the saltiest body of water in the world is the dead sea
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The saltiest body of water in the world is the Dead Sea.
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Iraq’s economy is based on oil.
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Because of its water resources, India and Pakistan want to
control the Kashmir.
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The Nile River flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
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Algeria’s government is a republic.
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Bhutan gets its name from mountain storms.
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A cottage industry is a home or village based industry where
family members, even children, supply their own equipment to
make goods.
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In 1947, India won its independence from Great
Britain.
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The official name of China is the People’s Republic of China.
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The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red
Sea.
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The flow of water in the Nile River is controlled by the Aswan
High dam.
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The only city in the world located on two continents is
Istanbul.
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The country of Turkey has land in Asia and Europe.
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Israel is the most industrialized country in Southwest Asia.
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Most people in Bhutan are subsistence farmers.
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The two major rivers in Bangladesh are the Ganges River and the Brahmaputra
River.
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The Bengal Famine was India’s worst food disaster.
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The Sikhs would like to form their own independent state in
India.
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In China, the government controls people’s lives in many
ways.
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Mount Everest lies in the country of Nepal.
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Over half of China’s people live in rural areas.
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Students led a protest in Beijing to demand more freedom in
1989.
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Lebanon endured a civil war from 1975 to 1990.
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Palestinians make up about 20% of Israel’s ppeople.
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Damascus was founded as a trading center more than 4,000
years ago.
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Algeria pays for imported food by selling oil and natural gas.
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The first known people to live in North Africa were the Berbers.
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Byzantium was renamed Constantinople after
Constantine the Great.
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India’s society is organized into social classes based on a
person’s ancestry.
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Bhutan was once called the Hidden Holy Land.
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Pandas and other rare animals can be found on the Plateau of
Tibet.
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Taiwan’s wealth comes from high technology industries,
manufacturing, and trade with other countries.
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The disputed territory between Pakistan and India is called the
Kashmir.
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Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
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The official language of Pakistan is Urdu.
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Reincarnation is the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
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Hinduism is practiced by most people of India.
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Monsoons are seasonal winds that blow steadily from the same
direction for months.
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Karachi is a seaport and large city in Pakistan.
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Hong Kong and Macau were once controlled by a European
country.
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The teachings of Kongfuzi shaped China’s government
and society until the early 1900s.
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China’s population is about one-fifth of the world’s people.
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Sri Lanka lies on an important shipping route between Asia
and Africa.
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The “one-country, two-system” pledge refers to China’s
promise to allow Western freedoms and capitalism to exist
side by side with Chinese communism.
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A poem is often included with many Chinese paintings.
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Sindhi and Punjabi are Pakistan’s major languages.
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South Asia is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas and the the
Karakoram Range
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India is the world’s second largest producer of rice.
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Pakistan and Bangladesh are both Muslim countries.
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Chinese writing uses characters that represent words or ideas
instead of letters that represent sound.
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The country of Taiwan is an island.
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Mongolia has changed from a strict communist government to
a democracy.
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The Ganges and the Brahmaputra are major rivers in
Bangladesh.
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Buddha is also known as the “Enlightened One”.
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The Muslim empire to rule India from the 1500s to the 1700s
was the Mongul Empire.