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25 Cards in this Set
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1) What geographic pattern do Australian cities follow
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all located on coast
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2) What vegetation types occur in most areas
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desert
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3) What is the approx. width in miles of the continent at its widest point
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2500
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4) Which region lies directly on the tropic of cancer
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Simpson desert
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5) Why were al the settlements founded in southern and eastern Australia
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climate was more favorable
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6) What characterizes the location of australia's main cities
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all on coast
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7) What might have kept colonies from settling deeper in Australia
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deserts ere difficult to live in
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8) What cities were founded first and last in order
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Sydney, Adelaide
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9) What did the peoples charter of 1838 petition for
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suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections
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10) Who were the Zionist
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Jews who worked for a homeland in Palestine
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11) What was Captain Alfred Dreyfus accused in the Dreyfus Affair
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selling military secrets
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12) What did it mean to be a dominion
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a country was domestically self governing but part of the British empire
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13) Why did Great Britain establish Penal Colony
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to relive over crowding in prison
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14) Which country did the most Irish immigrants go to during the famine
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USA
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15) How was most of the territory west of Texas obtained by the U.S.
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16) What is manifest destiny
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American people had right & duty to rule native Americans from coast to coast
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17) What influenced formation of upper & lower Canada
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cultural conflicts between British and France
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18) What 2 lands did Captain Cook claim for Great Britain
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Australia, New Zealand
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19) How'd California & a lot of southwest became part of U.S.
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Mexican Succession
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20) What policy lead to the trail of tears
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Indian removal act
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21) What event provoked a succession of southern states from U.S.
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election of Abraham Lincoln
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22) Why was work of Louis Pasteur important in history of medicine
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found that bacteria caused disease
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23) In 1836 Texas fought for its independence from
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Mexico
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24) Only country that allowed women to vote before 1900
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New Zealand
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25) Pogroms that took place in Russia was fueled by
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anti-semitism
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