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Country Size Population(sq miles)

Australia 2,941,283 19,731,984

Brazil 3,265,075 182,032,604

Canada 3,602,707 32,207,113

China 3,600,947 1,286,975,468

Dominican Republic 18,700 8,715,602

Egypt 386,198 74,718,797

France 211,209 60,180,529Germany 137,803 82,398,326

Hungary 35,912 10,045,407

India 1,147,949 1,049,700,118

Ireland 32,375 3,924,140

Israel 7,993 6,116,533

Japan 146,690 127,214,499

Kenya 224,960 31,639,091

Lesotho 11,716 1,861,959

Mexico 761,830 104,907,991

New Zealand 103,736 3,951,307

Oman 82,000 2,807,12518

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Country Size Population(sq miles)

Pakistan 310,403 150,694,740

Qatar 4,416 817,052

Russia 6,592,846 144,526,278

South Africa 472,359 42,768,678

Turkey 301,302 68,109,469

United Kingdom 94,525 60,094,648

United States of America 3,539,242 290,342,554

Yemen 203,850 19,349,881

Zimbabwe 150,333 12,576,74227

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The people of Australia enjoysports of all kinds. About 6.5million people, nearly a third ofthe population, are regularlyactive in sports. Many more areinvolved in activities such asfishing, walking, boating, ridinghorses, and fitness programs.

Australians are also enthusiasticsports fans. Crowds of more than100,000 soccer lovers regularlyattend the Australian FootballLeague Grand Final inMelbourne.

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Sydney Opera House is on Sydney Harbor.

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BarrierReef

rain forest

CanberraSydney

Tasmania

AustraliaOf all the countries in the

world, Australia has the

smallest number of people

per square mile.

A koala

Brazilian real

Aboriginalrock painting

Uluru (Ayers Rock) is a sacred site for some Aborigines.

stretchesfor

more

than1,250

miles.

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BrazilBrazil is the largest

country in South America.

Brazil won the Cup again in 1962 and again in 1970. Becauseit was the first country to winthe Cup three times, it was given the original trophy.

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The Amazon rain forest supports

one-fifth of the world’splants and animals.

The Mardi Gras Carnivalin Rio de Janeiro is heldfor four days every year.

Pele was Brazil’s greatest soccer

player.

Brasilia

Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian real

A tropicalbutterfly

A boa constrictor

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The people of Brazil are greatsoccer fans, and their country’steam has always done well in theWorld Cup. It first won the Cup in1958, beating Sweden in the finalby five goals to two. Brazil’s mostfamous soccer player, Pele, scoredtwo of the goals.

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CanadaCanada is in North America. It

is the second largest country in

the world.

The city of Toronto in Canada is home to one of the world’stallest buildings, the 1,150 foot (350 m) high CN Tower. Atthe top of this tower is theworld’s highest restaurant, whichrevolves once every 72 minutes.

Just below the CN Tower is the SkyDome where the TorontoBlue Jays play baseball. TheSkyDome was the world’s firstsports stadium to have a roofthat could be pulled back.

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The Rocky Mountains stretchfor almost 3,000 miles

through Canada and the USA.

The CN Tower isvisited by two

million people everyyear.

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NiagaraToronto

Ottawa

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ChinaThere are more people

in China than in any

other country.

Chinese food is very popular inother countries. However, mostpeople do not know that thereare different types of Chinesefood. Eastern Chinese food, fromthe Shanghai area, is known forits seafood and sugary taste.Western Chinese food, fromSzechuan, uses a lot of chili

peppers, making it hot and spicy.Southern Cantonese food hassweet and sour combinations. Inthe north of the country, peopleeat Pekinese food, which is veryrich and filling. Their mostfamous dish is Peking Duck.

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The terra-cotta warriors near Xi’an guard their

emperor’s tomb.Hong Kong is the busiest

container port in the world.

The Great Wall ofChina is so big

it is visible fromspace.

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A giant panda

Bejing

Hong Kong

Xi’an

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Dominican RepublicThe Dominican

Republic is part

of an island in

the Caribbean.

Plantain trees

In 1492, Christopher Columbusset off from Spain to find the“East Indies,” which were islands in the Pacific. Instead, he reached a “New World” thathe had not guessed was there.The first place he landed in theAmericas was an island we nowcall the Dominican Republic.

