AMERICAN HISTORY
Not that long ago in our galaxy, President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was commonly called this
the Star Wars Defense
Who's a good sea? You are! Yes, you are! You, being this sea between the same-named Canadian peninsula & Greenland
Labrador
Each summer, one of these rainy seasons briefly transforms the Salalah region of Oman from desert into a pop-up rainforest
Monsoon
The U.S. Supreme Court was no longer an all-boys club after she was confirmed unanimously by the Senate
Sandra Day O'Connor
This city's Hofburg Chapel is where its famous boys' choir sings on Sundays
Vienna
Heading out on the Oregon Trail? Grab a prairie schooner in Independence in this Midwest state
Missouri
This "colorful" sea, an inlet of the Barents Sea, is called Beloye More in Russian
the White Sea
The eastern edge of Egypt's Eastern Desert lies mostly along this body of water
the Red Sea
206 years after becoming the capital of Russia, it retired from that status in 1918, but it didn't move to Florida
St. Petersburg
Uppsala is home to this country's oldest university, which was founded in 1477
Sweden
He made his fortune selling gear to miners in California, expanded it with railroads & founded a university
Stanford
The western part of the Tyrrhenian Sea is bounded by Corsica & this larger Italian island, about 7 miles south
Sardinia
NASA imagery shows how nutrient-rich dust blown from this desert feeds the Amazon Rainforest, thousands of miles to the west
the Sahara
On Black Monday, October 28 of this year, the Dow lost 13% & 3 years later, was 89% below its peak
1929
This capital of Croatia lies along the Sava River
Zagreb
"One of those uncommon geniuses", said William Henry Harrison of this Shawnee chief whose people he defeated at Tippecanoe
Tecumseh
Major ports in this Balkan nation include Sarandë on the Ionian Sea & Durrës on the Adriatic
Albania
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Croatia
This vast region lying between the Altai, Hangayn, Da Hinggan & Tien Shan Mountains is largely covered in rock, not sand
the Gobi Desert
On March 24, 1989 this tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef & began spilling about 11 million gallons of oil
the Exxon Valdez
"O", this city on Funen Island was the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen
Odense
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Frances Perkins first worked for FDR when he was governor of N.Y.; in 1933, he appointed her secretary of this department
Labor
This sea's Tubbataha Reefs were made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993
Sulu Sea
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Much of Eastern Wash. is deserty scablands; out West, this rainforest-filled national park lies on the same-named peninsula
Olympic
This brutal Communist movement ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, killing millions
Khmer Rouge
A well-known museum made this Basque city world famous
Bilbao
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