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Separated from the (*) mainland by Palk Strait next to its Jaffna peninsula, and formerly known as Serendib, this island saw the 2009 end of a long civil war fought by the extremist Tamil Tigers.
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sri lanka
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Members of one ethnicity in this country were killed during a series of week-long pogroms dubbed “Black July.”
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sri lanka
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That conflict in this country began with Operation Storm-333, which saw the storming of the Tajbeg Palace and the killing of Hafizullah Amin.
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afghanistan
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The Portuguese presence in this modern-day country was eliminated by a Dutch-allied kingdom known as (*) Kandy.
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sri lanka
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Following the February 28th Incident, a period known as the “White Terror” suppressed political opposition in this country.
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taiwan
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The Dutch East India Company built Fort Zeelandia on this island, where a large building contains a 730-ton ribbed yellow ball that acts as a tuned (*) mass damper.
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taiwan
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A government in this modern-day country was abolished under the leadership of Frank Murphy.
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republic of the philippines
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A 1966 coup in this country resulted in a 194-day regime whose president issued the Constitution Suspension and Amendment Decree.
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federal republic of nigeria
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This nation closed a fifty-foot-high, multi-acre trash dump on which thousands of squatters lived at Payatas, the site of a disastrous 2000 rainstorm.
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republic of the philippines
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Zanahary is the creator god of that religion, and is considered an ancestor of Andriamanelo, the founder of the Imerina Kingdom on this island.
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madagascar
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The Welsh missionary David Jones was instrumental in transliterating the dominant language of this island into Latin script.
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madagascar
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This country’s city of Tacloban was devastated in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan.
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republic of the philippines
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This nation was liberated with the aid of a force led by Lord Wingate, and suffered greatly during the Wollo Famine.
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federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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Dedan Kimathi led an uprising in the 1950s that sought to reclaim Kikuyu land from European colonists.
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republic of kenya
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The Northern Alliance aided US forces in this country during the earliest stages of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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afghanistan
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The Green Belt Movement is headquartered in this nation, where the ODM defeated a constitutional referendum.
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kenya
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This country was forced to subsidize its gold at an artificially high rate in the (+) Goldenberg scandal and the Swynnerton Plan saw this country consolidating lots of land.
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kenya
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A stadium in this country is named after a writer who was killed there after singing the song “Venceremos,” Victor Jara (“hara”).
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republic of chile
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Rastafarians view this country’s last emperor, (*) Haile Selassie, as the messiah.
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federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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After a dictator of this country died of a heart attack while cavorting with four prostitutes, citizens satirically dubbed his death the “coup from heaven.”
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federal republic of nigeria
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Tangena nuts were used to determine guilt in this country, once ruled by Radama the Great and later by his wife Ranavalona I before being colonized by the French.
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madagascar
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This country’s border with its eastern neighbor became the (*) Durand Line after the Treaty of Rawalpindi, and Elphinstone’s column was lost on a retreat from this country.
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afghanistan
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A leader of this country ordered the assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC as part of Operation Condor.
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republic of chile
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This nation’s president helped to organize the Loya Jirgas that selected its government leaders in 2002.
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afghanistan
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Bartholomew de las Casas began a failed colony at Cumana in what is now this country.
venezuela
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During one battle, this nation’s leaders included Taytu Betul and Nikolay Leontiev; during a massacre in that battle, a man shouted “Reap!
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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Reginald Dyer refused to honor a ceasefire request from Nadir Khan during one conflict in this country.
afghanistan
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This country’s early leaders included Generals Agustin Gamarra and Felipe Salaverry.
peru
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Led by Manuel Prado during World War II, this nation was forced to cede its province of Tarapaca in the Treaty of Ancon.
peru
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That leader from this country employed the Chicago Boys to develop his economy and had earlier overthrown a leader of this country who killed himself in La (*) Moneda Palace.
republic of chile
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That ruler was the son of a king in this country who created a head tax and repelled an attack from the Betsimisaraka people, Ralambo of Imerina.
madagascar
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The Dutch East India Company established Fort Zeelandia on this island in the 17th century, but were pushed out by a nearby nation.
taiwan
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This country sent soldiers overseas to assist the MPLA, and in the 1990s its economy collapsed in the “Special Period” due to a drop in sugar subsidies from its main trading partner.
republic of cuba
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It also includes the southeastern Uva basin, and the coastal town of Mullaitivu, where Prabhakaran was recently killed, and its longest river is the Mahaweli.
sri lanka
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This Shi’a-dominated country suffered poison gas attacks during a war with its Sunni neighbor, Iraq, following the overthrow of the Shah by the Ayatollah Khomeini in this country.
islamic republic of iran
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Emeka Ojukwu led a breakaway state in this country, where officials executed nine Royal Dutch Shell protestors, including environmentalist (*) Ken Saro-Wiwa.
federal republic of nigeria
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This country gained its easternmost region in the 1963 New York Agreement.
republic of indonesia
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The central portion of this country contains the large Tademait Plateau.
algeria
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After the death of Kojong, a 1919 Declaration of Independence began a year of mass demonstration and triggered over seven thousand deaths at the hands of the Japanese military.
korea
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Hendrik Hamel’s journal was the first account by a European of this country which prosecuted silhak scholars who converted to Catholicism throughout the 1800s.
korea
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Henry Morgan served as lieutenant governor of this island, where former slaves in this country, led by Cudjoe and Nanny, fought against colonial rule during its Maroon Wars.
jamaica
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This country's House of Assembly ceded its power to become a Crown Colony following an 1865 rebellion led by Paul Bogle.
jamaica
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During one conflict in this country, one side claimed that 12,000 Muslims had been killed during the Philippeville Massacre.
algeria
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The 1907 Beipu and 1930 Musha incidents were uprisings on this island against a colonial ruler.
taiwan
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It’s not in China, but the “Heavenly Horse” Tomb was built by a different kingdom in this region.
korea
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William Alexander Morgan helped overthrow a government in this country, whose inept post-war leadership included Grau San Martin and Prio Socarras.
republic of cuba
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This island’s largest city had the world’s tallest skyscraper for 6 years, and the government on this island considers itself “in exile.”
taiwan
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A bombing killed nearly two hundred people at this country’s Hamid Karzai Airport.
afghanistan
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Arturo Alessandri was president of this country during the drafting of its 1925 constitution.
republic of chile
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Galleons named for this modern-day country’s capital city traded with Acapulco in New Spain.
republic of the philippines
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This onetime country was weakened after France and the U.S. attempted to invade to reverse the outlawing of Christianity.
korea
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The Adal Sultanate attempted to conquer this country, but was deterred with the help of the Portuguese, and it later fought the Ogaden War with his eastern neighbor.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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People unable to pay the dakapati or water tax in this modern-day country were instead forced to repair the water reservoirs.
sri lanka
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The Katipunan was a revolutionary organization in this country.
republic of the philippines
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Around 90% of the cattle in this nation were killed in a four-year period following the introduction of inderpest from India.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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This nation’s independence was won at the battles of Junin and Ayacucho, and during the 1980s this nation was plagued by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and the Maoist guerilla group Shining Path.
peru
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This target of the “strategic patience” policy led one of its neighbors to consider amending Article 9 of its constitution.
north korea
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This country’s capital after it gained independence was Yogyakarta.
