
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Mexico

Mexican-American male golfer

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Lee Trevino

47
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Mexico

Mexican-American female golfer

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Nancy Lopez

48
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Late Mexican-American singer

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Selena

49
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Federated States of Micronesia

islands are a part of Micronesia, a region

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Capital: Palikir
Islands: Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, Yap
US Dollar
English

50
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Moldova (Eastern Europe, landlocked)

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Kishinev/Chisinau
Religion: Eastern Orthodox
Language: Romanian

51
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Monaco

capital, language, principal income

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Monaco-Ville
French
gambling

52
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Monaco

gambling city

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Monte Carlo

53
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Monaco

prince

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Albert II

54
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Monaco
former prince 1959-2005
and his wife

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Ranier III
Grace Kelly (Princess Grace)
55
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Monaco

royal house

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Grimaldi

56
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Monaco

currency

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Euro

57
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Monaco

He broke the bank at Monte Carlo

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Charles Wells (did very well!) (won 100,000 francs in 1891. Fraudster. Cheat? lucky?)

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Mongolia

Capital, language, desert

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Ulan Bator
Mongolian
Gobi

59
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Mongolia

religion

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Buddhism

60
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Mongolia

12th-13th century Mongolian, founder of world’s largest empire

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Genghis Khan

61
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Mongolia

13th century emperor, Genghis’s son

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Kublai Khan

62
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Mongolia

14th century ruler, conqueror of Persia and Central Asia

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Tamerlane

63
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Mongolia

rodent

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gerbil

64
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Morocco

capital

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Rabat

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