High School Geography: 1975 vs. Today
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Question 1
What Is The Largest Continent In The World?
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Which Ocean Lies Between The Americas And Europe?
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Which Of These Countries Gained Independence From The Soviet Union In 1991?
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What Is The Capital Of The United Kingdom?
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Which Country Is Famous For Its Eiffel Tower?
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What Is The Most Populous Country In The World Today?
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Which Nation Was Formed In 1993 After The Peaceful Dissolution Of Czechoslovakia?
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Which Country Is Famous For Being Shaped Like A Boot?
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What Is The Capital City Of Canada?
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Which European Country Was Formally Reunified In 1990?
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What Is The Largest And Deepest Ocean On Earth?
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In Which Country Is The Great Wall Located?
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Which National Flag Features A Red Maple Leaf?
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Which Country Is The Natural Home Of The Kangaroo?
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In Which City Is The Statue Of Liberty Located?
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In Which US State Can You Find The Grand Canyon?
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Which Country Is Known As The Land Of The Rising Sun?
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What Is The Highest Mountain Peak Above Sea Level?
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What Is The Capital City Of France?
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On Which Continent Is The Amazon River Located?
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Which City Is Home To The Famous Clock Known As Big Ben?
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Which Country Shares The Longest International Border With The USA?
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In Which City Is The White House Located?
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Which Continent Is The Coldest And Most Southern?
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Which Two Continents Does The Red Sea Separate?
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Which Country Is Home To The Famous Panama Canal?
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What Is The Largest Hot Desert In The World?
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What Is The Capital City Of Italy?
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In Which Country Are The Swiss Alps Located?
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Which Is The Largest Island In The Caribbean Sea?
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In Which Country Is The Great Barrier Reef Located?
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Which Country Is Famous For The Beautiful Taj Mahal?
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Which Large Sea Is Almost Completely Enclosed By Land Between Europe And Africa?
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In 1970 This Country Was Known As Ceylon What Is It Called Today?
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What Is The Current Name Of The Country Once Known As Rhodesia?
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Which African Country Was Known As Upper Volta Until 1984?
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What Was The Country Of Zaire Renamed In 1997?
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Which Southeast Asian Nation Was Officially Known As Burma?
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Which Of These Nations Was Once A Republic Within Yugoslavia?
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What Is The Modern Name For The Vietnamese City Formerly Known As Saigon?
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Which Chinese Capital City Was Historically Referred To As Peking In The West?
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Which Major Chinese Port City Was Historically Known As Canton?
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What Country Did East Pakistan Become After Gaining Independence In 1971?
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The Dutch East Indies Became Which Independent Nation After World War Two?
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Which Nation Officially Gained Independence From Ethiopia In 1993?
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Which Country Is Recognized As The Newest Nation In The World Having Formed In 2011?
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Which Central American Country Was Known As British Honduras Until 1973?
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What Was The Former Name Of The Nation Now Known As Timor Leste?
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What Name Did The Khmer Rouge Use For Cambodia During Their Rule?
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Which African Nation Was Formerly Known As The French Territory Of The Afars And The Issas?
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The Country Of Benin Was Known By What Name Until 1975?
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Which Nation Was Administered As South West Africa Until Its Independence In 1990?
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Which Mountainous African Nation Was Formerly Known As Basutoland?
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The Nation Of Botswana Was Known By Which Name Before Independence In 1966?
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By What Name Was Thailand Officially Known Until The Year 1939?
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Which Country Was Historically Known As Abyssinia In The Early Twentieth Century?
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By What Name Was Iran Known In The Western World Until 1935?
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Which Pacific Island Nation Was Known As The New Hebrides During Colonial Times?
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Which Island Nation Was Known As The Gilbert Islands While Under British Rule?
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What Was The Former Name Of The Island Nation Now Known As Tuvalu?
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Asia
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Africa
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North America
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Europe
Asia is the most populated and largest continent on Earth containing about thirty percent of the land area
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Indian Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean and serves as a major shipping route between these continents
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Bulgaria
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Hungary
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Poland
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Ukraine
Ukraine was one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union before it gained full independence in 1991
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Rome
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Berlin
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Paris
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London
London has been a major settlement for two millennia and remains the primary economic hub for the UK
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France
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Italy
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Spain
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Germany
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and is now a global cultural icon
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United States
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India
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Indonesia
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China
India officially surpassed China as the most populous nation in the world during the middle of the year 2023
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Serbia
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Slovenia
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Poland
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Slovakia
Slovakia became an independent state in 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia into two separate and distinct nations
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Greece
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Portugal
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Italy
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Norway
Italy is easily recognized on a map because of its distinct shape that resembles a high heeled leather boot
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Toronto
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Ottawa
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Vancouver
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Montreal
Ottawa was chosen as the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria because of its location between major existing cities
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Austria
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Italy
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Germany
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France
Germany was reunified in 1990 when the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany after the wall
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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Indian Ocean
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Southern Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the Earth oceanic divisions extending from the Arctic to Antarctica
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Korea
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Vietnam
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China
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Japan
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications built across the northern borders of ancient Chinese states
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USA
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United Kingdom
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Mexico
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Canada
The maple leaf is the most recognized symbol of Canada appearing on the national flag and many official documents
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Brazil
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Australia
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South Africa
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India
Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and are known for their powerful hind legs and large pouches for their young
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Miami
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San Francisco
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Boston
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New York
The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor and was a gift from France
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Arizona
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Utah
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Nevada
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Colorado
The Grand Canyon is a massive steep sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona
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China
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Thailand
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South Korea
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Japan
Japan is often called the Land of the Rising Sun because it lies to the east of the Asian continent
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Mount Everest
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Kilimanjaro
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K2
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Mount Denali
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level located in the Mahalangur Himal range of Himalayas
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Marseille
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Paris
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Lyon
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Nice
Paris is the capital of France and is globally renowned as a center for art fashion and fine cuisine
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North America
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Asia
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South America
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Africa
The Amazon River is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world located in South America
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Edinburgh
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Dublin
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London
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Manchester
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of Westminster
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Mexico