republic of indonesia
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It fought Egypt and Syria in the Six-Day War and signed the Camp David accords with Egypt.
israel
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This country’s last president, (*) Ashraf Ghani, fled to nearby Uzbekistan in August 2021.
afghanistan
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Its largest mountain is Pidurutalagala, and the North Eastern province's capital is Trincomalee.
sri lanka
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Eilat, this nation's southernmost city, lies on the Gulf of Aqaba (“AHK-uh-bah”).
israel
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The defeat of Alexander Petion solidified Henry I’s rule of this country, but after Henry’s suicide, this nation’s monarchy was not restored until the rule of Faustin I. Stenio Vincent became president of this nation after the Good Neighbor Policy ended a U.S. occupation in 1934.
haiti
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That leader was (*) Sukarno.
republic of indonesia
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Daniel Gravius was a missionary to this island and translated texts into the local Siraya language.
taiwan
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The Uva rebellion broke out in this country against colonial rule.
sri lanka
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This country is home to the Sistan Basin, one of the driest regions in the world, and two-thirds of this country’s water flows into the neighboring countries of Turkmenistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
afghanistan
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While a colony, its minister criticized McKinley in the De Lome letter, which, along with the actions of (*) Butcher Weyler, prompted a conflict centering on this country.
republic of cuba
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Operation Eagle Claw was one attempt to rescue people imprisoned in this country, which was once ruled by the Pahlavi Dynasty.
islamic republic of iran
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In the early 1900s, Adna Chaffee and William Howard Taft served as governor of this location, after its annexation was called for by Henry Cabot Lodge following the (*) Spanish-American War.
republic of the philippines
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In 1936, this country was invaded by Benito Mussolini’s Italy, forcing its monarch Haile Selassie into exile.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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The (*) Peshawar Accords ended this country’s civil war, marking a victory for the Mujahideens.
afghanistan
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Alexander Bustamante and Norman Manley led pivotal labor strikes in this country, while the merciless burning of Panama City earned Henry Morgan its governorship.
jamaica
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In this nation, the Sacred Footprint appears at the base of Adam’s Peak.
sri lanka
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In this country, after the surrender of the fortress of Corregidor, thousands of troops went on a “death march” through Baatan.
republic of the philippines
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An inventor in this region created the first-ever rain gauge as part of their work at the Hall of Worthies.
korea
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One of the first kingdoms that held power in this modern day country was Axum.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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Faustin I established an empire in this country before being toppled by Fabre Geffrard.
haiti
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(*) This island was occupied by the Japanese after the SinoJapanese War, and controlled by it until the end of World War II.
taiwan
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The Carrier Corps were formed in this nation during World War I.
kenya
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This nation's first lady Rula is a Maronite Christian, and Abdullah Abdullah was named this nation's C.E.O. after losing a presidential election.
afghanistan
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Douglas MacArthur landed at Inchon to fight this country, which sided with the Soviet Union in a 1950s war that led to this country's southern border at the (*) 38th parallel becoming the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ.
north korea
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Militants from this country’s PLOTE attempted a coup in a nearby country that was foiled by Operation Cactus.
sri lanka
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This nation's independence effort was led by Nnamdi Azikiwe.
federal republic of nigeria
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[uh-MAH-doo BELL-oh] from 1954 until his assassination in 1966.
federal republic of nigeria
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During the Revolutionary War, a fleet under George Rodney and Samuel Hood repelled a planned French invasion of this country at the Battle of the Saintes.
jamaica
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A 2019 Summit between the U.S. and this nation hosted in Hanoi ended after a request to destroy the Yongbyon nuclear facility was refused by minister Ri Yong-ho.
north korea
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After this country gained independence from Britain, it fought the Shifta War with a separatist group hoping to split from this country to join (*) Somalia.
kenya
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In World War II, the Battle of Bataan was fought over this land, and an American loss at that battle prompted Douglas MacArthur to say, “I Shall Return.”
republic of the philippines
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The Abadan Crisis followed an attempt at nationalization in this country.
islamic republic of iran
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Hezekiah Ochuka led a group of air force officers in a coup attempt in this nation, where Smith Hempstone served as ambassador.
kenya
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This country’s first president instituted an ideology of ethnic homogeneity known as the “One-People Principle” and was taken to Hawaii by the CIA after being deposed.
south korea
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Over one hundred sugar plantations in this country were destroyed in a Sam Sharpe-led (*) Christmas rebellion.
jamaica
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Similarly to an incident in Iraq, protestors in 2022 took over the (*) pool of this country's president, who resigned after fleeing to Singapore during a food and energy crisis.
sri lanka
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Torture was allegedly used by Ian Henderson during one famous event in this country; that event also included the murder of (*) Dedan Kimathi.
republic of kenya
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The Geneva Accords separated this country at the 17th parallel after it gained independence from France at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
vietnam
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In May, S.B. Yudhoyono took the early lead in polls for its July 5 presidental election, in which former military head Wiranto is also expected to contend.
republic of indonesia
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An incident in this country in which young officers ceremonially rattled their sabers led to the establishment of the September Junta.
republic of chile
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Rastafarians (RAHSS-tah-FAR-ee-ins) hold that another emperor, Haile Selassie (HAY-lee seh-LAH-see), was the second coming of Jesus.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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A term describing this country's military strategy was coined in a 1991 book by Seymour Hersh.
israel
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People of this country were crushed by the general Ma Yuan after the rise of the Trung Sisters and engaged in trade at the city of Hue during the Nguyen dynasty.
vietnam
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The government of this country used a process termed “negotiated nationalization” to claim three mines owned by the Anaconda Copper Company, later claiming them on the Day of National Dignity.
republic of chile
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The use of torture during a war in this country was condemned by the Manifesto of the 121.
algeria
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When the Soviet Union's national soccer team refused to travel to this nation, its dictator ordered its team to take the field anyways, leading them to score 11 times into an open goal.
republic of chile
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One revolutionary leader in this country was imprisoned after signing a peace treaty with Charles Leclerc, although this nation’s independence was secured by men like (*) Henri Christophe and Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
haiti
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This nation’s April 2016 presidential election saw Keiko (*) Fujimori lose the vote to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
peru
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It was once ruled by Ferdinand Marcos, whose wife Imelda was known for her collection of shoes.
republic of the philippines
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In 1968, this country heightened Cold War tensions with the US by seizing the research ship Pueblo.
north korea
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Failing irrigation tanks triggered the Great Famine in this country’s Anuradhapura Kingdom, which fell to Chola invasions.
sri lanka
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The SAVAK secret police operated in this country, whose monarch launched the reform-minded White Revolution a decade after Operation (*) Ajax overthrew this country’s prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh.
islamic republic of iran
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That president’s successor helped draft the Aburi Accord, whose failure led to a secessionist crisis during which Benjamin Adekunle led forces from this country against rebels from Biafra in Operation Tiger Claw.
federal republic of nigeria
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This country’s leader Hussein Dey slapped an ambassador with his fly swatter when he refused to pay off a 27-year-old debt.
algeria
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In this country, the PDPA successfully overthrew Mohammed Daoud Khan in the Saur Revolution, after which Nur Muhammed Taraki became president.
afghanistan
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Pedro de Valdivia was killed by native Mapuche in this country, which won a war caused by a tax on (*) saltpeter mining.
