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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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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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Mexico currency

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peso

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Mexico number of states

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31

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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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Mexico

Maximilian’s Belgian wife

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Princess Charlette

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Mexico

Man who overthrew Maximilian

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Benito Juarez

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Mexico

President 1876-1911

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Porfirio Diaz

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Leader of Mexican Revolution, 1910-14

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Emiliao Zapata

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Mexico

President (2018-present)

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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Mexico

President (2012-18)

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Enrique Pina Nieto

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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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Mexico

Pyramid-building Indians, Yucatan peninsula

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Mayans (y)

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Mexico | Conqueror of Aztecs
Hernando Cortez | Neil Young "Cortez the Killer", playing a concert in Mexico City, central Mexico, Aztec?
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Mexico | Aztec giod
Quetzalcoatl
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Mexico | Stone-carving Indians
Olmecs (stones are OL-d)
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Mexico | breed of dog/state
Chihuahua
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Mexico | southern state with insurgency
Chiapas
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Mexico | Caribbean peninsula
Yucatan
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Mexico | Pacific peninsula
Baja California
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Mexico | Atlantic gulf
Gulf of Mexico
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Mexico | Pacific gulf
Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)
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Mexico | Yucatan resort
Cancun
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Mexico | Island off of Yucatan
Cozumel
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Mexico | Yucatan Mayan village
Chichen Itza
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Mexico | Pacific resort best known for cliff divers
Acapulco ("Ahhh! cupulco)
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Mexico | Christmas procession
Las posodas
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Mexico | Candy-filled toy
piñata
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Mexico | Artist-muralist
Diego Rivera
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Mexico | Diego Rivera's wife, also artist
Frida Kahlo
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Mexico | Oscar-nominated actress
Selma Hayal
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Mexico | Drug lord, captured, escaped, captured
El Chapo (Joaquin Guzman)
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Mexico | billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist
Carlos Slim
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Mexico | Mexican-American golden boy boxer
Oscar de la Hoya
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Mexico | Mexican-American male golfer
Lee Trevino
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Mexico | Mexican-American female golfer
Nancy Lopez
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Late Mexican-American singer
Selena
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Federated States of Micronesia | islands are a part of Micronesia, a region
Capital: Palikir Islands: Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, Yap US Dollar English
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Moldova (Eastern Europe, landlocked)
Kishinev/Chisinau Religion: Eastern Orthodox Language: Romanian
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Monaco | capital, language, principal income
Monaco-Ville French gambling
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Monaco | gambling city
Monte Carlo
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Monaco | prince
Albert II
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Monaco former prince 1959-2005 and his wife
``` Ranier III Grace Kelly (Princess Grace) ```
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Monaco | royal house
Grimaldi
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Monaco | currency
Euro
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Monaco | He broke the bank at Monte Carlo
Charles Wells (did very well!) (won 100,000 francs in 1891. Fraudster. Cheat? lucky?)
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Mongolia | Capital, language, desert
Ulan Bator Mongolian Gobi
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Mongolia | religion
Buddhism
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Mongolia | 12th-13th century Mongolian, founder of world's largest empire
Genghis Khan
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Mongolia | 13th century emperor, Genghis's son
Kublai Khan
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Mongolia | 14th century ruler, conqueror of Persia and Central Asia
Tamerlane
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Mongolia | rodent
gerbil
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Morocco | capital
Rabat

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