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Page 1: The saltiest body of water in the world is the Dead Sea

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.