republic of chile
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According to the traditional religion of this island, the Vazimba were its original inhabitants.
madagascar
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In the seventeenth century, the Kingdom of Tungning was established here after Lord Koxinga expelled the Dutch.
taiwan
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6-year-old Micheal Ruck was killed during an event in this country which was fictionalized in the book Something of Value.
kenya
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One leader of this country declared “no victor, no vanquished” following the end of a civil war, but only gave affected individuals 20 pounds of cash for stolen, seized, or destroyed property.
federal republic of nigeria
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This country was invaded in the Ogaden war.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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Vincent Ogé was executed for leading an uprising of mixed-race inhabitants in this territory whose “Black Jacobins” were described by C.L.R. James.
haiti
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This country is home to a fortress city whose gateway is carved in the shape of a lion’s paws; that city is Sigiriya.
sri lanka
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A leader of this country launched a purge of communists after a coup by the 30th of September movement failed to overthrow him and attempted to implement “guided democracy” in this country.
republic of indonesia
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It is home to the Giriama and Kikuyu peoples, and its founder was succeeded by Daniel arap Moi.
kenya
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This country advocates a state policy of self-reliance called Juche and has clashed with its neighbor in a (*) buffer zone running along the thirty-eighth parallel called the DMZ.
north korea
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One account of this island claims that it was home to strumpets like "No Conscience Nan" and "Salt-Beef Peggy," as well as a con artist named Mary Carleton.
jamaica
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The rebel Koxinga led a government from this present-day country, which was known during colonial times as (*) Formosa.
taiwan
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At the battle of Bach Dang River, this nation repelled a Mongol invasion.
vietnam
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In 1512, Portuguese explorer Francisco Serrão led the first of several trading expeditions to this modern-day country’s island of Maluku.
republic of indonesia
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A bureaucrat in this country denounced two homosexual lions as being afflicted by “demonic spirits.”
republic of kenya
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One company from this territory placed nets on a factory to prevent its employees from jumping off the roof; that company is Foxconn.
taiwan
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"Onwards Towards Final Victory" was a hymn dedicated to a politician from this country.
north korea
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One conflict in this country began to support the People’s Democratic Party of [this country.]
afghanistan
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During that event, a politician remarked "We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked."
republic of cuba
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Sir Patrick Allen has been the governor of this country since the late 2000s.
jamaica
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On this island, the Latin name Lake Candidus is sometimes given to its central Sun Moon Lake, where the Thao people live.
taiwan
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The first president of this country coined the term "Harambee" for community unification and was later tried as part of the Kapenguria Six while taking part in an uprising led by Dedan Kimathi, the (*) Mau Mau Rebellion.
republic of kenya
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In this region, the “six martyred minister” orchestrated an assassination plot that led to the dissolution of a research academy.
korea
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This nation’s current leader, Nicolas Maduro, (*) was the target of a 2018 assassination attempt in Caracas by a drone carrying C-4, which he blamed on “right-wing” elements and neighboring Colombia.
venezuela
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Prior to this nation’s 1986 People Power rebellion, one first lady of this nation bought over 1,000 pairs of shoes.
republic of the philippines
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The 17th century Kingdom of Tungning on this island hoped to restore the (*) Ming dynasty to power.
taiwan
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Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari signed the Treaty of Gandamak in this country with Mohammad Yaqub Khan.
afghanistan
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The kingdom lasted until 1897, when this island was conquered by the (*) French and did not gain independence until 1960.
madagascar
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Cream, reddish and black pigments were exclusively used on the molded pottery made by one culture in this country.
peru
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After being taken hostage in this country, the crew of the USS Pueblo discreetly gave the middle finger in photographs.
north korea
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Edward Eyre crushed Paul Bogle's rebellion in this country that started at Morant Bay.
jamaica
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It is led by outgoing president Michelle Bachelet (“BASH-uh-lay”).
republic of chile
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A right-wing dictator of this country established the Grupo Colina death squad and oversaw the capture of Abimael Guzman, who led the (*) Shining Path insurgency.
peru
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“Juntos” is a program in this country that pays money to rural families each month to incentivize them to attend school and get regular health checkups.
peru
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A leader of this country finally transferred power to his brother, (*) Ra´ul, in 2006.
republic of cuba
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The poor in this country lived in shantytowns such as Back-a-Wall and Trenchtown and, after receiving no relief from Queen Victoria, joined Paul Bogle in the harshly suppressed Morant Bay rebellion.
jamaica
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This country erected the tallest stele in the world, including an “obelisk” that was returned to this country in 2005.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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This island, the birthplace of Mary Seacole, faced the Morant Bay Rebellion and wars involving escaped slaves called (*) “Maroons.”
jamaica
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American visitors can now bring back popular cigars from this country.
republic of cuba
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This nation fought its northern neighbor in the Cenepa War.
peru
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One conflict in this country saw a fleeing general declare “I shall return” before the forces he left behind suffered through the Bataan Death March, while another saw the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo.
republic of the philippines
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A president of this country declared martial law after the protests of the First Quarter Storm.
republic of the philippines
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A civil war broke out in this country after the Islamic FIS party won a majority in the 1990 election.
algeria
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The vigilante Bakassi Boys are active in this country, where Odumegwu (*) Ojukwu led a breakaway state in the 1960s.
federal republic of nigeria
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British explorer Alexander Burnes was killed by a mob in this country's capital, supposedly for his womanizing.
afghanistan
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Named after the husband of Mary I, this nation was the site of the Moro Rebellion, which partly took place on Mindanao Island.
republic of the philippines
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A Communist government came to power in this country after a famine in its Wello province.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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In this country, macabebe scouts captured a leader who had signed the Pact of Biak-na-Bato.
republic of the philippines
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One dictator of this country operated the DINA secret police, which assassinated Orlando Letelier (“luh-TELL-yer”) in Washington D.C.
republic of chile
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In April 2020, (*) TMZ mistakenly reported that this country’s Supreme Leader had died and would be replaced by his sister, Yo-Jong.
north korea
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The White Highlands in what is now this country were set aside exclusively for European settlement.
republic of kenya
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In this nation’s “Mega Rice Project”, its peat swamp forests were destroyed in the 90s.
republic of indonesia
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This nation struggled for sovereignty with groups like Sarekat Islam, and it gained independence under "Guided Democracy" with the leadership of Mohammed Hatta and Sukarno.
republic of indonesia
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Natives of this country included the Ciboney (“see-bone-ay”), who were driven to its western part by the Taino and decimated by European contact.
republic of cuba
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Forces from this nation carried out the Santa Cruz Massacre against supporters of FRETILIN during its occupation of a territory that seceded in 2002.
republic of indonesia
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In April 2012, this country failed to launch a satellite when their rocket’s second stage did not ignite.
north korea
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Representative Charlie Wilson supported supplying covert aid to this country in Operation Cyclone.
afghanistan
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Around 100,000 performers are involved in this country’s two-month long festival of Arirang, which began in late April.
north korea
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While trying to put down a rebellion in this country, General Charles LeClerc died of yellow fever after being defeated by Jean-Jacques (*) Dessalines
haiti
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Robert Geldof and Midge Ure organized the Live Aid concert to combat a mid-1980s famine in this country.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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Citizens of this country practice an ideology called Juche (JOO-chay), or "self-reliance," in praise of its leaders.
