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Letter
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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Indigenous people of northern Japan
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Ainu
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B
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City where US president George W. Bush had a shoe thrown at him in 2008
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Baghdad
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C
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The former name of Guangzhou
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Canton
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D
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Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan
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Dzongkha
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E
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One of India’s official languages
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English
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F
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Capital of China’s Fujian province
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Fuzhou
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G
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Major river which flows through northern India and Bangladesh
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Ganges River
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H
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Northern island of Japan
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Hokkaido
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I
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Turkish city split between Europe and Asia, connected by bridge
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Istanbul
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J
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Most populous island of Indonesia
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Java
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K
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The second-highest mountain in the world
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K2
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L
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Capital of Tibet and center of Tibetan Buddhism
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Lhasa
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M
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One of the Five Pillars of Islam includes pilgrimage to this city
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Mecca
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N
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Country which shares Mount Everest with China
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Nepal
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O
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Island in the south of Japan and site of a major WWII battle
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Okinawa
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P
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A historic region of South Asia split between India and Pakistan
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Punjab
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Q
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Last imperial dynasty of China, which ruled from 1644 to 1912
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Qing Dynasty
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R
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Largest Indian state by land area
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Rajasthan
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S
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A Tibetan people in the Himalayas, known for their mountaineering skills
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Sherpa
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T
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Language family which includes languages such as Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Turkmen
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Turkic
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U
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Central Asian country which the Silk Road flowed through
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Uzbekistan
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V
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Nearly 40% of this country’s population has the surname Nguyen
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Vietnam
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W
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Dialect of Chinese spoken in Shanghai and Zhejiang province
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Wu
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X
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Home of the Terracotta Army
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Xi’an
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Y
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Siberian city known as the coldest city in the world
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Yakutsk
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Z
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Ancient religion originating from Persia
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Zoroastrianism
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