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Question: Given in percent how much of the earths surface is ocean? |
Answer: More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is ocean. |
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Question: Who developed the hypothesis of the continental drift? |
Answer: Alfred Wegener developed the hypothesisof continental drift.
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Question: What are the three components of culture ? |
Answer: The three components of culture are artifacts, social institutions,and mentafacts. |
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Question: True or False Inthe Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world'sdrier climates are grouped under the letter B. |
Answer: True |
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Question: Were are the three largest population agglomerations located in the world today lie? |
Answer: Thethree largest population agglomerationsin the world today all lie on a singlelandmass: Eurasia |
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Question: How much is the earths population in size? And how much is it expected to be in 2050? |
Answer: Theworld’s population is now over 7 billion in total size, and is expected to be about 11 billion by the year 2050. |
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Question: Which way does the earth rotate? |
Answer: The earth rotates to the east. |
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Question: The islands of the Caribbean Sea belong to what realm? |
Answer: The islands of the Caribbean Sea belong to the Middle America realm. |
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Question: Fill in the Blank Wheregeographic realms meet, _______________, notsharp boundaries, marktheir contacts. |
Answer: Wheregeographic realms meet, transition zones, notsharp boundaries, marktheir contacts. |
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Question: What forces tie a nation together ? |
Answer: Centripetal forces tie anation together. |
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Question: True or False Amap with the fractional scale 1:250,000,000has a smaller scalethan onewith a scale of 1:1,000,000. |
Answer: True |
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Question: Fill in the Blank Thearea surround an urban center is its__________.
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Answer: Thearea surround an urban center is its hinterland.
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Question: Atthe height of the Pleistocene Glaciations,glacial ice extended as far southas the ___________. |
Answer: Atthe height of the Pleistocene Glaciations,glacial ice extended as far southas the Ohio River. |
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Question: Culture refers to patterns of what? |
Answer: Culture refers to patterns of learned behavior.
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Question: Nearly all of the world's richest countries lie were? |
Answer: Nearly all of the world’s richest countrieslie in the mid-latitudes. |
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Question: What happens when people move and take their culture to a new location? |
Answer: Relocation diffusion happens when peoplemove and take their culture to a new location |
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Question: Fill in the blank The united kingdom consists of _____________, ______________, ___________, ____________. |
Answer: TheUnited Kingdom consists of Northern Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. |
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Question: The European Union contains what type of states then it did when founded in 1957? |
Answer: TheEuropean Union in 2014 contains moremember states than it did when founded in 1957. |
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Question: True or False The Ruhr is located in the Paris Basin. |
Answer: False The Ruhr is not located in the Paris Basin.The Ruhr is in Germany near the Rhine. |
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Question: Were are the three Nordric countries concentrations of populations located? |
Answer: The three largest Nordic countries all have their major concentrations of populationin the southern part of their land area. |
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Question: True or False Expansion diffusion is NOT one of the principalsof spatial interaction. |
Answer: True |
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Question: Fill in the Blank ____________ is the processwhereby regionswithin a state demand and gain politicalstrength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government. |
Answer: Devolution |
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Question: What is the most populated mostpopulous country in the Europe Realm |
Answer: Germany
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Question: The wide plain that runs from western France toPoland is the ___________________ |
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North European Lowland.
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Question: True or False. The “Balkanization” of a region implies its political breakup. |
Answer: True The “Balkanization” of a region implies its political breakup. |
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Question: What characteristic feature is absent in the Mediterranean Europe's region especially on the Spanish Meseta?
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Question: True or False Tirana, Albania is one of the FourMotors of Europe |
Answer: False Tirana, Albania is NOT one of the FourMotors of Europe |
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Question: True or False Thelowest income part of Italy is the Mezzogiorno. |
Answer: True Thelowest income part of Italy is the Mezzogiorno |
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Question: Which country has the largest economy in Europe? |
Answer: Thelargest economy in Europe is Germany. |
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Question: Which countries are part of the European Union? a) Poland b) Czech Republic c) Hungary d) All of the above |
Answer: d) All of the above Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are members of the European Union. |
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Question: Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? |
Answer: In England |
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Question: Fill in the Blank The country in the Europe Realm with the largestarea is __________ |
Answer: Ukraine |
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Question: TheIberian Peninsula is where __________can be found |
Answer: Portugal |
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Question: Fill in the blank Theterm ______________ is used to describean inland climate that is remote fromthe moderating influences of large water bodies |
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The term continentality is used to describean inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies |
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Question: What does climate refer to? |
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Climate refers to the range of conditions experienced over a long time. |
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Question: The southern border of Russia is about latitude ________ |
Answer: 50 degrees north. |
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Question: True or False
ThePovolzhye isthe name of the industrialregion along the Volga. |
Answer True. ThePovolzhye isthe name of the industrialregion along the Volga. |
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Question: Fill in the Blank The_________is the largest unbroken lowland in the world. |
Answer: TheWest Siberian Plain is the largest unbroken lowland in the world. |
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Question: True or False Murmansk,St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Kaliningrad are important Russian seaports,but Moscow is not a seaport.