north korea
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This country’s first female leader led it from 2013 until her 2017 (*) impeachment.
south korea
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Secret talks between the US and this country were held in Vatican City in 2013.
republic of cuba
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David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of this nation, which has been governed by the Kadima (“kuh-DEEM-uh”) and Likud (“lie-KOOD”) parties.
israel
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This country was liberated in a series of wars by two Turkish pirates known as “Barbarossa.”
algeria
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Dissatisfaction over the later Renville Agreement led to the Madiun Affair, an attempted communist takeover in 1948.
republic of indonesia
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Paul Bogle's Morant Bay Rebellion sparked a public outcry over (*) British involvement here, which was also marked by several conflicts against a namesake community of runaway slaves, the Maroon Wars.
jamaica
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This country was ruled by Fulgencio (“fool-HEN-see-oh”) Batista, who was deposed in 1959.
republic of cuba
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One leader of this modern-day country celebrated its 2,500th anniversary with a “tent city,” led the White Revolution, and founded the SAVAK secret police.
islamic republic of iran
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[day-sah-LEAN].
haiti
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The premier of the northern part of this country was Ahmadu Bello
federal republic of nigeria
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In 2004, American scholar Sidney Jones was deported from this country, allegedly in retribution for exposing flaws in its anti-terrorism strategy.
republic of indonesia
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Indigenous peoples like the Atayal and the Ami now make up just a small minority of its population.
taiwan
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Following this nation’s leader’s decision to nationalize the oil industry, that man, Mohommad Mossadegh was overthrown in Operation Ajax.
islamic republic of iran
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That leader from this country gave a final speech at La Moneda Palace before being (*) overthrown by a military coup and committing suicide with an AK-47.
republic of chile
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This nation’s government forced some of its citizens to migrate to places such as (*) Sulawesi and Kalimantan in order to populate it.
republic of indonesia
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This polity's navy included turtle ships pioneered by Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, and the more traditional pan·ok·seon.
korea
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In this country, the economic setbacks caused by a strike of forty thousand truck drivers was mitigated by a recently constructed distributed decision support system that utilized telex machines.
republic of chile
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In this nation, American Major Imbrie was taken for a follower of Abbas Effendi and beaten to death by a crowd that chased him into an operating room.
islamic republic of iran
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(*) This nation’s former leader, Hugo Chavez, died of cancer in 2013, which is same year that this nation’s economic downturn began.
venezuela
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This country was once led by the physician Ramon Grau San Martin, who succeeded a ruler who later led a 1952 coup after anti-communist leader Eduardo Chibas committed suicide.
republic of cuba
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The European Union restricted much of this nation’s airline fleet and assets from its Bank Sepah in July.
islamic republic of iran
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In this country, the preacher Samuel Sharpe led a slave rebellion in the Baptist War.
jamaica
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The Paracas culture was centered on this country, where the Chimu preceded the (*) Moche culture, and produced textiles that were woven using alpaca wool.
peru
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One portion of this country’s population was formally known as Pied-Noirs, or black foot.
algeria
200
This polity was forced to sign the Eulsa treaty, giving up its independence.
korea
201
Benito Mussolini ordered an invasion of this country in 1936.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
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The Shifta War was fought by ethnic (*) Somalis in this country, the site of the Swynnerton plan and Operation Anvil during a 1950s uprising.
kenya
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After seeing wartime conditions in this modern-day country, Bernard Kouchner co-founded “Doctors without Borders.”
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Rawson Macharia claimed that another of its leaders led nude, vampiric rituals during the Kapenguria Six trial.
kenya
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This country was occupied by China for most of the first millennium CE until finally defeating the Chinese at the Battle of Bach Dang River.
vietnam
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One politician from this country was assassinated upon arriving at the national airport after a three year exile; the man who ordered that assassination was ousted from the presidency of this country in the (*) People Power Revolution.
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In this country, Usman dan Fodio established the Sokoto Caliphate during the Fulani War.
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A financial crisis in this nation has led their controversial President to issue a cryptocurrency based around their oil reserves called the “petro.”
venezuela
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Early in January 2010, copper miners working for Codelco in this nation ended a strike.
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Ethiopia shares Lake Turkana with this country, whose current president is the son of this country’s first president, Jomo.
kenya
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The Stuxnet worm is theorized to have been built to hamper this country, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia claims that this country, along with Israel, does not “deserve to exist”.
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In this country, a suicide bomb killed a war hero nicknamed the "Lion of" their hometown.
afghanistan
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One leader of this country set up the Nyayo House torture center, withstood a 1982 Air Force coup, and oversaw the disastrous Goldenberg gold scandal.
kenya
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In November 2016, one city in this country witnessed protests against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, in which 21 world leaders met in this country soon after.
peru
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The Welser family that owned Galician mines also ruled part of this country as a fiefdom.
venezuela
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One president of this country was plotted against in two plans named Track I and Track II, and defeated Jorge Alessandri in an election with the support of his Unidad Popular coalition.
republic of chile
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The Mahavamsa records the arrival of Asoka’s son Mahinda to this modern-day country and King Devanampiya Tissa’s subsequent conversion to Buddhism.
sri lanka
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“El ladrillo” (lah-DREE-oh) detailed the free-market economic policies advocated by the Chicago Boys in this country.
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This modern-day country was seized from Spain by a campaign in which the "Western Design" fleet landed in Santiago de la Vega.
jamaica
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A colony in this nation was under the Chartered Company of Guipuzcoa.
venezuela
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This country’s capital was rebuilt by Sydney Olivier following a 1907 earthquake.
jamaica
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Operation Anvil and a massacre at Lari were part of one uprising in this country that ended after the death of Dedan Kimathi.
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An earlier leader sent 7,450 PEFTOK soldiers to Korea and was plagued by the formerly anti-Japanese Hukbahalap movement.
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Ahmed Ben Bella, a decorated soldier in the French Army, became the first prime minister and president of this nation which became independent of France in 1963.
algeria
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A revolution in this country was led by the Katipunan and was sparked by the execution of Jose Rizal.
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Mass violence following the 30th of September movement in this country led to the New Order Administration taking control.
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One ruler of this country rejected a gift of 50 camels from the Khitan Empire by exiling them to an island and starving them to death.
korea
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This country’s 33-year military rule was ended by the election of Olusegun Obasanjo, and Goodluck Jonathan is its current president.
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The autocrat Daoud Khan toppled this country's monarchy before being overthrown himself in the Saur revolution.
afghanistan
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One leader of this country had his right arm paralyzed in a 1981 assassination attempt, and this country was the site of the recent (*) Green Revolution.
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Suspected communists in this country were killed in the Bodo League Massacre.
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After these islands were transferred to a new colonial power in 1898, a second war broke out and lasted until Frederick Funston captured Emilio Aguinaldo.
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This country’s war of independence began on All Saints Day with an attack by the (*) Ahmed Ben Bella-led National Liberation Front, or FLN.
algeria
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While under colonial rule, this country’s natives were forced into the kipande labor system.
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Doctors Without Borders was formed following a massive famine in Biafra during that civil war in this country.
federal republic of nigeria
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This country’s general Rene Schneider created his namesake “doctrine” to oppose military intervention in politics.
republic of chile
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A first lady of this country owned over 3,000 pairs of shoes and was overthrown with her husband (*) Ferdinand Marcos in the People Power Revolution.
