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76 Cards in this Set
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WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE"?
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FATHER MIGUEL HIDALGO
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WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IN 1858 AND LED THE WAY TO REFORM?
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BENITO JUAREZ
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TODAY, THE OIL INDUSTRY IN MEXICO IS CINTROLLED BY_____.
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PEMEX
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IN MODERN MEXICO, WHY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE MOVED TO URBAN AREAS?
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THEY WANTED TO ESCAPE POVERTYIN RURAL AREAS
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IN 1990, OCTAVIO PAZ WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN HIS WORK IN WICH AREA?
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LITERATURE
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WHO BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS WHO WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONARY PARTY?
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VINCENTE FOX
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THE U.S. FOUGHT THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TO MAINLTPROTECT U.S. INTERESTS IN _____ AND _____.
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CUBA AND PUERTO RICO
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FROM THE 1600S THROUGH THE 1800S, WHAT WAS THE MAIN CROP IN IN THE WEST INDIES?
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SUGAR
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WITCH WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE CARRIBEAN TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE?
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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FROM 1895 TO 1898, CUBANS FOUGHT TO GAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM__________.
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SPAIN
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IN THE 1600S, THE U.S. CUT OFF ALL TRADE WITH CUBA BECAUSE WHY?
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CASTRO TOOK OVER U.S.- OWNED BUSINESSES IN CUBA
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WHAT IS GUATEMALAS DOMINANT INDUSTRY TODAY?
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AGRICULTURE
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WITCH LEADER IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "THE LIBERATOR"?
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SOMON BOLIVAR
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BY THE 1990S, THE GOVERNMENT OF MOST COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA WERE___________.
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DEMOCRATIC
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WHAT IS A MAIN TRANSPORTATION BARRIER IN PARTS OF SOUTHAMERICA?
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ANDES MOUNTAINS
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IN THE LAST 50 YEARS MOST OF THE POPULATION GROWTHIN SOUTH AMERICA HAS TAKEN PLACE IN _______.
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CITIES
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BRAZIL CREATED A NEW CAPITAL CITY 600 MILES INLAND IN ORDER TO WHAT?
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INPROVE THE QUALITY HOUSING AVAILABLE TO MOST CITIZENS
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WHICH COUNTRY BROUGHT MORE SLAVES FROM AFRICA THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRYIN SOUTH AMERICA?
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BRAZIL
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MOST OF PERUS LARGE CITIES AND FACTORIES ARE LOCATED IN WHAT AREAS?
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DESERTS
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PERU IS AN IMPORTANT SUPPLIER OF ______ AND ___________.
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SILVER AND COPPER
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WHAT IS A LONG, NARROW, DEEP INLET OF THE SEA?
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FJORD
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WHAT LIES ON EUROPE'S EASTERN BORDER AND SEPERATES EUROPE FROM ASIA?
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URAL MOUNTAINS
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IN ANCIENT GREECE, ATHENS AND SPARTA WERE ___________.
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CITY-STATES
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IN ANCIENT ROME, A WEALTHY LANDOWNER WAS CALLED A ______.
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PATRICIAN
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IN 46B.C., JULIUS BROUGHT AN END TO THE ____________.
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ROMAN REPUBLIC
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WHO MADE CHRISTIANITY THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
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CONSTANTINE
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IN A.D. 800, CHARLEMAGNE BECAME THE EMPEROR OF _____.
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THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
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UNDER THE MIDEVALSYSTEM OF MANORIALISM, THE LORD OF THE MANOR RECIEVED FOOD AND LABOR FROM THE PEASANTS IN EXCHANGE FOR __________.
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PROTECTION
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SIGNED IN 1215, THE MAGNA CARTA LIMITED THE POWER OF TEH ___________.
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KING
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LEONARDO DA VINCI WAS AN IMPORTANT ARTIST AND INVENTOR DURING WHAT PERIOD?
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RENAISSANCE
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IN 1517, MARTIN LUTHER WROTE 95 STATEMENTS ATTACKING THE PRACTICE OF THE ________.
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CHURCH
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IN 1519, WHO LED THE FIRST EXPEDITION THAT SUCCESSFULLY SAILED AROUND THE WORLD?
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MAGELLAN
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ONE COUNTRY TAKING CONTROL OF ANOTHER COUNTRY IS AN EXAMPLE OF ___________.
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IMPERIALISM
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IN WITCHPERIOD DID MACHINES TAKE OVER MUCH OF THE WORK DONE BY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS?
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INDUTRIAL PERIOD
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WHO TOOK CONTROL OF FRANCE AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
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WHO WAS THE FIRST CZAR OF RUSSIA?
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE
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WHAT EVENT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION?
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BLOODY SUNDAY
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IN A _____________, VOTERS ARE ABLE TO VOTE FOR ONLY A SINGLE CANDIDATE FOR EACH OFFICE?
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ONE-PARTY SYSTEM
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IN 1990, THE LARGEST EMPIRE IN EASTERN EUROPE WAS______.