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Cuba
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Canada
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Russia
Canada and the United States share the longest international border in the world spanning over five thousand miles
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Washington DC
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Philadelphia
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New York City
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Chicago
The White House has been the official residence and workplace of every US president since John Adams in 1800
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South America
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Arctic
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Asia
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Antarctica
Antarctica is the southernmost continent and contains the geographic South Pole while being surrounded by the Southern Ocean waters
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Europe And Africa
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Africa And Australia
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Africa And Asia
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Asia And Europe
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean lying between the continents of Africa and Asia
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Nicaragua
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Costa Rica
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Colombia
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Panama
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean through the Americas
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Sahara
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Kalahari
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Arabian
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Gobi
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world covering most of North Africa and being very arid
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Milan
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Florence
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Venice
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Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and has a history spanning twenty eight centuries as a major European center
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France
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Switzerland
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Austria
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Italy
The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within the borders of beautiful Switzerland
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Puerto Rico
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Hispaniola
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Cuba
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Jamaica
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean and is located south of Florida and the Great Bahama Bank
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New Zealand
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Australia
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Fiji
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Indonesia
The Great Barrier Reef is the world largest coral reef system located off the coast of Queensland in Australia
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India
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Pakistan
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Iran
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Bangladesh
India is home to the Taj Mahal which is an ivory white marble mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor
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Black Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Caspian Sea
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Baltic Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and almost completely enclosed by land on all three sides
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Sri Lanka
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Madagascar
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Thailand
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India
Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon until 1972 when it officially changed its name to reflect its republican status
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Namibia
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Zimbabwe
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Zambia
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Botswana
Zimbabwe was formerly known as Rhodesia until it achieved recognized independence from British colonial rule in the year 1980
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Burkina Faso
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Niger
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Chad
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Mali
Burkina Faso was called Upper Volta until 1984 when the name was changed to mean Land of Incorruptible People
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Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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Central African Republic
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Angola
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Republic Of The Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was known as Zaire between 1971 and 1997 under the rule of Mobutu
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Vietnam
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Myanmar
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Thailand
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Laos
Myanmar was officially known as Burma until the ruling military government changed the name of the country in 1989
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Romania
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Greece
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Albania
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Croatia
Croatia was one of the six republics that made up the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until its dissolution
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Hanoi
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Hue
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Da Nang
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City was renamed from Saigon in 1976 following the end of the conflict in that region
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Beijing
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Xi An
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Nanjing
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Shanghai
Beijing was commonly referred to as Peking in English until the Pinyin transliteration system became the international standard used
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Hong Kong
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Macau
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Guangzhou
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Shenzhen
Guangzhou is the modern name for the major Chinese port city that Westerners historically referred to as Canton previously
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Nepal
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Sri Lanka
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Bhutan
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan before it gained independence in 1971 after a significant and difficult liberation war
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Singapore
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Philippines
Indonesia was formerly a Dutch colony known as the Dutch East Indies before gaining its independence after World War
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Sudan
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Eritrea
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Somalia
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Djibouti
Eritrea officially gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 following a long war and a referendum supported by the people
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East Timor
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South Sudan
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Kosovo
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Montenegro
South Sudan is the world newest country having gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long civil war
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Honduras
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El Salvador
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Belize
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Guatemala
Belize was known as British Honduras until 1973 and it remained a British colony until achieving independence in 1981
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Dutch Timor
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French Timor
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Portuguese Timor
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Spanish Timor
Timor Leste was known as Portuguese Timor before it was invaded by Indonesia and eventually gained independence in 2002
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Annam
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Indochina
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Siam
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Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodia was briefly known as Democratic Kampuchea under the Khmer Rouge regime during the late nineteen seventies time period
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Somalia
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Togo
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Benin
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Djibouti
Djibouti was formerly known as the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas before gaining independence in 1977
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Basutoland
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Zululand
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Abyssinia
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Dahomey
Benin was known as the Kingdom of Dahomey until 1975 when it was renamed the People Republic of Benin
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Angola
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Botswana
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Mozambique
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Namibia
Namibia was known as South West Africa while it was under the administration of South Africa until the year 1990
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Lesotho
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Swaziland
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Malawi
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Burundi
Lesotho was the British Crown Colony of Basutoland until it gained independence from the United Kingdom in October 1966
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Rhodesia
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Basutoland
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Bechuanaland
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Nyasaland
Botswana was formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until it became an independent nation within the Commonwealth in 1966
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Lanna
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Sukhothai
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Ayutthaya
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Siam
Thailand was officially known as Siam until 1939 and again for a brief period after the second World War
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Uganda
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Kenya
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Sudan
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia was historically known as Abyssinia and is one of the few African nations to never be fully colonized
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Assyria
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Persia
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Babylonia
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Mesopotamia
Iran was known as Persia in the Western world until 1935 when the Shah asked for the local name
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Tonga
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Samoa
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Vanuatu
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Fiji
Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides while it was a colonial territory jointly administered by France and Britain
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Palau
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Nauru
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Kiribati
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Tuvalu
Kiribati was known as the Gilbert Islands when it was a British colony before gaining its independence in 1979
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Solomon Islands
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Marshall Islands
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Ellice Islands
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Cook Islands
Tuvalu was known as the Ellice Islands before it separated from the Gilbert Islands and became independent in 1978
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