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In 1688 James II deserted England after his troops deserted him during this revolution with a laudatory adjective
Glorious
This city's ferry system is the world's largest, serving 2 continents & 100 million people annually, a ferry large number
Istanbul
This delta that drains into the South China Sea covers 15,400 square miles in Southwest Vietnam
the Mekong Delta
Vercingetorix, a chieftain of these people, led a rebellion against Roman rule in France vs. Julius Caesar
the Gauls
I'm going to take my RV & head out for a little R&R at this largest lake entirely in Wisconsin
Winnebago
This leader who met the Arab Spring with ruthless repression was forced to flee his Damascus palace in 2024
Assad
The world's fastest ferry, the catamaran Francisco, takes two hours to zip across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to this capital city
Montevideo
Al-Maquar in Amman is the royal court compound for the king of this nation
Jordan
The execution on the guillotine of Robespierre & many of his associates in 1794 marked the end of this bloody period
the Reign of Terror
The Bighorn River is a major tributary of this river of Wyoming & Montana
Yellowstone
Stefan Zweig wrote that "The masses of the people regarded" her "as their... adversary... Louis XVI counted for nothing"
Marie Antoinette
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Statue City Cruises is the only ferry authorized to provide transport to these 2 NYC islands, so ignore anyone who tells you otherwise
Ellis Island & Liberty Island
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Staten IslandThis longest river in South Africa is named in honor of the Dutch royal family
the Orange River
Enacted in 1804 this comprehensive system of laws, with revisions, is still the operating civil jurisprudence in France
the Napoleonic Code
Pioneers heading west along the Oregon & Mormon Trails followed this wide, shallow river of Nebraska
the Platte
Occurring in the last months of 1989, this nonviolent transition of power in Czechoslovakia has a nice-to-touch name
the Velvet Revolution
The oldest passenger ferry is the Liemba, an old German warship that travels between Tanzania & this country via Lake Tanganyika
Zambia
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In 1913 American architect Walter Burley Griffin went Down Under to design this city
Canberra
Under a program called the Messmer Plan, in the 1980s France tripled its number of these that now dominate its grid
nuclear power plants
Whidbey is the largest of the islands that dot this deepwater estuary
Puget Sound
During the Mexican revolution, he was the leader of la División del Norte, while Zapata led troops from the south
Pancho Villa
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Santa Ana, Subcomandante Marcos
The ferry route from Bergen to Kirkenes offers breathtaking views of these Norwegian land features
fjords
This German city was called "the Florence of the Elbe" before massive Allied bombing in February 1945
Dresden
In the 1960s, France took in a million people of European descent who had lived in Algeria called Pieds-Noirs, literally these
Black Feet
Named for a duke, this nearly 700-mile-long river rises in Kentucky, flows through Tennessee, then back into Kentucky
the Cumberland
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