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1.the capital of Australia is Canberra?
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2.the African country Burkina Faso, with its capital Ouagadougo, was until 1984 known under the name Upper Volta?
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3.the City New York was until 1664 known under the name of New Amsterdam?
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4.the administrative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte?
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5.the Island country Sri Lanka was until 1972 known under the name of Ceylon.
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6.Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan.
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7.Windhoek is the capital of Namibia
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8.America got its name from the Italian explorer,navigator and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci?
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9.the word Ocean is derived from the Greek Okeanos or Oceanus ?
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10.the Richter Scale, to measure earthquakes, is named after the American Seismologist Charles Francis Richter.
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11.an area with an annual precipitation of less the 250 mm is considered to be a dessert region.
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12.Malta is a small independent republic approximately 90 km south of Sicily ?
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