Nation States
Which country’s territory stretches across two continents?
Russia
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Passport
What form of government holds general elections for the people to make decisions?
Democracy
The Second World was compromised of what major power and its allies?
USSR
The line that divides the northern from the southern hemisphere is called the...
Equator
What do the stripes on the flag of the United States represent?
The Thirteen Colonies
A country is comprised fundamentally of two elements land and______
People
What political economic system described the government of the former USSR?
Communism/Socialism
What is name of the still existing military alliance between the former allies from World War II?
NATO
A satellite based medium for mapping the earth
GPS
What global conflict led to the end of “Age of Empires”?
World War I
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A Visa
A type of exchange value that is endorsed by a government and valid within its territory can be described as…
Currency
What term was used to describe the non aligned countries during the cold war era?
Third world
A large flat elevated area of land
Plateau/Mesa
Which Colonial power controlled the Indian subcontinent until the 1940s?
Great Britain
Vexillology can be quickly described as the study of
Flags
What form of government has a largely symbolic but centralized leader and also a parliament or other representative body?
Constitutional Monarchy
What global conflict led to the foundation of the United Nations?
World War II
A small of strip of land that connects two larger land masses
Isthmus
What is newest country recognized by the United Nations?
South Sudan
A group of countries, nations, or people who share a region, allegiance or economic ties can be referred to as a____
Bloc
What form of government includes semi sovereign territories with a centralized government?
Federalism, Federation
What global conflict was defined by proxy wars in smaller countries without open hostility between the main belligerent powers?
The Cold War
The study of populations or groups of people
demography