Many people from Spain came tolive on this island, and the mainlanguage is Spanish.

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Santo Domingo is the oldestcity in the “New World” but

has a modern industrial port.

Many tourists visit the country for its water sports.

A porcupine fish

The DominicanRepublic grows lots offruit and vegetables.

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EgyptEgypt is in north

Africa and is famous

for its pyramids.

Life in Egypt has always beenbased in the towns and villagesalong the banks of the NileRiver. On each side of the riverthe land is green and fertile,but beyond these narrow stripsof land there is nothing but hot,dry desert.

Egyptian farmers use these fertile strips to grow fruit,vegetables, rice, and cotton. The cotton is made into a cloththat is very famous. Sheets areoften made of Egyptian cotton.

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The Temple of Ramses I I in Abu Simbel

The Nile is the world’s longest river.

The Great Sphinxin Giza

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Cairo

A Nile crocodile

A busy street in Luxor

Abu Simbel

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FranceFrance is one of the largest

countries in Europe.

France is famous for its food, and food is very important to the people of France. Some ofthe top chefs in the world havestudied at the famous cookingschool, Le Cordon Bleu. A mealat a traditional French restaurantwill feature crispy breads andrich creamy sauces. France hasmore than 400 official kinds ofcheese and is internationallyfamous for its amazing desserts.

France is also famous for its styleand design. Some of the world’sgreatest works of art, includingthe “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo daVinci, are housed in the LouvreMuseum in Paris. Many famousclothing designers make Paristheir home.

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The Arc de Triomphe isthe largest arch of its

kind in the world.

Grapes for wine aregrown in vineyards.

Eiffel Tower

Cyclists

French chateaux were built asfortresses in medieval times.

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Paris

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GermanyGermany is the home

of the autobahn – the

fastest highway system

in the world.

The German people take theircars seriously. Germany is one ofthe top producers of automobilesin the world. It is also home tothe speediest drivers. On theautobahn highway system, thereare suggested speed limits of 80miles (130 km) per hour, butmany people drive much faster!

Germany is also known for itscolorful holiday celebrations. TheChristmas tree is a tradition thatbegan in Germany. Oktoberfest, aGerman harvest celebration, isnow a fun event in many otherplaces around the world. Allholidays feature rich food and fun.

The euro The euroCastles can be seen all along

the Rhine valley.

The Reichstag is the parliamentbuilding in Berlin.

A holiday market at night

A Volkswagen

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A part of theBerlin Wall

Berlin

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HungaryThe Danube River

flows through the

center of Hungary.

Hungarians speak a languagecalled Magyar (pronouncedMawdyar), which is very differentfrom other languages in Europe.The language that is closest toMagyar is Finnish, although Finnsand Hungarians cannot usuallyunderstand each other. TheMagyar word for “thank you,” for example, is “köszönöm”(kersernerm), but the Finnishword is “kiitos” (keetoss).

Hungarians are very fond ofmusic, and there have been many famous Hungarianmusicians, such as the composers Liszt and Bartók.

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The Danube River splitsBudapest into two parts –

Buda and Pest.

Lake Balaton is the warmestlake in Europe.

Traditional dancers

Goulash

Franz Liszt

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IndiaIndia is the biggest

country in southern Asia.

Many people claim that the Taj Mahal at Agra is the mostbeautiful building in the world. It was built by the emperorJahangir as a memorial to hiswife, Mumtaz Mahal, who diedafter they had been married for19 years. It took 20,000 workers20 years to build. It is made ofwhite marble and is surroundedby pools and gardens.

The hot climate in India means that people wear light,loose clothes to keep cool.Women often wear saris, whichare long pieces of cloth drapedlike dresses.

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The Taj Mahal is made ofmarble and precious stones.

The Ganges River is a holy place. People gothere to wash and pray.

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A snakecharmer

A decoratedelephant

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New DelhiAgra

Rickshaws are popularforms of transportationin many Indian cities.

PAKISTAN

NEPALBHUTAN

BANGLADESH

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IrelandThe whole island of

Ireland is sometimes

known as the

“Emerald Isle”

because it is so green.

A shamrock

St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is a national holiday in Ireland.There are parades in the capitalcity of Dublin and throughout thecountry.

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and, according to the legend, he got rid of all thesnakes in the country and gavethe Irish their national symbol,the shamrock. He lived morethan 1,500 years ago.