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Answer: True Murmansk,St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Kaliningrad are important Russian seaports,but Moscow is not a seaport.
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Question: True or False TheUral Mountains may be described as rich inmineral resources. |
Answer: True TheUral Mountains may be described as rich inmineral resources. |
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Question: Russia’s economy is highly dependent on its exportsof what two energy sources? |
Answer: oil and natural gas. |
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Question: Fill in the Blank Lake Baikal in Russia is notable for being so _______ |
Answer: deep |
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Question: In the past ten years what has happened to Russia's population? |
Answer: In the past ten years Russia’s population has declined.
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During world war 2 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin exiled an entire population to where? |
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During World War II, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the entire population of Chechnya exiled to the desert of Kazakhstan. |
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Question: True or False Lenin’s tomb, the Kremlin, and St.Basil’s Cathedral are in central Moscow,but the Winter Palace is in St. Petersburg. |
Answer True Lenin’sTomb, the Kremlin, and St.Basil’s Cathedral are in central Moscow,but the Winter Palace is in St. Petersburg. |
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Question: The term “coniferous trees” is closely associated with what? |
Answer: The term “coniferous trees” is closely associated with taiga. |
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Question: In 2006 Azerbaijan began exporting oil to worldmarkets via a pipeline through which state? |
Answer: Georgia. |
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Question: Which Czar of Russia in the 16th century transformedRussia into a majormilitary power and imperial state?
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Answer: Czar Ivan IV (the Terrible)
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Question: Fill in the Blank Thehuge size of Russia leads to decreasedinteractions among its far flung population, which geographers citeas an example of ________________. |
Answer: distance decay
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Question: True or False Russia’spopulation density is greatest in the southwestpart of the country. |
Answer: True Russia’spopulation density is greatest in the southwestpart of the country. |
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Question: Multiple Choice fill in the Blank ___________ is the Canadian province that contains themajority of French speaking citizens. a) Quebec b) Los angelous |
Answer: a) Quebec |
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Thelargest city in French-speaking Canada is ___________ |
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Montreal.
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Question True or False The population of Canada is about is about thesame as California. |
Answer True The population of Canada is about is about thesame as California. |
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Question What are the two major language groups in Canada? |
Answer: English and French. |
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Question: True or False Nevada, but not Wisconsin, Texas or Pennsylvania,contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographicprovince. |
Answer: True Nevada, but not Wisconsin, Texas or Pennsylvania,contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographicprovince. |
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Question: Themajor mountain chain in the eastern UnitedStates is the _________________ |
Answer: Appalachians.
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Question: True or False
About4% of USterritory still remains inthe hands of Native American nations. |
Answer: True About4% of USterritory still remains inthe hands of Native American nations. |
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Question: Fill in the Blank Thefirst European settlement in what is nowthe United States was at _____________. |
Answer: St. Augustine, Florida.
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Question: Fill in the Blank The Great Lakes’ main outlet to the sea is the ______________ |
Answer: St. Lawrence River
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From 1790 until 2010, the center of US populationhas moved from __________ to ___________ |
Answer: Maryland to Missouri.
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Question HumidAmerica is generally considered to be ____________ |
Answer: east of 100° W longitude. |
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Thedryness in the western half of the US is largely due tothe ___________ |
Answer rain shadow effect. |
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Question: True or False Therecently created political unit of Nunavut is populated and governed by indigenous“First Nations” people. |
Answer True Therecently created political unit of Nunavut is populated and governed by indigenous“First Nations” people. |
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Question: The Baptist religious denomination is predominant atlocation X, below. |
Answer: Tennessee |
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In 1980, the geographic form of the Americancity was most strongly shaped by the _____________ |
Answer: automobile
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Question: Fill in the Blank
Theprimary migration “pull factor” for the US is ____________ |
Answer: economic opportunity.
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Question: True or False Ethnic concentrations in the US include Asians and the Pacific Coast, NativeAmericans and the West, Blacks and Mississippi, but NOT Hispanics and South Dakota. |
Answer: True Ethnic concentrations in the US include Asians and the Pacific Coast, NativeAmericans and the West, Blacks and Mississippi, but NOT Hispanics and South Dakota. |
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Question: Fill in the Blanks Haiti was once a colony of ___________ |
Answer: France
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Question: Fill in the Blanks Anarrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as an ______________ |
Answer: isthmus.
