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Country below the 38th parallel on an East Asian peninsula
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South
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Korea
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Country above the 38th parallel on an East Asian peninsula
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North
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Korea
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European arm of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
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North
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Sea
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Area of the Northern Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Alaska
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Bering
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Sea
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Narrower passage of the above body of water, connecting the Pacific and Arctic Oceans
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Bering
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Strait
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Narrow passage of water between the North and South Islands of New Zealand
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Cook
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Strait
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Self-governing Polynesian state in free association with New Zealand. Named after the British captain who visited in the 1770s.
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Cook
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Islands
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Manmade archipelago off the coast of Dubai. Named for their shape when viewed from above.
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Palm
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Islands
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Desert oasis city in Southern California
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Palm
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Springs
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Rocky Mountain city that is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy
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Colorado
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Springs
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Body of water that flows through the Grand Canyon
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Colorado
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River
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Body of water that flows down the western side of the island of Manhattan
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Hudson
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River
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Large inland marginal sea located in the Canadian territory of Nunavut
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Hudson
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Bay
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Arm of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the capital of Japan
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Tokyo
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Bay
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Major tourist attraction focused on an anthropomorphic rodent - located on reclaimed land in the above body of water
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Tokyo
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Disneyland
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Major tourist attraction focused on an anthropomorphic rodent - located in the most populous urban area in China
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Shanghai
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Disneyland
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At 632 meters in height, it is the tallest building in China
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Shanghai
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Tower
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At 330 meters in height, this Parisan structure was the tallest in the world from 1889 to 1940
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Eiffel
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Tower
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Name given to numerous steel girder spans designed by the same architect as the above structure - and many that were not
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Eiffel
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Bridge
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Name given to several successive spans across the Thames River in the capital of England
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London
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Bridge
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Founded in 1826 in the same city, this institution is the oldest of its type in the world, and also houses the oldest reptile house, public aquarium, and insect house.
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London
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Zoo
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This animal park was founded in 1968 but suffered extensive damages during the 1990 Iraqi Invasion.
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Kuwait
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Zoo
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Capital of the Middle Eastern country where the above is located
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Kuwait
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City
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Capital of a southernmost country in North America
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Panama
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City
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Manmade body of water bisecting that country and linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Panama
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Canal
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Historic manmade body of water linking Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania
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Canal
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Misleading name given to the German-based language used by the Amish residents of the same state
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Pennsylvania
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Dutch
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Another name for the Flemish language spoken in the Flanders region of a lowland European county.
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Belgian
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Dutch
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Former Central African colony of a European nation, established under the rule of King Leopold II
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Belgian
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Congo
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Former Central African colony of a European nation, established under the Third Republic
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French
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Congo
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Mediterranean coastal resort area of the same European nation, also known as the Côte d'Azur
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French
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Riviera
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Mediterranean coastal resort area of a neighboring European nation, including the city of Genoa
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Italian
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Riviera
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The portion of that same nation that resembles a boot
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Italian
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Peninsula
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The only region of Egypt that is in Asia
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Sinai
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Peninsula
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The geographic landform comprising the entire inland portion of that region
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Sinai
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Desert
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The largest occurrence of this landform in the world - it is counterintuitively covered in snow
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Antarctic
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Desert
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The farthest south of the five major circles of latitude on Earth
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Antarctic
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Circle
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The farthest north of the five major circles of latitude on Earth
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Arctic
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Circle
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The smallest of the five major divisions of surface water on Earth
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Arctic
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Ocean
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Another major division of surface water on Earth, this one circles Antarctica
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Southern
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Ocean
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The largest mountain range in New Zealand
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Southern
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Alps
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The southwestern stretch of this major European mountain chain, forming the southern border between France and Italy, all the way to the Mediterranean Sea
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Maritime
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Alps
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Canadian region comprised of New Burnswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
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Maritime
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Provinces
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Canadian region comprised of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
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Atlantic
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Provinces
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Continental region comprised of all of Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, along with portions of Spain, France, Portugal, Germany and Scandanavia
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Atlantic
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Europe
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Continental region general considered to be comprised of Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and part of Romania
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Central
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Europe
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Continental region comprised of Kazkastan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Central
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Asia
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Continental region comprised of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan
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East
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Asia
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Former European communist country from 1949 through 1990, when it was reunified with the country below
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East
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Germany
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Form European democratic country from 1949 through 1990, when it was reunified with the country above
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West
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Germany
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Continental region comprised of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo
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West
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Africa
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Country stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, and having three distinct capital cities
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South
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Africa
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Just a small mistake: when you should enter "south" for South Africa and South Korea it doesn't work, you shoud enter "southafrica"