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This country’s final monarch appealed to the League of Nations after it was invaded by a European power that this nation had earlier defeated at the Battle of (*) Adwa under Menelik II.The Derg regime governed this country after the fall of its Solomonic Dynasty.
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The last member of Homo to become extinct, the “hobbit,” lived in this country.
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Off its coast is Delft island, and the Victoria Falls Reservoir is in its center.
sri lanka
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In the 1300s, this country twice repelled invasions by the (*) Red Turbans.
korea
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It was the site of the Rough Riders’ victory at San Juan Hill.
republic of cuba
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This nation briefly transitioned back to democracy at the end of the Obasanjo regime.
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The treaty of Wuchale was signed by this country, and it was ruled by the Communist(+)
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One family that ruled this country dealt with peasant rebellions led by the Tay Son brothers and included a seven-year old leader that signed an agreement with Pigneau de Behaine.
vietnam
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After Lucky Luciano was released from prison, he met with Meyer Lansky and other mafia leaders at a casino in this country.
republic of cuba
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Two journalists were detained here in 2009, but were released after a visit by Bill Clinton.
north korea
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The environmental exploitation of this country by Royal Dutch Shell was protested by the (*) Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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This country is split up into 14 parishes and 3 counties.
jamaica
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A president of this modern-day country was nearly overthrown during the 30th of September Movement, and was replaced by a proponent of the New Order philosophy.
republic of indonesia
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Natives of this country would have been granted citizenship in the Blum-Viollette proposal, and resistance to European control over this nation was led by Emir Abdelkader.
algeria
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At the Battle of Fort Riviere in this nation, rebel Cacos were defeated by US Marines under Smedley Butler.
haiti
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The Austronesian language family originates from this territory.
taiwan
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Paul Bogle led the Morant Bay Rebellion against colonial rule on this island.
jamaica
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Tacky's Revolt was a failed Coromantee-backed uprising in this country, which saw a peaceful strike organized by Sam Sharpe degenerate into a series of bloody massacres, the so-called “Baptist War.”
jamaica
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That president died in a bombing of (*) La Moneda palace in a 1973 coup ordered by a later president of this country, who presided over its economic “miracle” with the help of the Chicago Boys.
republic of chile
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It controversially fought the Sand War against its Western neighbor and banned the Islamic Salvation Front, and foreigners in this country were known as “Black Feet” until the conclusion of a struggle for independence that saw the Cafe Wars erupt between the ALN and the FLN, which would be led by Houari Boumediene and Ahmed Ben Bella.
algeria
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Operation Haze was instituted to limit the spread of 1997 forest fires in this country.
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In this country, the 1988 October Riots led to a new constitution the following year which removed any reference to socialism and instituted multi-party democracy.
algeria
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The defeat of Mir-Hossein Mousavi in this nation’s 2009 elections was met with protests.
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Several people were killed when nationalists in this country displayed flags at Setif in 1946.
algeria
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A Jacobin named Sonthonax authorized emancipation in what is now this country, which gained its independence shortly after its colonizers sold (*) Louisiana.
haiti
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In 1968, this country seized the American research ship Pueblo.
north korea
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The term “coup from heaven” was used to refer to the sudden death of this country’s dictator Sani Abacha.
federal republic of nigeria
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According to a 2018 report, officials in President Trump’s administration have discussed plans for a possible coup d’etat {COO--DAY-TAH} with members of this nation’s military, and this nation has not exchanged ambassadors with the U.S. since 2010.
venezuela
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A ceremony including the drinking of pig’s blood that was led by Dutty Boukman was a precursor to revolution in this colony.
haiti
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The colonial governors of this modern-day country demanded the output from 1/5th of each village's land through the Culture System established in the 1830s.
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The earliest inhabitants of this land arrived on outrigger canoes from Borneo and brought lowland padi fields, who mixed with migrants from a nearby continent.
madagascar
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According to scholarly consensus, a set of native tribes that make up 2% of its population descend from the original speakers of the Austronesian language family.
taiwan
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It won one of the most lopsided battles in history at Salsu River and fought a series of wars with the Khitan.
korea
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Simon Bolivar advocated for a united Latin America in a (*) letter from this island, where he was exiled to in 1815.
jamaica
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A Mongol invasion of this region was repelled at the Battle of Cheoin [Cho-in].
korea
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The president of this country broke with the National Rainbow Alliance which elected him, dethroning the Kanu party of former ruler Daniel Arap Moi.
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This country’s Muslim minority was massacred by occuyping troops during the Moro Rebellion.
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The cities of Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu are found in the semi-independent Vanni region of this country, and its government controls an enclave including of Point Pedro, Jaffna, and the Dutch-named island of Delft.
sri lanka
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Forces of a kingdom based in this region destroyed a dam in order to defeat the Sui dynasty at the battle of Salsu River.
korea
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One ruler of a kingdom in this modern-day country designated 12 sacred hills including Alasora and built a rova at his capital.
madagascar
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Half of the population is Muslim while forty percent is Christian.
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This country is the largest both in area and population in the Maghreb Union and the majority of the Tell Atlas Mountains are found in this country.
algeria
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Tony Mendez and ambassador Ken Taylor helped rescue six people in this country in the “Canadian caper.”
islamic republic of iran
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The first President of this country authored the memoir My Turn to Speak and faced exile after being falsely implicated in the death of Mohammad Beheshti.
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A social phenomenon in this country blames several killings on arguments over singing of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”
republic of the philippines
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A coup in this country was prompted by the 1966 Supersemar order.
republic of indonesia
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After leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks, a future leader of this country gave the speech “History Will (*) Absolve Me.”
republic of cuba
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One ruler of this country, that supported the communist PKI party, leading to an attempted coup in the 30 September Movement, promoted (*) “Guided Democracy,” and led a 1940s revolution that ended Dutch rule, while his successor occupied East Timor.
republic of indonesia
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This country’s independence movement has its roots in a meeting at Bois Caiman [bwa cay-man] in a forest near Le Cap.
haiti
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This country’s war for independence was halted by the Linggadjati Agreement, which was not implemented.
republic of indonesia
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Brazil offered amnesty to an Azeri woman accused of adultery in this nation, which began deals with Turkey over facilities such as one in Qom.
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Protestors against this country’s monarch alleged that its secret police carried out the Cinema Rex fire, killing 420 civilians.
islamic republic of iran
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Mengistu Mariam unleashed the “Red Terror” campaign in this country once it was taken over by the Dergue.
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After he attempted to nationalize its (*) oil industry, this country’s Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh was overthrown by Operation Ajax.
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In this country, Operation Solomon rescued some people, who, according to the Kebra Nagast, were descended from the Queen of Sheba.
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A period of violence in this country was known as Bersiap, or "Get Ready.”
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Wahabi converts in this nation rebelled against aristocratic chiefs in the Padri War.
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One group in this nation suffered after the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán and conducted the Lucanamarca massacre in the province of Huanca Sancos.
peru
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This country’s first prime minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa [uh-BOO-bah-kar tuh-FAH-wuh bah-LAY-wuh], was also assassinated in 1966.
federal republic of nigeria
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The Café Wars were fought by rival nationalist groups in this country.
algeria
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This region employed ships whose decks were covered in spikes and shaped like (*) turtles.
korea
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One ruler of this presentday country was deposed by the Derg and replaced by his son Amha.
