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50 Cards in this Set
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Saudi Arabia
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Riydah
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Dominican Republic
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Roseau
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Lebanon
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Beirut
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El Salvador
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San Salvador
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Iran
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Tihran
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Cuba
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Havana
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Iraq
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Baghdad
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Peru
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Lima
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Bulgaria
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Sofia
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Puerto Rico
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San Juan
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United Kingdom
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London
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Jamaica
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Kingston
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Guyana
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Georgetown
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Spain
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Madrid
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Belgium
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Brussels
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Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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Finland
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Helsinki
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Italy
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Rome
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Germany
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Berlin
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absolute location
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the position on the earth in which a place can be found
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relative location
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the position of a place in relation to another place
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longitude
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one of the series of imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north and south from one pole to another
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latitude
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one of the series of imaginary lines; also called parallels, that circle the earth parallel to the equator
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equator
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an imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point (halfway between the North and South poles), dividing the earth into two halves called hemispheres
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hemishpere
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a half of the earth; the Equator divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres. the Prime Meridian divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres
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peninsula
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a strip of land that juts out into an ocean
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windward
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situated on the side facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
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leeward
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situated on the side facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
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archipelagos
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a group of islands
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canopy
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the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land
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el nino
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a warm ocean curren off South America's northwestern coast that influence global weather patterns
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hurricane
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a destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of atleast 74mph
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czar
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an emperor of russia
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seismic
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descriptive of earthquakes or earth vibrations
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oasis
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a place where a supply of fresh water makes it possible to support life in a dry region
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summit
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the highest point of a mountain or smilar elevation
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muslim
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a follower of islam
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prime meridian
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an imiginary line of longitude that runs from North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwhich, England; it is designated 0 degrees longitude and is used as a reference point from which east and west lines of longitude are measured
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natural resources
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a material that humans take from the natural environment to survive and to satisfy their needs
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subsistence farming
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farming that provides only enough needs of a family or a village
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commercial farming
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the raising of crops and livestock for sale in outside markets
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continental divide
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a boundary or area of high ground that seperates rivers flowing toward opposite side of a continent
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tributaries
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a river or a stream that flows into a main river
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basin
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an area drained by a river and its tributaries
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savana
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a tropical grassland with scattered trees; located in the warm lands nearest the Equator
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tropical storm
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a storm with winds of at least 39 mph
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intensive farming
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a farming method that requires a great deal of labor
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