COUNTRY FACTS
Narrow as Chile is, it spans 3 of these, thanks to its Magallanes region & Easter Island
time zones
A 1947 congressional resolution affirmed that this was the official name of the structure also called Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Stalin expanded the system of forced labor camps known by this Russian acronym, & millions were sent there in the 1930s & '40s
GULAG
Sometimes used as a byword for a traitor in Mexico, La Malinche was a translator for this man who overthrew the Aztec empire
Hernán Cortés
It's the tallest mountain in Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro
Blagoevgrad & Sofia are provinces of this country
Bulgaria
Chattanooga had a big flood problem before the 1930s construction of Chickamauga Dam by the TVA, this agency
Tennessee Valley Authority
Collectivizing agriculture led to "Holodomor", the "Great" one of these catastrophes, with millions of deaths in Ukraine
a famine
The Maya ruins at Chichén Itzá include El Caracol, which once served as one of these stargazing spots
an observatory
Iran's Alborz mountains lie just south of this body of water
The Caspian Sea
This country's Visayan Islands include Panay & Leyte
the Philippines
The Gutang, Wu & Xiling are the geographical features in the name of this gravity dam completed in 2006
the Three Gorges Dam
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In this city, a statue of Stalin was destroyed in the tumult of 1956; its boots remained, & a replica of them can be seen today
Budapest
1930s President Lázaro Cárdenas is remembered for land reform & nationalizing this industry, creating Pemex
the oil industry
It borders Montenegro to the north & Greece to the south
Albania
The "La Vella" in the name of Andorra's capital Andorra la Vella means "the town" in this official language
Catalan
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It took 9 years & 12 million cubic yards of concrete to build the Grand Coulee Dam in this state
Washington
Russian for "truth", this newspaper was the mouthpiece Stalin used for articles like 1930's "Dizziness from Success"
Pravda
During La Reforma in 1855, liberals ousted this president & general
Santa Anna
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The western border of Oklahoma's panhandle is with this state
New Mexico
Members of this ethnic group make up 95% of Cambodia's population
Khmer
This "High" dam that impounds Lake Nasser brought the annual Nile floods under human control
The Aswan (High Dam)
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Stalin's foreign minister, he signed the nonaggression pact with Hitler agreeing to divide Eastern Europe
Molotov
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In 1863 forces of this European nation conquered & occupied Mexico City & would soon install an emperor, an Austrian dude
France
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It's the capital of Bangladesh
Dhaka