Geography 1303 Final Exam

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A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n):

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Pandemic

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The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____.

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Malaria

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Dar es Salaam is the capital of

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Tanzania

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What countries border Lake Victoria?

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Kenya, uganda, Tanzania

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The two groups who fought one another in the Rwandan civil war are the:

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hutus, tutsies

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The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:

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Gabon

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This country has the largest population of any in Africa

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Nigeria

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Which of the African country was established by former American slaves?

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Liberia

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Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?

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Ethiopia

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The country of _________is completely encircled by South Africa.

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Lesotho

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__________is East Africa’s largest country in territorial as well as demographic terms

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tanzania

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The only country in West Africa that is fully Islamic is____________.

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Mauritania?

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Shi’ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of:

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Iran

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The North Africa/Southwest Asia realm contains about __________ percent of the world’s oil reserves

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77%

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The city of __________ is located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile, and serves as the capital of __________.

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Khartoum/Sudan

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The Aswan High Dam is located on the:

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nile river in aswan egypt

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The western North African countries of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco are collectively called the:

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The Maghreb

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The major mountain range in North Africa is the:

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Atlas Mountains

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Israel regards which city as its capital?

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Jerusalem

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The state of Israel was formally __________________________.

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part of palestine

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Turkey’s application for membership in the EU will be helped by all but which of the following?

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ceding of Crete to Greece

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The body of water devastated by Soviet irrigation schemes is the:

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Aral sea

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The most important ethnic group in Afghanistan are the:

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pathans (Pashtuns)

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Islamic law is known as_________.

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shari 'ah

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The caste system is most associated with which of the following religion

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hinduism

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The priestly caste in India is known as the

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Brahmans

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India’s government is classified as ___________

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federal parliment

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During the twentieth century, 8 of the 10 costliest natural disasters in the world struck what area?

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Bangladesh

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The two countries of South Asia’s Mountainous North are

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Nepal and bhutan

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The small group of islands 400 miles southwest of India are the:

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Maldives

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The Buddhist majority population of Sri Lanka is known as the

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sinhalese

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_______today is the world’s second most populous state.

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India

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If global environmental change models prove to be correct, what will happen to the Maldives?

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they would get submerged

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China’s total area is __________________ the conterminous United States.

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Slightly smaller

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The country of the “people of Han” is ______.

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china

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China’s largest city is:

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Shanghai

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The Gobi Desert is most closely associated with which Chinese region?

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Inner Mongolia

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Taiwan is currently classified politically as ___________(is it part of another place?)

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republic of china

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The dominant economic region of China, propelled by forces of globalization, is:

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pacific rim

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South Korea’s growth has resulted from an economic system described as:

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state capitalism

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Japan’s territorial dispute with Russia is over …

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four small islands in the Kurile Island chain

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A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is:

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Macau

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The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is:

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Indonesia

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Vietnam has become a top producer in the world in this unlikely crop.

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coffee

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The small oil rich Islamic sultanate of Southeast Asia is

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Brunei

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An archipelago is:

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a chain of islands

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The island of Southeast Asia that can be characterized as a minicontinent is:

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Java

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What are the immigration trends in Europe?

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from north to south?

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Europe’s unofficial lingua franca (common language) is

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English

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The major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the ______:

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Elbe

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The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:

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Brussels

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Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the:

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North sea

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The United Kingdom consists of

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England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

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Italy’s economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is located today in:

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Po River Valley

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Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:

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gibraltar

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The divided eastern Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is:

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cyprus

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The Danube River empties into the:

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black sea

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German reunification __________________:

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occurred in 1990

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The former Soviet Union dissolved in what year?

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1991

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Most of the population of Russia is found in the:

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western part of the country

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The vegetation on a higher-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses, lichens, and sparse grasses) is known as:

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tundra

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The mountain chain in west-central Russia that is sometimes regarded as the "boundary" between Europe and Asia is known as the:

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Urals

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Which Russian republic fought a (still unresolved) war for independence from Moscow during the 1990s:

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Chechnya

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The population of Russia is:

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decreasing at an increasing rate

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The Russian port of ______ is kept open year-round by warm water from the North Atlantic.

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Murmansk

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The most important oil and gas reserves in Russia’s Far East are centered on:

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sakhalin

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Russia is about ______as large as the United States in area.

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russia is slightly larger

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How does Siberia compare in physical size and population to the US?

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larger in territorial size than the conterminous U.S.

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For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that

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only whites were allowed

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New Zealand’s largest ethnic minority group is known as the:

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Miaori

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is the only world geographic realm that lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Australia

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Australia’s aboriginal population totals about ______of its total population

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1.5%

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The people called Native Americans in the U.S. are called __________ in Canada

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first nations

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Which US state is a major natural gas producing area?

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Texas

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Which province in Canada has significant coal deposits?

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Alberta

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Montreal and the lower course of the St. Lawrence Seaway are located in the Canadian province of ________.

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quebec

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The North American region with the greatest disparity in income between rich and poor is:

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the south

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The major mountain range of the Pacific Northwest is the:

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cascades

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_________ is the most Asianized metropolis (city) in North America

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Vancouver

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Are Americans are more religious than the rest of the Western world?

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yes

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As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute:

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greater antilles

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As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.

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panama

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A person of mixed European-African ancestry is a:

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mullato

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In which country did a successful slave rebellion take place in 1804 that led to independence?

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Haiti

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More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to:

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New York

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The archipelago to the north of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the:

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bahamas

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Guadeloupe is a dependency of:

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France

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A Caribbean island that is home to a large community of South Asians is:

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Trinidad

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The slums of South America’s large cities are known as:

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Farelas

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What South American Country is landlocked?

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Paraguay

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The desert in the north of Chile is the:

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atacama

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What Latin American country contains the largest Japanese community outside Japan?

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Brazil

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What Lake on the Peru-Bolivia boundary is the highest large lake in the world

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Lake Titicaca

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The Peru (Humboldt) Current is

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flows north along the west coast of South America from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru

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Which Caribbean country possesses major natural gas deposits:

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trinidad and tobago

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Central America’s poorest country is

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Nicaragua

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The modern state of Israel was created in what year?

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1948