INTERNATIONAL PARKS
ROUTE 66 AT 100 YEARS
PERFECT 10
WHERE THERE'S A "VILLE"
HISTORIC ALLIANCES
100

Cumbres de Monterrey National Park in this nation is in the Sierra Madre Oriental Range with many peaks over 7,000 feet

Mexico

100

Soon after its 1926 creation, Route 66 was sold as the "best & most scenic route from Chicago through St. Louis to" this city

Los Angeles

100

The southernmost of the University of California's 10 campuses is called UC this city

San Diego

100

A silhouette of our seventh president over a sunburst is featured on the flag of this Florida city

Jacksonville

100

The Soviet Union invoked this treaty that formed a mutual defense org. to justify a 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia

Warsaw Pact

200

India's Gir National Park has the only wild habitat left for an Asian subspecies of this feline, smaller than its African cousins

a lion

200

From Rolla to Springfield, Mo., Route 66 roughly overlaps with part of this path traversed by the Cherokees in 1838

the Trail of Tears

200

The third of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights bars forcing homeowners to do this, house soldiers

quartering

200

This state capital is paired with Davidson in a consolidated city-county government

Nashville

200

This international organization has 12 stars on its flag & 27 countries in its ranks

the EU

300

Spain's Garajonay National Park occupies 15 square miles of La Gomera, one of these islands off Africa's Atlantic coast

the Canary Islands

300

So-called Muffler Men were built from this material used in insulation were once advertising fixtures along the road; many still stand today

fiberglass

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300

The first of the 10 planks outlined in the Communist Manifesto is the abolition of this so it can be used for public purposes

private property

300

In 1846 the Kentucky legislature combined a medical school, a law school & a college to create the University of this city

Louisville 

300

The Delian League, an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens, was formed in 478 B.C. against this empire to the east

Persia

400

This bay in eastern Canada lends its name to a national park where you can gaze at its impressive 50-foot tides

Fundy

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400

On Route 66 in Erick, Oklahoma, the 100th Meridian Museum honors the unofficial eastern boundary of this U.S./Canadian region

the Great Plains

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400

Of Canada's 10 provinces, this Atlantic one is the smallest

Prince Edward Island

400

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center can be found in this Alabama city

Huntsville

400

This 55-nation group launched in 2002 has its headquarters in Addis Ababa

African Union

500

The scenic Alpine beauty of Fiordland National Park isn't to be enjoyed in Norway but in this land 11,000 miles away

New Zealand

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500

Steinbeck coined this famous nickname for Route 66 in "The Grapes of Wrath", where the highway is a lifeline for refugees in flight

the Mother Road

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500

Shakespeare's 10 history plays about kings of England include one about this son of Eleanor of Aquitaine

King John

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500

Home to the University of Southern Indiana, it's the third-most populous city in the state

Evansville

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500

The original nations stacked together in this org. were China, India, Russia & Brazil; when South Africa joined, they added the "S"

BRICS

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