Irish people are often said tohave the “blarney” (the gift oftalking with great skill). Peoplekiss the Blarney Stone to see if it will give them this gift.

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The euroIsraelishekel

Large crowds attend Gaelicsoccer matches.

Galway Bay is a large bay on the west coast.

Kissing the Blarney StoneA door in

Dublin

Dublin

Blarney

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IsraelIsrael is a young

country with an

ancient history.

Israel is a modern-day meltingpot of people from manycountries and different religions.This small country has madelarge advances in the sciences,especially where health care isconcerned. Many cutting-edgeadvances in surgery, research,and treatment have beendiscovered and refined by Israelidoctors and scientists.

The euroIsraelishekel

The Dead Sea is so saltythat people who swim

in it cannot sink!

Jerusalem is a holy city for manymodern-day religions.

Lighting candles atHanukkah, the Jewish

Festival of Lights

An olive grove

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JapanJapan is made up of a

group of islands in the

northern Pacific Ocean.

The Japanese are very fond of tea and often drink it inspecial ceremonies called chaji.Hot water is poured from a jarcalled a mizusashi on to tea in a bowl (a chawan). The bowl isthen passed to each guest, whosips the liquid.

Japanese children use pencils andpens to write, but they still learncalligraphy, with a brush dippedin ink. At school, children learnkanji, which is Japanese writingin Chinese characters.

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The beautiful GoldenPavilion at Kyoto is a

Buddhist temple.

The bullet train (shinkansen)is the fastest train in the

world.

Fans

A tea pavilion

Japaneselanterns

TokyoKyoto

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KenyaKenya is a large

country in east

Africa. It lies on

the equator.

Kenya has many wildlife parks.Herds of elephants and otheranimals live in them. There are many “big cats” such aslions, leopards, and cheetahs.These cats live by hunting thewildebeest, gazelles, and zebrasthat live in the parks.

Tourists go on safari in theparks. Local people act as guidesand wildlife wardens to protectthe animals. Once, tourists onsafari would have shot theanimals, but now they only take photographs.

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Kenyanshilling

Nairobi is a modern,industrial city.

A young Maasai herder

Tourists on safari

A rhino

Maasai girl

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Nairobi

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LesothoLesotho is a small

country that is

completely

surrounded by

South Africa.

Lesotho (pronounced le-soo-too)is a mountainous kingdom. Thewhole country is higher than3,300 feet (1,000 m) above sealevel, and some mountains reachup to 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Thetourist name for the country is“kingdom in the sky.” Lesotho’srough countryside and highmountains have helped thepeople of Lesotho, the Basotho,to remain independent.

Basotho herders on the plains ofLesotho wear colorful blankets asthey guard their cattle.

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Maseru is the capital of Lesotho.

Basotho herders in the Drakensberg mountains

Basotho costume

Maletsunyane Falls is thehighest waterfall in Lesotho.

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Basotho wall hanging

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MexicoThere are 5,800 miles

(9,330 km) of coastline

in Mexico.

Many ancient peoples lived inMexico. The best known are the Mayans and the Aztecs. TheMayans learned to measure timeand the movement of the planets.They developed a calendar, whichthey used for predicting dates thatthey believed would be lucky orunlucky. Nobody knows quite whythe Mayan civilization disappeared.

The Spanish came to Mexico inthe 16th century. Today, Spanishis the main language of Mexico.

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Mexican hats

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Acapulco

A cliff diver at La QuebradaCliffs near Acapulco

The Temple of the Moonat Teotihuacan is morethan 2,000 years old.

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New ZealandNew Zealand is made

up of a group of

islands in the South

Pacific Ocean.

People from New Zealand are often given the nickname“Kiwis.” This is because of a birdcalled a kiwi that is foundnowhere else in the world. Kiwisonly come out at night. Duringthe day they sleep in burrows inthe ground. They have long beaksand feathers that look like hair.

The original inhabitants of NewZealand were the Maoris, whosailed there from other islands inthe Pacific Ocean. Europeansettlers began to arrive in NewZealand during the 19th century.

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Thermal springsoutside Rotorua

The All Blacks, NewZealand’s rugby team

A Maori carving

A kiwi

Wellington

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OmanOman is a small

country east of

Saudi Arabia, at

the entrance to

the Persian Gulf.

