BODIES OF WATER
Egypt's Nubian Valley is now submerged beneath the waters of this lake named for an Egyptian president
Nasser
More than 2,000 people of Japanese descent were shipped from Latin American countries to the U.S. & put in these, like Crystal City
internment camps
Drive west across the Mississippi River from East Hannibal, Illinois & you'll find yourself in this state
Missouri
The north of what's now this country was once the kingdom of Fez
Morocco
Signed by Alexander II & Henry III, 1237's Treaty of York set the border between these 2 kingdoms
England and Scotland
This part of Niagara Falls is named for its curved crest, some 2,200 feet wide
Horseshoe
Papers planted by the British on a corpse detailed an Allied invasion of Sardinia, allowing a surprise July 1943 attack here instead
Sicily
It's about a 30-mile drive on the A4 between these 2 Dutch cities named for their locations along rivers
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
From 1569 to 1795 Lithuania was part of a commonwealth with this big neighbor to the southwest
Poland
Britain finally began using this on September 14, 1752, resulting in a time jump of almost 2 weeks to catch up with other nations
the Gregorian Calendar
There's a bit of a debate about the largest lake in South America: is it Lake Titicaca or this Venezuelan one?
Maracaibo
Vasily Zaitsev killed 225 people at this 1942 battle & later was played by Jude Law in a 2001 film
Stalingrad
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[Leningrad]
Tortola, the largest of these islands, is about 50 miles from St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. ones
the British Virgin Islands
In 1966 this new South American country dropped "British" from its name & swapped its "I" for a "Y"
Guyana
In 1743 against the French, the second king of this name was the last British monarch to lead troops on a battlefield
George
This 4-letter German canal connects the North Sea & the Baltic Sea
Kiel
Force K6, made up of Muslims from the Punjab, was among British units evacuated from this French seaport in spring 1940
Dunkirk
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[Calais]
Eastern Greece, southern Bulgaria & western this country come together at a point a few miles from Edirne
(western) Turkey
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Until 1949 islands including Sumatra & Java made up a territory known by this 3-word name
Dutch East Indies
Triggered by an unpopular tax & led by Wat Tyler, the "Great Uprising" of 1381 is better known by this "low class" name
the Peasants' Revolt
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[Pauper's Rebellion]
Bombed in 1950 & never rebuilt, the broken bridge over this river allows a glimpse from China into North Korea
Yalu
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[Yellow]
Prompted by the 1942 raid on Tokyo named for this man, Japan developed balloon bombs made from rubberized silk
Doolittle
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It's about a 90-mile jaunt across the Torres Strait from the northern tip of Queensland to this big island
New Guinea
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[Tasmania]
The "Reconquista" ended with the 1492 Spanish capture of this last Moorish kingdom in Iberia
Granada
In the colonial era Brits picked up a few Hindi words, like this short one for their 1858-1947 rule over India
raj