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15. Fidel Castro and Havana cigars are associated with this country. Name it. Cuba is a country which is often associated with Fidel Castro, cigars and crime. Cuba is an island which is located in the Caribbean consisting of the main island of Cuba and a number of smaller surrounding islands. The country is perfectly situated for trading partners as it is located where the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean join together and is also within travelling distance to the United States of America, the Bahamas, Haiti Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Mexico. The main island of Cuba is the 16th largest island in the world and offers a vast array of different climates, geography and experiences. Havana is by far and away the largest city in Cuba, and is in fact the capital of the country, with a population of just over 2.1 million and a total area of around 721 km². While in relative terms this is a small city there is no doubt that it is one of the best known cities in the world and is indeed one of the few cities which overseas visitors are aware of before landing in Cuba. The economy of Cuba as a whole is very much centred in and around Havana with exports playing a major role in relation to ship building, vehicle manufacturing, alcoholic beverages, textiles, and tobacco products to name but a few. There is also the world-famous Havana cigar industry as well as a significant fishing sector in the region. However, as we alluded to above there is a massive tourism industry in Cuba which is dominated by Havana. Many believe that tourism will allow the Cuban economy to push onwards and upwards and offers the best opportunity of long-term employment for those in the region. 16. Changi is the name of the airport of which island state' Changi Airport is the main airport in Singapore and it was opened in year 1981. The airport posses of four terminals serve some 100 airlines flying over 200 cities in about 60 countries and territories worldwide.  A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about 17.2 kilometres (10.7 mi) north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi) site. The airport is operated by the Changi Airport Group, is the home base of Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo, SilkAir, Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways, Valuair, and Jett8 Airlines Cargo.  In year 2010, Changi Airport has become the 18th busiest airport in the world and the fifth busiest in Asia by passenger traffic. It is also the one of the busiest cargo airport in the world. Changi Airport currently has five terminals which is Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, JetQuay CIP Terminal and Budget Terminal, with a total handling capacity of 73 million. Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are directly connected with a common transit area, with airside passengers being able to freely move between the terminals without going through immigration. Transport within and between these three terminals is provided by people movers and the skytrain system, although it is also possible to walk between the terminals on foot for landside visitors. Situated beside Terminal 2 is JetQuay, which has its own check-in facilities for premium passengers and where transportation to aircraft in any of the other terminals is by personal buggy. The Budget Terminal, purpose-built for low-cost carriers, is physically separated from the main terminals towards the south, where connections are possible via a zero-fare shuttle bus service to Terminal 2. 17. What do you call the massive tidal waves that swept across the seas in 2004 and destroyed Acheh in Sumatra among others' Tsunami is a Japanese word which means "harbour wave" in English translation. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore. These awe-inspiring waves are typically caused by large, undersea earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries. When the ocean floor at a plate boundary rises or falls suddenly it displaces the water above it and launches the rolling waves that will become a tsunami. On 26 December 2004, the great tsunami was hardest-hits Aceh, Indonesia, resulting from Indian Ocean earthquake and it become one of the world disasters in history. It was killed more than 200,000 and about 500,000 were left homeless. A province on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, Aceh was the point of land closest to the earthquake epicenter, and had the highest concentration of deaths in the region -- around 170,000 people. Entire families were killed. Parents had children swept out of their arms; the loss of life and property was staggering and deeply traumatic for all those who survived. 18. Name the famous warrior-ruler from Mongolia who started the Mongolian rule. Genghis Khan was born in 1162, near with Lake Baikal, Mongolia and died in 18 August 1227. He was a warrior ruler and become one of the famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into unifies Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea. He was named 'Genghis Khan' by Mongolian tribes, meaning 'powerful king' in Mongolian. He is starting from obscure and insignificant beginnings brought all the nomadic tribes of Mongolia under the rule of himself and his family in a rigidly disciplined military state. He then turned his attention toward the settled peoples beyond the borders of his nomadic realm and began the series of campaigns of plunder and conquest that eventually carried the Mongol armies as far as the Adriatic Sea in one direction and the pacific coast of China in the other leading to the establishment of the great Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan’s personality was a complex one. He had great physical strength, tenacity of purpose, and an unbreakable will. He was not obstinate and would listen to advice from others, including his wives and mother. He was flexible. He could deceive but was not petty. He made great contributions to the founding of the powerful Yuan Dynasty in year 1271 until 1368 and the unification of China which enhanced greatly the interactions of the peoples of China. Genghis Khan is still worshipped and remembered by his people. He was contributing a code of law that he declared. His laws were carried on by people though the many generations to the point of still being in use  today. Either as a modification of Genghis¹s laws or as Genghis had  declared them.  19. Name the two cities in Japan destroyed by the atomic bomb' On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later, the United States struck again, this time, on Nagasaki. At 2:45 a.m. on Monday, August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, took off from Tinian, a North Pacific island in the Marianas, 1,500 miles south of Japan. Unlike many other bombing raids, the goal for this raid had not been a military installation but rather an entire city. The atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima killed civilian women and children in addition to soldiers. Hiroshima's population has been estimated at 350,000; approximately 70,000 died immediately from the explosion and another 70,000 died from radiation within five years. 20. Name the busiest sea route in the world. Malacca Straits is a golden heritage of the littoral states such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. It is not only rich in marine resources but is one of the oldest and busiest shipping lanes in the world. Malacca Straits serves as a primary conduit for the movement of cargo and human traffics between Indo-European region and the rest of Asia and Australia. It is the shortest East-West sea route compared to the Indonesia’s Macassar and Lombok Straits.This Straits supplies myriads of marine resources and supports the economy of the littoral states and also contributes the second highest fish production after the Java Sea. Hence, mariculture, tourism, recreation and maritime industry are dependent on the viability and pristine conditions of the Straits. It is also important site for archaeological resources. Besides that, the increasing of economic activities in the East Asian region and the Pasific has lead of the busier traffic in the Malacca Straits. This rapid development has affected the environment and resulting pollution along the Straits. It is not only affecting the marine life, but also to the people of the littoral states. Currently, the Straits have never been managed on a holistic basis. So, the Littoral states should enhance regulation and reduction of pollution inputs. 21. What is the Indian film industry called' Bollywood is the name given to the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. When combined with other Indian film industries (Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada), it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold.  The term Bollywood was created by conflating Bombay (the city now called Mumbai) and Hollywood (the famous center of the United States film industry). Bollywood films are usually musicals. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. Indian audiences expect full value for their money; they want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three hour long extravaganza with intermission. Such movies are called masala movies, after the spice mixture masala. Like masala, these movies have everything. The plots are often melodramatic. They frequently employ formulaic ingredients such as star-crossed lovers, corrupt politicians, twins separated at birth, conniving villains, angry parents, courtesans with hearts of gold, dramatic reversals of fortune, and convenient.