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- HOW DID THE RECENT CIVIL WAR IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AFFECT THIS REGION?
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- WHAT ARE THE BALTIC STATES?
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- WHY DO MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RUSSIA)?
- IS RUSSIA RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES?
- WHICH PRECIOUS MATERIAL IS FOUND ALONG THE BALTIC COAST?
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- WHY DO PEOPLE VISIT THE CRIMEA IN THE UKRAINE?
- WHERE ARE EUROPE’S LARGEST MARSHLANDS?
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- DO MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN SIBERIA?
- WHY IS THE ARAL SEA SHRINKING?
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- WESTERN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
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- WHICH TURKISH CITY LIES HALF IN ASIA AND HALF IN EUROPE?
- WHERE IS THE LOWEST PLACE ON EARTH?
- WHO ARE THE KURDS?
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- WHY DO HINDU PILGRIMS GATHER AT VARANASI?
- HOW ARE HIKERS DAMAGING THE HIMALAYAS?
- WHY IS BANGLADESH PRONE TO FLOODING?
- WHICH ISOLATED COUNTRY IS RULED BY THE DRAGON KING?
- WHAT IS CITY LIFE LIKE IN INDIA?
- WHICH CROP IS IMPORTANT TO SRI LANKA?
- HOW DID GREAT BRITAIN INFLUENCE INDIA?
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- EASTERN ASIA
- HOW LONG IS THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?
- WHEN WAS HONG KONG A BRITISH COLONY?
- WHERE DO CHINA’S 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE?
- WHY ARE FISH IMPORTANT TO THE JAPANESE?
- WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE GOBI DESERT?
- WHICH STAPLE FOOD IS GROWN IN THE REGION?
- WHY ARE THERE TWO KOREAS?
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- SOUTHEAST ASIA
- HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE REGION?
- HOW IS RICE FARMING CHANGING IN THE REGION?
- WHICH COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 13,677 ISLANDS?
- WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION ON THE MAINLAND?
- WHERE IS THE RING OF FIRE?
- WHY DOES SOUTHEAST ASIA HAVE A RICH TRADITION OF PERFORMING ARTS?
- WHO ARE THE LITTLE TIGERS?
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- AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
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- AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
- WHICH SPORTS ARE POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA?
- WHO LIVES IN AUSTRALIA?
- WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT AUSTRALIA’S WILDLIFE?
- WHICH GIANT DESERT ROCK IS A SACRED SITE?
- WHY IS THE GREAT BARRIER REEF UNDER THREAT?
- WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SHEEP IN THE REGION?
- WHO WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND?
- WHAT SIGHTS CAN YOU SEE IN NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL PARKS?
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- ANTARCTICA
- WHO OWNS ANTARCTICA?
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