Oman has been important for centuries because of thefrankincense trees that growaround the city of Salalah.Frankincense was one of themost precious materials in theancient world. It was supposedto have healing powers.

Frankincense trees are thorny, but when an area of their bark iscut, white resin oozes out. Thesedrops are left on the tree toharden and are then collected.Frankincense is still sold in themarkets, although most is nowused to make perfumes.

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Thermal springs

There are big marketscalled souks.

Old stone forts are foundin many villages.

A Bedouin camp at Wahiba Sands

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PakistanPakistan is a large

country to the

northwest of India,

through which flows

the great Indus River.

Pakistan is the home of one of the earliest civilizations onEarth, the great Indus Valleycivilization, which lay at the heart of several ancient empires.It has spectacular countrysidewith enormous fertile plainssurrounded by some of thehighest mountains in the world.

Mountain ranges such as theKarakoram and the Hindu Kushattract mountaineers from around the world.

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Up to 10,000 people gather at Badshahi mosque inLahore on special days.

The famous Khyber Pass connectsPakistan with Afghanistan.

Pakistan has one of the bestcricket teams in the world.

A decorated bus

Islamabad

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QatarQatar is a very small

country in the Middle

East that has the

world’s largest-known

reserves of natural gas.

The people of Qatar wereoriginally Bedouin, who traveled from place to placerather than living in a house.Although most Qataris are no longer nomadic in thisway, they still produce manyBedouin things, such as tents,rugs, cushions, and saddlebags.These are woven from the woolof sheep, goats, and camels,using simple tools made fromwood or gazelle horn.

Traditional Qatari dress is rich withgold or silver embroidery. Womenwear veils and often a black mask,called al-battoulah, which coversall of their face except the eyes,nose, and mouth. Qatari men weara thobe, which is a long, whiteshirt over loose trousers.

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Fishermen use thesetraditional sailing boats

called dhows.

An oil rig at sea

Bedouin use camels to travelacross the desert.

An Arabian oryx

Bedouin weaving

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RussiaRussia is the world’s

largest country

and crosses two

continents, Europe

and Asia.

Russia was the largest country in what used to be called theSoviet Union. Today, many of the other countries of the Soviet Union, such as Ukraineand Georgia, are independentcountries.

In Siberia, the Asian part ofRussia, is Lake Baikal, whichcontains almost one-quarter ofall the fresh water on Earth. At5,300 feet (1,620 m) deep, it isthe deepest lake in the world.

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Russian winters bring ice, snow,and freezing temperatures.

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The colorful St. Basil’s cathedralis in Red Square, Moscow.

MoscowSt. Petersburg

Inside the famous HermitageMuseum in St. Petersburg

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South AfricaThe country of South Africa

is at the southern end of the

continent of Africa.

South Africa’s most famousperson is Nelson Mandela. For nearly 50 years he foughtagainst the apartheid system (the forced separation of whiteand black people). In 1964, hewas sentenced to life in prison,but even from prison he urgedpeople to carry on the struggleagainst apartheid.

After 27 years in prison, NelsonMandela was freed. Less thanfive years after his release, hewas awarded the Nobel PeacePrize and became president ofhis country.

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The Waterfront inCape Town

Table Mountain towers over Cape Town.

This woman iswearing traditional

Ndebele dress.

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Nelson Mandela

A King Proteaflower

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Bloemfontein

Pretoria

Cape Town

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TurkeyTurkey spans

two continents,

Europe and Asia.

Until 1923, the capital of Turkey wasIstanbul. The city is built on both sidesof the Bosphorus Strait, which separatesEurope from Asia. Istanbul was built in600 BC and was known first asByzantium, then Constantinople before it became Istanbul in 1453. Today, thecapital of Turkey is Ankara.

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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul has six minarets.

Shish kebab

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Istanbul

Troy

Archeologists have found ninecities at Troy, each built on

top of another.

At the Grand Bazaarin Istanbul you canbuy leather, gold,

and pottery.

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United KingdomThe United Kingdom,

or UK, is made up of

England, Scotland,

Wales, and Northern

Ireland.

In the UK, in addition to English,some people also speak twoCeltic languages (Gaelic inScotland and Ireland, and Welshin Wales). The Celts were someof the first people to live in theBritish Isles. The Romans, Saxons,Vikings, and Normans laterinvaded parts of the UK.

