World Geography Review

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Mozambique won independence in 1975 after being colonized by which European power?

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Portugal

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Which of these groups would have been LEAST likely to be a major ethnic group in Latin America? Options: African, Amerindian, Arab, European

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Arab

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The Gobi Desert is located in which quadrant on the map?

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2

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Both Brazil and Cuba are major world producers of: automobiles, electronics, oil, sugar

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sugar

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Which of these is a country surrounded by water on all sides? Options: Australia, Bolivia, Hawaii, Italy

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Australia

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Based on its location in South Asia, the climate in southwestern India is MOST LIKELY: desert, temperate, tropical monsoon, tropical savannah.

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tropical monsoon

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The Republic of Kiribati is MOST associated with which of these? Indonesia, Australia, Micronesia, New Zealand

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Micronesia

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What is the name of this national monument? Options: Columbiana, Mother Freedom, the Statue of Liberty, the Lady of Ellis Island

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the Statue of Liberty

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In the late 1800s ____________ attempted to exert complete control over ___________ in order to control the gold and diamond industry there.

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Great Britain; South Africa

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Which natural feature made traveling west in the United States easier during the 1800s? Options: The Eerie Canal, The Great Plains, The Rocky Mountains, The Sierra Nevada Range

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The Great Plains