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    People and places
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  • He was the first man in space, in April 1961
    Yuri Gagarin
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  • He was the first man to sail across the Pacific Ocean. He gave his name to a piece of water in the far south of South America.
    Ferdinand Magellan
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  • It is a line of naturally growing rocks under the sea near Australia. Millions of wonderful fish live there in the shallow waters.
    The Great Barrier Reef
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  • It is a great waterfall on the Zambezi River in central Africa.
    The Victoria Falls
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  • He came from Venice. He travelled across Asia through China, India and Persia from 1271 and 1295.
    Marco Polo
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  • It joins the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and was finished in 1869. Ships use it to go from Europe to India and China. Then, they don´t have to go all around Africa.
    The Suez Canal
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  • He was from Norway. He was the first person to reach the South Pole in Antarctica, in 1911.
    Roald Amundsen
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  • He was the first person to walk on the moon, in July 1969.
    Neil Amstrong
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  • Three of the largest islands in the group are called Oahu, Maui and Kauai. These islands became the fiftieth state of the United States in 1950.
    Hawaii
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  • Charles Darwin visited these islands in Ecuador in the 1860s. Many animals on the animal don't live in other parts of the world.
    The Galapagos Islands
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  • Which country has the largest population: China, India or Russia?
    China
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  • In which of these countries does everyone live in a city and no one in the countryside: Yemen, Iceland or Singapore?
    Singapore
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  • G8 is a group of eight rich and powerful countries. They are the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Russia and which country?
    Canada
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  • Which country makes the most money per person per year: Switzerland, Saudi Arabia or Singapore?
    Switzerland
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  • Which country has the fewest people per square kilometre: Lybia, Australia or Kazakhstan?
    Australia
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  • In which country are there zero births per year?
    The Vatican City
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