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| What nation is known as the most important banking center of Southeast Asia? |
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| What nation is connected to the Pan Am Flight #103 that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988? |
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| What nation has as its founding father a man by the name of Mohammad Ali Jinnah? |
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| What is the present name of the city formerly known as Saigon? |
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| What country that we have studied was established from the previous Yogoslavia? |
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| What is the world's second largest exporter of cotton? |
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| What was Belize formerly known as? |
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| There are three nations on the island of_________ |
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| What nation has the largest Muslim population in the world? |
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| What nation is the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere? |
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| What nation did the Sandinistas once rule? |
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| Which country's government did the Tamil Tigers try to topple? |
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| What is the name of the vital water way through which much of the West's oil passes and is threatened with blockade? |
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| Which country has its last elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest for the last 20 years? |
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| What country supplies the US with 20% of its oil imports? |
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| What nation is being threatened by the Taliban, or "Students of Religion"? |
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| In what country was Joseph Stalin born? |
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| What nation is located on the Horn of Africa? |
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| What nation has a Chinese minority population of 24%? |
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| What nation has been fighting with one of its neighbors over the province of Kashmir? |
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| Which country was traded to the Netherlands for the land that became New York City? |
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| Which country in Africa is currently in a civil war? |
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| Which countries that we have studied have island capital cities? |
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| Equatorial Guinea, United Arab Emirates |
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| Which nation is the world's number one supplier of opium? |
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| Muammar Qaddafi is the leader of this nation. |
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| Which country held American hostages for 444 days? |
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| This nation is the only Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel. |
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| Which nation is the number one producer of cocoa in the world? |
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| Which nation has the highest inflation rate in the world? |
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| Oil rich Cabinda province is attempting to declare its independence from which country? |
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| Who established the Republic of Turkey in 1923? |
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| What is the family that keeps tensions high between many Arab nations? |
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| Who created the Bath Party? |
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| What was the first country to overthrow a dictator and give him a fair trial? |
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| 15 percent of which country is Kurdish? |
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| Which country is ruled by the House of Saud? |
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| Which Islamic group in Saudi Arabia is incredibly strict? |
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| Who runs the main party in Russia? |
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| Which African country has the greatest population? |
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| Which country has a ready-fit military greater than double the size of the US population? |
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| Who was the founder of the modern Turkish state? |
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| Which nations have been ruled by the Baath Party? |
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| What nation is called the "Pure Country" |
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| Which nation has the largest inflation rate? |
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| Which nation got its independence from Italy in 1947? |
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| Where did Suharto and Sukarno rule? |
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| Which nation is the most densely populated? |
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| Which country was formerly known as Ceylan? |
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| The Gulf of Riga is bound by which two countries? |
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| Which European nation had a close relationship with China in the 20th century? |
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| Which country is Alexander Lucashanko (sp?) president of? |
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| Which country has its prime minister as the main ruler instead of the president? |
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| 90% of which country's plants are not found anywhere else on earth? |
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| Who is president of Belarus? |
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| Which nation was attacked by the Soviet Union, which occupation became the USSR's so called "Vietnam"? |
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| What small country is squeezed between Ukraine and Romania? |
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| What nation rose up against the Soviet Union in 1956 and held off tanks for a week? |
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| What was the name of the West German capital during the Cold War? |
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| What is the world's largest supply of fresh water and where is it? |
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| Which nation guards the Strait of Hormuz? |
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| What six nations originated from the former Yugoslavia? |
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| Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedona, Serbia, Montenegro |
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