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Groups like the Mungiki caused civil disorder after its 2007 election; in the aftermath, Ralia Odinga and Mwai Kibaki entered a power sharing agreement.
kenya
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One leader of this nation led the 26th of July Movement that overthrew Fulgencio Batista, and U.S. control over this nation was the subject of the Teller Amendment.
republic of cuba
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A guerrilla group in this country killed 69 peasants in the Lucanamarca Massacre and carried out the Tarata Street bombing.
peru
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This island’s indigenous Gaoshan people are descended from Austronesian settlers.
taiwan
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Descendents of Hakka hill people make up about 20 percent of this island’s population.
taiwan
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Draft dodgers evading a war occurring in this country were aided by the Argentine-Russian forger Adolfo Kaminsky.
algeria
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Bill Clinton reoccupied this country in Operation Upholding Democracy, which restored the presidency of a man who was later overthrown in a 2004 uprising and replaced by Rene Preval, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
haiti
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The Huks were one group in this country that opposed its Japanese occupation.
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Led by (*) Gajah Mada, the Majapahit Empire reached its greatest extent in this modern-day country, but was superseded by the Sultanate of Malacca.
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This modern-day country’s government subsidized gold exports at extremely high rates during the Goldenberg scandal.
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[“say-roh-jah”].
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Several officials in this nation were indicted in a scam involving subsidized gold exports to Goldenberg International.
kenya
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From his base on this island, Henry Morgan raided Spanish settlements in Panama.
jamaica
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The Moranbong Band, a pop group from this country, is named for a hill where one of this country’s politicians spoke after returning from exile in the Soviet Union.
north korea
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In this modern-day country, a pair of man-eating lions interfered with a project to construct a railroad.
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Dr. William Brydon was the only person to survive the retreat of Elphinstone's army during a war where Shah Shuja was temporarily placed on the throne of this country.
afghanistan
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One organization supporting continued colonial presence in this modern-day country used stroungas in terrorist bombings; that organization was the Secret Army Organization, or OAS.
algeria
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In this country, which instituted the colonial kipande system, the White Highlands were reserved purely for European settlers.
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Two “Maroon Wars” were fought in this country.
jamaica
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A temple to the god Ilmuqah at Yeha was built in this nation by the ancient Kingdom of D’mt.
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South Korea, Singapore, Hong (*) Kong, and this country are often labeled the Four Asian Tigers for their high-tech economies.
taiwan
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A culture from this modern-day country created many depictions of sexual intercourse on its ceramic pottery.
peru
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This country’s current constitution replaced Proclamation Number Three, and some people from this country joined the BUDC during the Hukbalahap peasant insurgency.
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Dedan Kimathi was the leader of this nation’s anticolonialist (*)
kenya
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A car bombing in Washington D.C. that killed Orlando Letelier was carried out by this country’s DINA secret police force.
republic of chile
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The Jones Law was this country’s constitution until the passing of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, which gave it full independence.
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That incident led to 38 years of martial law known as the White Terror.
taiwan
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In this nation, a mob murdered Farkhunda Malikzada over a false accusation that she had burned a Quran.
afghanistan
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In June 2007, extortion of this country’s transportation network of “matatus” was fingered as a leading source of funds for the insurgent Mungiki movement, a quasi-Islamic cult which has been implicated in several violent incidents.
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One empire in this modern-day country reached its peak under Hayam Wuruk and Gajah Mada.
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Sylvain Salnave overthrew Fabre Geffrard to become leader of this country in 1867.
haiti
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A nurse born on this island ran the “British Hotel” during the Crimean War.
jamaica
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In 2018, after a member of this country's parliament used a knife to threaten a recently installed prime minister, the prime minister's allies wounded several MPs by throwing chili powder.
sri lanka
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One dictator from this country was forced into exile by the People Power Revolution after antagonizing the Moro National Liberation Front, which was later attacked on the order of Joseph (*) Estrada.
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On this island, Edward Eyre’s brutal suppression of a rebellion led by Paul Bogle was investigated by a committee led by J.S. Mill.
jamaica
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This country contains the Roman temples of Mount Hermon and (*) Masada.
israel
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One major event in this nation began with the Bois Caïman ceremony and saw the (*) destruction of dozens of sugar plantations.
haiti
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The OAS pressured a European country to continue fighting a war against insurgents in this country.
algeria
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The disastrous Operation Red Wings in this country is discussed by Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell in the book Lone Survivor.
afghanistan
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The founding of this nation was promised in the Balfour Declaration.
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Natives of this country call its ruling regime "le pouvoir" ("luh poo-VWAHR").
algeria
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The last state in one part of this country to resist colonization was Mataram.
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Thirteen churches were built by excavating directly into the ground rock in this country’s city of Lalibela.
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The Zemene Mesafint or “Era of the Princes” in this country resulted from the murder of Iyasu the Great, who ruled from Gondar.
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Despite a peace deal signed in February 2002, this country’s authorities arrested Laskar Jihad leader Jafar Umar Thalib for inciting a massacre of villagers in the regional capital of Ambon City in the Moluccan Islands.
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An attempted assassination of another leader of this country was conducted at the Blue House in 1968.
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While it was briefly conquered by the Ming Dynasty, it stayed independent until being colonized by France in 1885.
vietnam
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In this country, Malalai legendarily rallied troops at the Battle of Maiwand against a foreign army.
afghanistan
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This country’s Nakumatt supermarket became the largest in Africa until its sudden bankruptcy in October 2017.
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A rebel group in this country made up of members from that ethnicity bombed a temple containing the (*) Buddha’s tooth, dating to this country’s kingdom of Kandy.
sri lanka
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On January 6, this country may have conducted its fourth nuclear test, likely targeted at its southern neighbor, and this country was blamed for hacking SONY preceding the release of The Interview.
north korea
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Drill monkeys and the Ikom Monoliths can be found near Calabar in this country’s Cross River state.
federal republic of nigeria
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The body of Michael Siaron is cradled by his mother in a Pieta-like photo taken here.
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Protests by labor groups and students in this country’s Masan Harbor led to the start of this country’s (*) April Revolution.
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One government regulation in this country involved the wearing of an ID called a kipande.
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This country’s political parties included UNO, which was founded by General Manuel Odría, who led a 1948 coup over José Bustamante.
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Lokoja is the site of the (*) Benue River’s confluence with the largest river in this country.
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An “outside the party”movement in this country that later became the Democratic Progressive Party founded (*) Formosa Magazine.
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The Treaty of Shimonoseki guaranteed the independence of this country.
korea
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This nation lost American support and gained Soviet support during a war that began with an invasion by its eastern neighbor and led to the downfall of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s government.
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This country elected its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, in 2016.
taiwan
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Pilgrimage sites here include Adam’s Peak and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in the cultural capital of Kandy.
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The “Alliance for the Future” was formed in this nation, where the sol currency was introduced to choke inflation.
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[pronounce as one word] system was recently deployed in one of this country’s neighbors.
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A kingdom in the north of this modern country conquered Dhu Nuwas and his Jewish Himyarite Kingdom.
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In 2008, a lungless frog was discovered in this country.