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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
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AFTER WORLD WAR 2, MONEY PROVIDED UNDER THE___________ HELPED DAMAGED COUNTRIES REBUILD.
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MARSHALL PLAN
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IN THE ___________,MILLIONS OF JEWS WERE SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
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HOLOCAUST
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ON A __________ IN THE SOVIOT UNION, PEASANTS SOMETIMES DIDN'T RECEIVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
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COLLECTIVE FARM
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___________ WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN EASTERN EUROPE THAT DID NOT SIGN THE WARSAW PACT AFTER WORLD WAR 2.
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YUGOSLAVIA
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AFTER WORLD WAR 2, THE _____ PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM TRAVELING FREELY BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE.
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IRON CURTAIN
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OFFICIALS IN A _________ PRETEND TO HAVE POWER BUT ARE REALLY TOLD WHAT TO DO BY LEADERS OUTSIDE THEIR NATION.
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PUPPET GOVERNMENT
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AROUND 1990, ________ MADE MANY PEOPLE IN EUROPE FEEL PROUD OF THEIR HOMELANDS AND WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
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NATIONALISM
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A FORMAL AGREMENT AMONG COUNTRIES TO HELP DEFEND EACH OTHER IS KNOWN AS AN ______.
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ALLIANCE
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IN THE 1950S AND 1960S, CITIZENS OF THE SOVIOT UNION DID NOT HAVE ___________.
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PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
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FOLLOWING A BRIEF "THAW" IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNIONAND THE U.S., THE LEADERS OF THE SOVIOT UNION WAS___________ IN 1964.
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NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
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SONGS, FILMS, AND POSTERS PRAISING THE SOVIOT UNION ARE EXAMLPES OF________.
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PROPAGANDA
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IN TEH 1970S, THE U.S. AND THE SOVIOT UNION ENJOYED A PERIOD OF _____________.
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DETENTE
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FROM 1988 TO 1991, ________ ALLOWED THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE SOVIET UNION.
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ALEXANDER DEBCEK
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WHEN SMALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY JOIN FORCES, THEY FORM __________.
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COALITIAL GOVERNMENT
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IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, BONIAN SERBS USED ________ TO REDUCE THE POPULATION OF MINORITY ETHINIC GROUPS.
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ETHNIC CLEANSING
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TODAY, MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN WESTERN EUROPE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ___________.
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EUROPEAN UNION
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THE MOST WIDELY SPREAD USED CURRENCY IN WESTRN EUROPE TODAY IS THE ________.
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ERO
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IN THE GOVERNMENT OF MODERN RUSSIA, THE __________ IS PART OF THE LEGISLATURE.
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DUMA
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WHO WAS THE BRITISH AUTHOR OF OLIVER TWIST?
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CHARLES DICKENS
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UNTIL 1989, EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY WERE SEPERATED BY THE ____________.
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BERLIN WALL
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RIVERS SUCH AS THE TIGRIS ENRICH THE SOIL OF SOUTHWEST ASIA BY WHAT?
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DEPOSITING FERTILE SOIL FROM TURKISH HIGHLANDS
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WHICH COUNTRY IS GENERALLY COOLER THAN THE OTHERS AND HAS MORE GRASS LANDS?
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TURKEY
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WHO WAS THE MESOPOTAMIAN RULER RESPONSIBLE FOR A CODE OF STRICT LAWS?
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HAMMURABI
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WHO WERE THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE FERTILE CRESCENTS?
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SUMERIANS
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ANCIENT EGYPT DEVELOPED AND GREW BECAUSE OF THE "GIFTS" OF THE ________.
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NILE
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WHAT WAS USED AS A BURIAL LACE FOR A PHARAOH IN ANCIENT EGYPT?
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PYRANIDS
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IN ANCIENT EGYPT, WHO CARRIED OUT THE TEMPLE RITUALS?
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PRIESTS
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JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS ALL BELIVIED THAT WHAT?
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THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD
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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSED SOON AFTER THE WHAT?
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END OF WORLD WAR 1
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IN THE DAYS OF SULTANS, JANISSARIES WERE ________.
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SODIERS
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MOST PEOPLE IN IRAN BELONG TO THE BRANCH OF ISLAM KNOWN AS ____________.
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SHI'ITE
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WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIMARY PRODUCT OF SOUTHWEST ASIA?
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OIL
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WHAT IS THE MONTH IN WITCH MUSLIMS FAST FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET?
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RAMADAN
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THE MAIN PURPOSEOF BUILDING THE SUEZ CANAL WAS TO WHAT?
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INCREASE TRADE
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IN WITCH EUROPEAN COUNTRY ARE WOMENREQUIRED TO WORK OUT SIDE THE HOME AND REQUIRED TO PERFORM MILITARY SERVICE?
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ISRAEL
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WITCH WAS THE FIRST ARAB STATE TO SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH ISREAL?
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EGYPT
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TODAY, TURKEY IS A MEMBER OF WITCH ORGANIZATION?
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NATO
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