October 1 – Three-Way National Day!

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   n Itn is the fourth smallest nation, by area, and it is the third smallestn nation, by population.

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2. n Itsn railroad network is second in the world, only exceeded by the U.S.

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3. n Itn used to be known as the Ellice Islands.

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4. n Itn is an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea.

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5. n Itn is the world’s most populous nation.

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6. n Onn this date in 1960, it became independent of the United Kingdom.

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7. n Onn this date in 1978, it became independent of the United Kingdom.

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8. n Itn is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world.

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9. n Itsn first inhabitants were Polynesians.

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    n Peoplen here paint buildings with white paint made from burning dead coraln and mixing the ash with water.

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11. n Then northern part of the nation has been illegally occupied by Turkishn forces since 1974.

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12. n Then cuisine of this nation is based on coconut and fish.

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13. n Then Communist Party has ruled the nation since this date in 1949.

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14. n Thisn nation is home to one of the world’s earliest civilizations andn today has the second largest economy in the world (the U.S. is then largest).

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15. n Manyn people of this nation are of Greek ancestry, and one of the officialn languages is Greek.

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    n Cricket,n anon (a local version of volleyball—but played with two balls at once),n football, and rugby are popular sports in this nation.

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17. n Thisn nation is made up of three reef islands and six atolls (which aren rings of coral reef surrounding lagoons). The islands are veryn low-lying and are in danger of being swallowed up if global warmingn causes the sea level to rise.

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18. n Thisn nation is dominated by the Troodos Mountains and the Kyrenia Range,n and the highest point is Mount Olympus.

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    n Thisn nation’s cuisine is very diverse, so it is hard to maken generalizations about it. We can say that its staple food is ricen and that the nation’s cuisine—or offshoots of its cuisine—hasn become known and popular all over the world.

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20. n Thisn nation suffers from a shortage of water, even though it has 107 damsn storing water in reservoirs. Water desalinization plants are beingn built to deal with recents years of drought.

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21. n Thisn nation is the second largest in the word (when measuring just land).

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22. n Theren are no longer working railroads in this nation.

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    n Theren is only one airport and only one hospital in the entire nation.

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24. n Theren are almost 300 living languages spoken in this country.

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25. n Theren are no railroads at all in the entire nation.

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26. n Thisn nation has bragging rights in many different sports, but some of then most traditional sports include dragon boat racing, wrestling, andn horse racing.

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27. n Mostn of the population are members of the Greek Orthodox Church, butn there is a substantial Muslim minority.

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    n Thisn nation hosted a recent Olympics.

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29. n Thisn nation’s cuisine centers on seafood, olive oil, cucumbers, andn tomatoes, along with marinated meat and pickled vegetables.

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30. n Thisn nation is famous for having severe air pollution problems.

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• Thenfollowing items are true of Tuvalu: 1,3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 23,n25. Pictures 2 and 6.

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• Thenfollowing items are true of Cyprus: 4, 6, 8, 11, 15, 18, 20, 22, 27,n29. Pictures 3 and 5.

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• Thenfollowing items are true of China: 2, 5, 13, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28,n30. Pictures 1 and 4.

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• nOctobern holidays

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• nOctobern birthdays

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• Historicaln anniversaries in October
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• nNovember holidays 

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• nNovember birthdays

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• nHistorical anniversaries in November

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