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This country is believed to be the home of the Austronesian language family.
taiwan
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In 2017, this country allowed Otto Warmbier to return to the United States, where he died a week later; Warmbier had fallen into a coma while imprisoned for trying to steal a propaganda poster in this country.
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Some label the event a bid for tourism dollars, as this country is ahead of only Afghanistan in GDP per capita for Asian countries, while others suspect that the festivities are an attempt to divert attention from the nearby World Cup.
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Edward Eyre declared martial law in this country after followers of Paul Bogle protested poverty in Morant Bay.
jamaica
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Pope John Paul II refused to stay in this country’s Coconut Palace due to the endemic poverty of its people.
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This country operates the Punggye-ri (*) test site, where a 5.7 magnitude earthquake was detected in September 2017, a week after this country launched a missile over Japan.
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This modern-day country gained its independence with the Tydings-McDuffie Act.
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A leader of this country faced the March of the Empty Pots and narrowly won the 1970 election as head of the Popular Unity party.
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This country carried out Operation Opera which destroyed a nuclear reactor called Osirak.
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A resident of this country was killed in a hospital by the State Research Bureau and was named Dora Bloch.
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An unconfirmed 2014 story claimed that this country’s leader executed his uncle by feeding him to starving dogs.
north korea
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This country was rejected from the League of Nations because of its enslavement of the Shanqalla people.
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A woman born in this modern-day country established the British Hotel to provide aid to troops fighting in the Crimean War and wrote the bestselling autobiography Wonder Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands.
jamaica
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During a conflict in this country, swordsmen called Juramentados carried out suicide attacks against occupying forces.
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A kingdom in this modern-day country was legendarily defeated by the Jewish queen Gudit.
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The society of this colony distinguished between “great” and “little” whites.
haiti
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This modern country’s Aceh Sultanate provided 90% of the world’s pepper in the late 1800s.
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Tacky's War was a large-scale slave rebellion that took place within this country.
jamaica
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Technically considered as part of the metropole, this country was settled by 1 million Europeans known as pieds-noirs.
algeria
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A collection of over 80,000 woodblock prints commissioned during the 13th century by King Gojong is known as this country’s Tripitaka.
korea
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This modern-day country was known to Arab and Persian traders as Serendib, and the ancient king Kassapa constructed the Sigiriya rock fortress in this country.
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Women in this country launched a "sitting" campaign by constantly violating the personal space of its Warrant Chiefs in the 1929 "Women's War."
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The Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises simulate an attack from this country, and the THAAD
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A legislative riot broke out in this country after supporters of its Action Group seized a parliamentary mace and tried to beat the speaker to death with it.
federal republic of nigeria
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This country's longtime intelligence chief Mohamed Mediène ("meh-dee-EN") has supposedly never been photographed.
algeria
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A city on this island was lead by a Welshman who besieged the cities Gibraltar and Maracaibo ("mah-rah-KYE-boh") in wars against the Spanish.
jamaica
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The government of this country was criticized for utilizing the military to restore order, citing the oppression of former president Augusto Pinochet (“PIN-oh-shay”).
republic of chile
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One kingdom in this region was initially a member of the Mahan Confederacy.
korea
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Derg Regime after they overthrew its monarchy.
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On the advice of Terentii Shtykov, the territory of this modern nation was occupied for three years by the Soviet Civil Administration.
north korea
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A conflict in this nation had rebel forces led by General China and (*) Dedan Kimathi and saw the trial of the Kapenguria Six.
kenya
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Another coup here, sparked by a debate over oil fields, deposed Fernando Belaúnde.
peru
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The Luo chieftain Oginga Odinga formed the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy in this country, whose leading nationalists were put on trial by Governor Evelyn Baring as the Kapenguria Six.
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Christopher Myngs began his campaign against Campeche ("cam-PAY-chay") on this island.
jamaica
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This country’s founders held a constitutional convention at Malolos.
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That civil war in this country began after a coup led by the Young Majors and a subsequent countercoup by Yakubu Gowon, leading Emeka Ojukwu to declare the independence of its (*) southeastern region.
federal republic of nigeria
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A U.S. ambassador to this country, George H. Kerr, wrote of the “betrayal” by its government following an incident sparked by an old woman being beaten for possessing contraband cigarettes.
taiwan
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This country is home to the (*) Temple of the Tooth, and the Mannar Bank lies off its coast.
sri lanka
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This nation's forces captured the USS Pueblo research vessel off the coast of Ryo Island after suspecting correctly it was being used to spy on this country.
north korea
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One ruler of this country used an electric chair as a throne and was succeeded by his daughter Zewditu.
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One incident in this country led to the death of a six-year-old boy named Michael Ruck.
republic of kenya
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Andre Rigaud lost the War of Knives in the south of this modern-day country, which first won its independence after the Battle of Vertières [vair-tee-air].
haiti
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Authorities in this territory confiscated contraband cigarettes from a widowed seller, kicking off the February 28 incident.
taiwan
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260 people were killed in this country during three simultaneous suicide bombings on Easter 2019.
sri lanka
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This nation’s leaders included a man who received the mythical sword "Heaven’s Will" from a golden turtle.
vietnam
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That action by this nation was ordered by a leader who was advised by the Berkeley Mafia.
republic of indonesia
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In World War II, during Operation Catapult, this present-day country’s port of (*) Mers-el-Kebir was preemptively attacked by the British fleet to prevent the Vichy government from using the French fleet.
algeria
414
This country hosted the conference that created the Non-Aligned Movement in its city of Bandung.
republic of indonesia
415
The Righteous Armies resisted invaders of this country during the Imjin War, during which its army used Seongja artillery.
korea
416
In 1993, Eritrea became independent from this country.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
417
This nation was ruled by the Zagwe dynasty after the fall of another dynasty in this country that had rulers such as Zoskales and Dil Na’od
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
418
This nation engaged its smaller neighbor during the Konfrontasi because this nation felt threatened by the union of Sarawak with other overseas territories.
republic of indonesia
419
After this country’s former monarch Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment, students in this country took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.
islamic republic of iran
420
An admiral from this region used “turtle ships” to win battles like Noryang Point.
korea
421
After losing the Battle of Magdala, this country’s emperor Tewodros II committed suicide in 1868.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
422
A communist group in this country came to power in the Saur Revolution.
afghanistan
423
That president also ordered his secret police, the DINA, to assassinate Orlando Letelier.
republic of chile
424
In 1961, Maurice Papon ordered a massacre of protesters in this country at the Pont Saint-Michel.
algeria
425
In 2016, a tribunal sided with this country, denying (*) China’s Nine-Dash Line claims to the South China Sea on this country’s west.
republic of the philippines
426
Another leader of this country defeated Omar Khan at the Battle of Bach Dang, one of three invasions against the ruling (*) Tran Dynasty.
vietnam
427
The Hausa people occupy the city and state of Kano in this country.
federal republic of nigeria
428
Kublai Khan sent an expeditionary force to conquer a kingdom in this modern-day country after its ruler, Kertanegara, refused to pay tribute.
republic of indonesia
429
Amnesty International has demanded the closure of this country’s Yodok prison camp.
north korea
430
This country saw victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang and its eventual liberation was assured at the Battle of Noryang Point.
korea
431
A species of hippopotamus native to this island was driven to extinction by settlers.
