Geography Test 2 – Flashcards
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folk songs are distinguished from popular songs because they _____
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tell a story about daily activities
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rapid diffusion of popular culture depends on _____
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modern communication systems
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what is false regarding what you learned about the Blues and rock-n-roll in class?
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African-American artists were allowed to write Blues songs, but not rock-n-roll
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the current distribution of soccer demonstrates that _____
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a folk sport can become part of a popular culture
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US folk housing styles demonstrate a distribution best explained by _____
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migration patterns
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diffusion of internet service is following the earlier pattern of television except _____
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diffusion is much faster
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lacrosse was adopted by European immigrants from ____
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Iroquois players
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from the oldest to the closest relatives, languages can be classified into ____
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families, branches, and groups
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William reads a men's magazine published in Russian. Which of the following is true of Russian given only this information?
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it has a literary tradition
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which branch of Indo-European has the most native speakers?
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Indo-Iranian
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the principal language family in Sub-Saharan Africa is ____
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Niger-Congo
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according to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe with ____
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the diffusion of agriculture
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Marija Gimbutas' theory points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient ______
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Kurgans
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immigrants to which area of the American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds?
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Middle Atlantic
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multiple dialects of American english formed because of ______
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differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers coming to America
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which of the following is incorrect about the English language?
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it is an isogloss
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a language used by the government for business and official documents is an ______
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official language
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appeals mostly to one group of people in one place
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ethnic religion
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the largest branch of Islam in Iran is _____
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Shiite
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which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
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Judaism
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what is the holiest book in Hinduism?
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none of these answers are correct
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unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism _____
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remained concentrated in one world region
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Palestinians include all except which of the following groups?
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Jewish citizens of Israel
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Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because ______
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sacred sites are literally built one on top of the other
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comparing ethnicity and race reveals _____
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ethnicity is part of a person's cultural identity but race is not
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the terms "African American" and "Black" _____
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encompass different groups of people
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Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
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West
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which is the most dramatic in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States?
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relocation to northern cities
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as part of the triangular slave trade system, ships bound for Europe carried _____
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rum and molasses
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which of the following is shared by all citizens of Brazil?
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nationality
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which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?
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the many different ethnic groups living here
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the Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of _____
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changes in the majority between religious groups
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ethnic conflict in Western Asia is partially a result of ____
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a mismatch between ethnicities and nationalities
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the unique combination of soil, climate, and other physical features determines ______
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terrior
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what are the four branches of Indo European?
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Germanic, Romantic, Indo Iranian, Baltic Slavic
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Hebrew is an example of a _____
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revived language
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which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from religion in North America?
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having a Roman Catholic majority
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Latinos and Hispanics are mainly clustered in what areas of the US?
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southwest
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the two largest language families in the world are _____
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Sino Tibetan and Indo European
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English is a part of which language family?
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Indo European
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the predominant language of Russia and Central Europe is ______
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Balto Slavic
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a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages
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lingua franca
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which of the following is not an example of challenges faced by folk culture?
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landscapes of leisure activities
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which of the following is not an isolated language?
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Vietnamese
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the Spanish language has dialects spoken in different world regions. the primary role of the Spanish Royal Academy in Madrid, Spain is to ________
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standardize the language
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what is false about the language Light Warlpiri?
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it has no language family
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religion is a particularly good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because _____
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it represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others
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which of the following countries did the Taliban gain control of and impose strict laws to create a pure Islamic state?
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Afghanistan
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African-Americans and Hispanic ethnicities are _______
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both spatially concentrated in neighborhoods within large American cities
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under apartheid, the South African government ______
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created "homelands" for blacks to legitimize discrimination
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a repetitive act o a group preformed to the extent that it becomes characteristics of the groups is known as
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custom
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_____ culture is transmitted from one location to another relatively slowly and on a small scale, primarily through relocation
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Folk, diffusion
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folk songs usually originate ______ and are transmitted _____
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anonymously, orally
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the current distribution of soccer demonstrates that
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a folk custom can become part of a popular culture
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Taboos are especially strong in the area of food, all are true except
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the abipone people referring to eat jaguars to be strong, brave, and swift
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which statement is NOT true about conflicts between folk and popular culture
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they have lowered the demand for dowries in india
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golf serves as a good example of
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popular culture preferences imposing a particular landscape without regards to environment
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the two largest language families in the world are
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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
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the main difference between language in the same family, branch, or group is how
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recently in time the languages were once the same
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a language used by the government for business and official documents is an
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official language
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according to the distribution of language families map, the most important language family in Sub-Saharan africa is
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Niger-Congo
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jane reads a gardening magazine published in Turkish. given only this information, which of the following is true about the language?
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it has literary tradition
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which of the following is not one of the four most commonly spoken branches of Indo-European>
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Greek... so Germanic, Balto-slavic, and Indo-Iranian are
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the predominant language branch of Russia and Central Europe is
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Balto- Slavic
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what are the major differences between the nomadic warrior and the sedentary farmer theories in explaining the origins of Proto-Indo-Euopean
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the nomadic warrior theory suggest that Kurgans migrated by means of military superiority and the sedentary farmer theory describes much earlier people that diffused into europe and south asia with agricultural practices
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the origin of english words is dominated by
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romance language
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when people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group
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various dialects may develop
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multiple dialects of american english formed because of
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differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers
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all are true about the english language
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it is a lingua franca it is an indo european language recent growth in use is due to expansion diffusion
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an ethnic region is
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appealing mostly to one group of people in one place
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which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion
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Judaism..so Sikhism, Islam, and Buddhism are
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why is hinduism NOT considered a universalizing religion
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because it is primarily concentrated in one geographic region
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christianity diffused
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through both migration and expansion diffusion
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the division of Islam into branches resulted from a disagreement
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over which of Mohammed's relatives should succeed him
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Islam
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has more adherents in Indonesia than any other country
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which is not an ethnic Asian religion
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Buddhism
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unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
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remained concentrated in one region of the world
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why would the taliban ban leisure activities as watching TV and internet
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these activities were considered Western, or non-islamic
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what are some differences between ethnicity and race
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ethnicity is identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth, while the definition of race invokes genetically transmitted traits
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when comparing ethnicity and race, it is revealed that
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ethnicity is part of a persons cultural identity but race is not
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latinos and hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States
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west, southwest
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African american and hispanic ethnicities are
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both spatially concentrated in neighborhoods within large american cities
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which of the following is NOT an example of Interregional Migration of African Americans
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african americans moving from highly clustered ghettos into immediately adjacent neighborhoods during the 1950s and 1960s
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Nationalism
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is loyalty and devotion to a nationality can have a negative impact may be symbolized by flags and songs
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the distinction between nationality and ethnicity is important because
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nationalities usually form independent countries
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western asia consists of seven nationalities and dozens of ethnicities. the region is characterized by
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a severe lack of correspondence between the territories occupied by ethnicities and by nationalities
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although nigeria has hundreds of ethnicities, what they all have in common is
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nationality
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which ethnic group was a target of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in the 1990s
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Albanians
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the breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused by
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rivalries among ethnicities
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sudan has seen ethnic conflict in all but which of the following regions
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khartoum