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Question : Fill in the Blanks Thecore area of the Aztec state waslocated in the________ |
Answer : Valley of Mexico
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Question: ___________ are ___________that import capital and skills and usually produce only one cropfor export. |
Answer : Plantation are sufficient operations that import capital and skills and usually produce only one crop for export.
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Question: True or False Hernan Cortez initiated the decline of the Aztec civilization, notthe Mayan civilization. |
Answer: True Hernan Cortez initiated the decline of the Aztec civilization, notthe Mayan civilization. |
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Question: Fill in the Blank.
Theterm applied to persons of mixed white and Amerindian ancestry is ____________ |
Answer: Mestizo
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Question: Fill in the Blank The “Switzerland of Central America,” theregion’s only truly democratic republic, is______________ |
Answer: Costa Rica
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Question: Fill in the Blanks Panamawas part of ____________ beforeits 1903 US-supported revolution achievedindependence. |
Answer: Colombia
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Question: Communal land ownership in Mexico is byorganizations called ________. |
Answer: Communal land ownership in Mexico is byorganizations called ejidos.
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Question: A ____________ is a foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods |
Answer: A maquiladora is a foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods
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Question : True or False
Cuba,on the largest Caribbean island, became independent in the 20th Century, officiallyencourages tourism, and has a cigar industry that is important. |
Answer : True Cuba,on the largest Caribbean island, became independent in the 20th Century, officiallyencourages tourism, and has a cigar industry that is important. |
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Question : Fill in the Blanks Theprincipal language of Cuba is _____________ |
Answer: Spanish
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Question : Fill in the Blanks The___________elevation zone is typicallyused for dairying and growing barleyand potatoes, according to altitudinalzonation.
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Answer: tierra fria
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Question : The Maya language is still spoken today in the_______ and _________ |
Answer :Yucatán and Guatemala.
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Question : Fill in the Blank The nationality of citizens of Curaçao is ____________ |
Answer : Dutch
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Question: Fill in the Blank Adevastating ___________ struckPortau-Prince, Haiti on January 10, 2010. |
Answer : earthquake
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Question : True or False Bolivia,Ecuador, and Colombia are partiallyinside the Amazon Basin, but Paraguay is entirely outside it.
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Answer : True
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Question: Fill in the Blank Theclimate of Central Chile is ____________ |
Answer : Mediterranean.
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Question : Fill in the Blank SouthAmerica’s largest city in population is ______________. |
Answer : São Paulo.
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Question : True or False South America’s population remains concentratedon its periphery, although many interior locations are growing rapidly |
Answer : True South America’s population remains concentratedon its periphery, although many interior locations are growing rapidly |
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Question: Fill in the Blanks The world’s largest wetland is the____________. |
Answer: Pantanal de Mato Grosso.
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Question: True or False
In the European-Commercial Region 85 percent of the population is pure European. |
Answer: True In the European-Commercial Region 85 percent of the population is pure European. |
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Question True or False Patagonia lies in both Argentina and Chile. |
Answer True Patagonia lies in both Argentina and Chile. |
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Major reasons for bringing Africans as slaves to Brazil include its plantation ________, _________,and the ______________. The Africans had no experience in sugarcane production. |
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Major reasons for bringing Africans as slaves to Brazil include its plantation economy, small Amerindian population,and the low cost of slave labor. The Africans had no experience in sugar cane production. |
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TheTreaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulatedthat a boundary was to be drawnseparating newly “discovered” territories of which two countries? |
Answer: Spain and Portugal
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Question True or False ThePeru Currentis a cool offshore oceancurrent conducive to commercial fishingthat flows parallel to the Peruviancoastline.
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Answer: True ThePeru Currentis a cool offshore oceancurrent conducive to commercial fishingthat flows parallel to the Peruviancoastline.
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Question: Multiple Choice In the Latin American city model, the eliteresidential sector contains the a) Commercial Spine b) industrial spine c) both a and b |
Answer: c) all of the above In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the commercial/industrial spine |
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Question: True or False Fazendas are coffee plantations. |
Answer: True Fazendas are coffee plantations. |
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Question: The poorest area of Brazil is the __________ |
Answer: Sertão.
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Question: Fill in the Blank
Themajor Brazilian city located on the Amazon River is ______________. |
Answer : Manaus
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Question Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is famous for its________ |
Answer: oil deposits |
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Question: True or False AngelFalls is located in the same country as the Orinoco River |
Answer: True AngelFalls is located in the same country as the Orinoco River |
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Question True or False Theworld’s driest desert, the Atacama, is located in northern Chile.
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Answer: True Theworld’s driest desert, the Atacama, is located in northern Chile.
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