PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Bordering Seas and Oceans
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River
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Mountain Ranges
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Volcanoes
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Deserts
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Caribbean Sea
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Rio Bravo
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Sierra Madre Occidental
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Pico de Orizaba
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Chihuahuan Desert
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Gulf of Mexico
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Sierra Madre Oriental
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Popocatépetl
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Sonoran Desert
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Gulf of California
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North Pacific Ocean
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COUNTRIES, REGIONS & CITIES
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Bordering Countries
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Belize
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Guatemala
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United States
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Largest Cities by Population
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Other Cities
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Regions
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8,843,706
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Mexico City
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Former beach resort city impacted by the Drug War
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Acapulco
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Desertic peninsula in northwestern Mexico
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Baja California Peninsula
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1,810,645
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Tijuana
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Resort city that began developing in the 1970s
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Cancún
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Southern Mexican state with lush rainforests and Mayan ruins
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Chiapas
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1,643,623
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Ecatepec
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City across from the American city of El Paso
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Ciudad Juárez
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Tropical peninsula in southeastern Mexico
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Yucatán Peninsula
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1,579,803
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León
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Home of the "Tapatíos"
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Guadalajara
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1,542,232
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Puebla
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"Mexico's culinary capital"
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Oaxaca
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LANDMARKS
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Monuments
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Natural Wonders
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Iconic victory column built to commemorate the centennial of Mexico's War of Independence
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Angel of Independence
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Mexican sinkholes
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Cenotes
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Maya archeological site (controversially) chosen as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
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Chichén Itza
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Canyon system named for the metallic color of its rocks
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Copper Canyon
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Largest building in the Aztec city of Teotihuacan
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Pyramid of the Sun
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HISTORY & CULTURE
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Pieces of Art
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Famous People
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Battles
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Veracruz state: This traditional folk song, popularized globally by Ritchie Valens, originates here
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La Bamba
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Veracruz: This Austrian archduke landed there when he became emperor of Mexico
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Maximilian I
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1521: Spanish siege of the Aztec capital
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Fall of Tenochtitlan
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Mexico City: This double self-portrait, reflecting the painter's dual heritage, is exhibited here
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The Two Fridas
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Parral: This Mexican revolutionary, nicknamed "El Centauro del Norte" was assassinated there
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Pancho Villa
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1847: Battle in the Mexican-American War where Zachary Taylor's forces were outnumbered
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Battle of Buena Vista
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Mexico City: This Alfonso Cuarón film intimately portrays the life of a housekeeper in this city
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Roma
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Merida: This ranchera singer and actor died in a plane accident near this city
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Pedro Infante
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I still hope Egypt is among the next ones, when you have time.
By the way, Arts and People are in reverse order between clues and answers and it's a little bit confusing.
I've also reorganized the answer cells to try to fit all the clues and answers on a single screen. Let me know what you all think of this new layout.
I'm not super convinced by the new organization, but it might just be a question of getting used to it.