madagascar
432
The Zagwe and Solomonid dynasties ruled this country until the rise of the communist Derg regime in 1974.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
433
The kipande system forced natives in this country to work and the (*) Kapurenga 6 were a group of nationalists in this country.
kenya
434
The Histadrut Bridge crosses over this country's most polluted body of water, the Kishon River, whose drainage basin includes much of the Jezreel Valley.
israel
435
After the murder of two soldiers, Task Force Vierra retaliated against this country in the aptly named Operation Paul Bunyan.
north korea
436
One president of this country reduced the lease of certain foreign bases from 99 to 25 years after winning the election of 1957 and stepping in for his predecessor after that man'sdeath in a plane crash.
republic of the philippines
437
It defeated Italy at the Battle of Adowa under Emperor Menilek (MEN-ee-lek) II.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
438
The AUMA pushed for greater political freedom for non-Europeans in this country.
algeria
439
Jean-Jacques Dessalines [dess-ah-LEEN] and Toussaint Louverture led a revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
haiti
440
This nation’s Deputy President William Ruto avoided a July 2017 assassination attempt while the murder of Christopher Msando sparked controversy before this country’s 2017 (*) presidential election.
republic of kenya
441
This nation’s declaration of independence was written by Ambrosio Bautista, who sometimes served as an advisor to Jose Rizal.
republic of the philippines
442
Archaeologists identified this country’s
peru
443
Jaime Salinas led a failed coup in this country, where the Tarata bombing occurred days before the La Cantuta massacre.
peru
444
A movement in this non-U.S. country is sometimes named for yellow ribbons displayed after one leader of the LABAN party in this country returned from self-exile in 1983 and was assassinated at an (*) airport.
republic of the philippines
445
In 1982, a group from this country's air force attempted a coup against its president, Daniel Arap Moi.
kenya
446
The archaeological site of Chan Chan was the capital of this country’s Chimu Empire.
peru
447
This country’s president failed to meet with (*) Obama at a summit in Laos after calling him a “son of a[n expletive].”
republic of the philippines
448
Emperor Taewongun countered the invasions but the country was left too weak to repel a 1910 annexation.
korea
449
In 2004, the US government used private contractors to train teams in this country to eradicate drugs after a 2000 ban crippled its economy.
afghanistan
450
One kingdom in the southern portion of this modern day nation had a capital at Indrapura and was ruled by King Indravarman II.
vietnam
451
In the 2012 Olympics, this country’s team walked out of a soccer match against Colombia when the wrong flag was displayed on screen.
north korea
452
One president of this country supplied his Caravan of Death with helicopters.
republic of chile
453
Many native auxiliaries during that war in this country known as the harkis were seen as traitors and killed after that war ended.
algeria
454
This country’s highest peak is known as either Adam’s Peak or Sri Pada by different religious groups.
sri lanka
455
A dissident from this country, Orlando Letelier, was killed by a car bomb in Washington D.C.
republic of chile
456
This nation was defeated at Maychew following the failure of the Christmas Offensive.
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
457
The Tydings-McDuffie Act gave this country independence 10 years after signing its constitution under President Manuel Quezon.
republic of the philippines
458
In 1973, a CIA-backed coup overthrew that socialist leader, Salvador Allende, after he nationalized this country’s copper mines in the (*) Atacama Desert.
republic of chile
459
Otto Warmbier is currently detained in this country, and Kenneth Bae left this country in 2014 with the help of James R. Clapper.
north korea
460
On its northern coast is Point Pedro, and its rivers include the Yan Oya and Aruvi Aru.
sri lanka
461
The U.S. strengthened an embargo against this country following a 1962 crisis over missiles placed here by the Soviets.
republic of cuba
462
This country's main socialist party was marred by conflict between the Khalq and Parchamite factions.
afghanistan
463
A 15th century ruler of a kingdom in this region set up a research institute known as the Hall of Worthies.
korea
464
During an event in this country, Vasili Arkhipov prevented a war by deciding not to fire a torpedo from a B-59 submarine.
republic of cuba
465
Some 600 ex-slaves in this country were deported to Nova Scotia in the 1790s at the conclusion of one of its (*) Maroon Wars.
jamaica
466
Rebels here later organized the Katipunan and issued the Malolos Constitution under Andres Bonifacio.
republic of the philippines
467
This nation repeatedly sacked the city of Vijaya, the capital of the Champa.
vietnam
468
One civilization in this country often made use of spondylus shells in their artwork.
peru
469
In this country, a hostage crisis at an embassy was perpetrated by the insurgent group MRTA.
peru
470
A king from this region created the Hall of Worthies.
korea
471
The jungin were subservient to the aristocratic yangban class in this region, the site of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo [GO-GUR-I-IO], Baekje
korea
472
This archipelagic country east of the Sulu Sea is divided into island groups of Visayas, Mindanao, and Luzon, the last of which is home to Quezon City.
republic of the philippines
473
This country’s city of Maidan Shahr was briefly led by Zarifa Ghafari, its youngest female mayor.
afghanistan
474
In this colony, the Decree of 15 May was enforced by civil commissioner Sonthonax.
haiti
475
In 2014, Alan Gross was released from a Havana prison in this country.
republic of cuba
476
The Kapenguria Six were arrested during a conflict in this modern-day country, which also saw the British construct “protected villages” to detain civilians.
republic of kenya
477
This country’s first leader and his Austrian wife Franziska Donner fled to Hawai’i after he was forced out of power.
south korea
478
One of its presidents, Ferdinand Marcos, was blamed for the assassination of Benigno Aquino, whose widow Corazon became president.
republic of the philippines
479
That president of this country used the system of (*) “guided democracy.”
republic of indonesia
480
A leader of this nation was revealed to have accepted a shipment of weapons in the Cuban packages scandal.
republic of chile
481
Tens of thousands of people were killed in this country when police confiscated cigarettes from a woman and fired into a crowd in the 228 incident.
taiwan
482
Its Corregidor Island fell before the Bataan Death March in this nation during World War II.
republic of the philippines
483
The first president of this country instituted "Harambee," a community-building strategy.
republic of kenya
484
Two earlier rebellions here were led by Emilio Aguinaldo, and Admiral George Dewey won a battle in its capital’s bay.
republic of the philippines
485
The Majapahit [MA-JA-PA-HIT] empire dissolved a hundred years before the establishment of Batavia in this modern-day country.
republic of indonesia
486
While ruled by the military Ch’oe regime, this country resisted the Mongols, and it was twice split into Three Kingdoms before and after the Silla kingdom.
korea
487
The independence movement in this present-day country rallied around the novel The Social Cancer by José Rizal and attempted the Cavite Mutiny.
republic of the philippines
488
This country’s “Blue Sky with a White Sun” flag symbolizes the Kuomintang government, which was once led by Chiang Kai-shek.
taiwan
489
This country’s highest point is Noshaq, in the (*) Hindu Kush mountains, and this country is connected to Pakistan by the Khyber Pass.
afghanistan
490
One conflict for independence within this nation was known as the Little War, which took place shortly after the Pact of Zanjon ended the Ten Years’ War.
republic of cuba
491
Later, that kingdom’s capital moved to Vijaya.
vietnam
492
[PECK-JAY], and Silla.
korea
493
[NAH-od].
federal democratic republic of ethiopia
494
A 1956 revolution in this country targeted Fulgencio Batista and was supported by Che Guevara.
republic of cuba
