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EUROPE AND ASIA
100
The great American city built on the Potomac River

Washington, D.C.

100

This liquid was first used as a medicine in China and is now consumed by more people than any other caffeine beverage

tea

100

This is the term used for the beginning points of a river system

headwaters

100
The state with the longest coastline

Alaska

100
Name one of the cities on which an atomic bomb was dropped to end World War II

Hiroshima; Nagasaki

200

The city in Saudi Arabia that is called the Holy City of Islam

Mecca

200

Florence Nightingale set up a barracks hospital to treat the wounded during the Crimean War. This is her nationality.

English

200

These are the four great Americans carved on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln

200

The first state to ratify the Constitution

Delaware

200

The American in charge of Japan after World War II

General MacArthur

300

The city where the headquarters for the United Nations is located

New York City

300

The Greek slave who wrote many well-known fables

Aesop

300

The mountain range in northern Africa that runs from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic

Atlas Mountains

300

The Atlantic City boardwalk can be found in this state

New Jersey

300
The Fascist Party originated in this country

Italy

400

"City of Seven Hills"

Rome

400

This ancient civilization was known for its many philosophers

Greek

400

The valley of this French river is so studded with castles and country houses that it is called the chateau country

Loire

400

The state known as the "Show Me State"

Missouri

400

This event in Spanish history led to the death of many true Christians in the 1500s

Spanish Inquisition

500

This was the second city on which an atomic bomb was dropped in World War II

Nagasaki

500

The people of this country were members of social castes

India

500

The Aswan Dam spans this great river

Nile

500

The Dutch Name for New York before it was called New York

New Amsterdam

500

This is Switzerland's largest city

Zurich
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