Soccer is the most popular sportin the UK, and there is alwaysgreat excitement when the topteams play each other.

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The London Eye on the RiverThames gives fantastic views

of London.

People say that the Giant’sCauseway in Northern Ireland was

built as a trail for giants.

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A Scottishsoccer fan

Big Ben

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Edinburgh

Cardiff

Belfast

London

Caernarfon Castle in Wales was built 700

years ago.

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United States of AmericaThe United States of America stretches from

the Atlantic and out into the Pacific Ocean.

The original inhabitants of NorthAmerica are called NativeAmericans. There were manydifferent Native American groupsin North America, each with itsown language and customs. Themain groups were the Northwest,Intermountain, Southwest, Plains,and Woodland Indians. The Plainspeople, such as the Sioux andCheyenne, lived in tepees andhunted buffalo, but the people of the Northwest lived inwooden cabins and ate salmonand other fish.

Today, the United States is hometo many different people andcustoms from other countries.

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Death Valley in California is the hottest place in the USA.

The Golden Gate Bridge in SanFrancisco is one of the world’s

longest suspension bridges.

Disney World in Florida is one of the USA’s most

famous attractions.

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Washington, D.C.

The White House

Statue of Liberty

San Francisco

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YemenMuch of Yemen is

a very harsh desert,

including most of

the land along the

southern coast.

Because most of Yemen is desert,few things grow. Because it is sodry, there are very few animals.Along the west coast, however,there is a great deal of fertileland, and rain falls heavily therefor about two months of theyear. Farmers grow coffee, spices,and tropical fruit.

Rather than meeting at arestaurant, Yemenis will gathertogether in the afternoon to chewleaves. They find that chewingthe leaves of the qat plant isrelaxing. A lot of business isdone at these afternoon parties.

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Most of the time thisflooded wadi

(riverbed) is dry.

The Great Mosque at San’awas one of the first mosques

to be built in Yemen.

These men are selling gourds to be used as water carriers.

Men chewingqat leaves

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ZimbabweZimbabwe has

no coastline, for

it is completely

surrounded by

other countries.

The mbira is a popular musicalinstrument in Zimbabwe. It is aset of metal keys that producedifferent tones when they are hit. The keys are mounted on a wooden board on the front ofwhich is a metal plate with a rowof snail shells. The shells buzz asthe mbira is played. This buzzingis an important part of the music.Nowadays, bottle tops are oftenused instead of snail shells.

Zimbabwe’s biggest and best-known tourist attraction isthe Victoria Falls. At the falls, theZambezi River, which is morethan a mile wide, plunges into achasm 350 feet (106 m) deep.

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You can hear the roar of VictoriaFalls up to 25 miles (40 km) away.

Playing the mbira

Cheetah

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Harare

Masvingo

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Hwange National Park.

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Aztecs 19

Bedouin 21, 23

Carnival 5

castles 10, 11, 27

cathedrals 19, 24

clothes 10, 12, 13, 18,

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desert 9, 23, 29

drink 16

farming 9, 29

food 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 26

glaciers 20

herders 17, 18

lakes 12, 24

languages 8, 12, 19, 27, 28

Maasai 17

Maoris 20

markets 11, 21, 26

Mayans 19

mosques 22, 26, 29

mountains 6, 18, 20, 22, 25

music 12, 30

Native Americans 28

ports 7, 8

rain forest 5

rivers 9, 12, 13, 22, 27,

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safari 17

sports 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14,

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temples 9, 16, 19

transportation 11, 13, 16,

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waterfalls 6, 18, 30

writing 7, 16

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calligraphy – the art of beautiful

handwriting

ceremony – actions, words, and music

performed for a special occasion

chasm – a deep crack in the surface of

the Earth

climate – the usual weather in a

particular area

continent – one of the Earth’s seven large

landmasses

cricket – a sport that is similar to

baseball, that is played with two teams,

a ball, and a wide, flat bat

fertile – able to grow plants or crops

glacier – a huge, slow-moving mass of ice

herder – someone who looks after large

groups of animals

independent – not controlled by other

people or governments

nomadic – moving from one place to

another rather than staying in one place

population – the people who live in a

particular place

rain forest – a thick tropical forest in an

area that receives a great deal of rain

safari – a journey to see large wild

animals

symbol – something that represents

something else

thermal springs – hot streams or pools

of water that rise up from underground

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