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1. The smallest island with country status is ______ in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.
   
   
2. The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was ______, ______ in 133 B.C. There is a city called ______ on every continent. (The first 2 blanks are for a city and a country. The last blank is for the city name only.)
   
   
3. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the ______ ______ ______ ______. It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.
   
   
4. In the ______ Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
   
   
5. ______ literally means 'the land of rabbits.' (Fill in the blank with a country name.)
   
   
6. The U.S. city of ______ ______, ______, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
   
   
7. The deepest hole ever made in the world is in the U.S. state of ______. It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.
   
   
8. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections ________________________________________________.
   
   
9. The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest waterfall) in ______ drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.
   
   
10. In the U.S. state of ______ there are no natural lakes, every one is manmade.

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