quiz 3 international
World affairs: atlas (open book)
1
he only two nations in the Southern
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Hemisphere (below the equator) with
per capital GDPs of $20,000 or above are
_____________ and _____________ .
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he _____________ is the body of water
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separating the Middle Eastern nations of Iran
and Saudi Arabia.
8 Sandwiched between India and the
2 Tibet region in China is the country of
_____________, which is about
670 miles long.
he island nation of _____________ is
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located about 700 miles southeast of Miami,
Florida, and has a per capita GDP of less than
$2,000.
9 What body of water separates China from
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ortions of these four European nations are
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inside the Arctic Circle: _____________,
_____________ , _____________ , and
_____________ .
4 What number of bordering countries do
North and South Korea? _____________
10 What body of water borders Costa Rica
to the east? _____________
11 The _____________
River divides the
United States into the East and West regions.
Switzerland and Latvia each have?
5 The drought-stricken country of
12 The _____________ mountain chain is in
_____________ is on the portion of Africa’s
eastern coast known as the “Horn.” The
equator passes through it.
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he recent Arab Spring uprisings began in the
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African country of _____________ , whose
capital is located at 37°N, 10°E.
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the far western portion of South America and
is the longest north-south mountain chain in
the world.
in-depth questions
1 How can maps
help in the
study of history,
anthropology,
economics, and the
law?
2 This is the first year
that South Sudan
appears on maps
as an independent
country. How do
you think leaders
determined the
border between
Sudan and South
Sudan?
3 Europe and Asia
are the only two
continents to share
a landmass. What
interactions has
this fostered?