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  *The Gullfoss # casts a perpetual rainbow*.                                                                                                                     waterfall                                              geyser                                                 prism                                                  weather                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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in the 1940's, [ and American troops used Iceland as a strategic base*.                                                      Denmark                                                Norway                                                 France                                                 England                                                British                                                French                                                 Danish                                                 Norwegian                                                 In *#* the Icelanders *elected a woman* to the office of the *presidency*, the *first elected female chief of state in [*.                                      1980                                                   1890                                                   1970                                                   1960                                                   the world                                              Europe                                                 Iceland                                                the Northern hemisphere                                 
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  *Iceland was # by a volcano*.                                                                                                                                   formed                                                 destroyed                                              enlarged                                               engulfed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            	  Iceland became a *# member in 1946 and a member of NATO in [*.                                                                                                  UN                                                     EEC                                                    SEC                                                    SINPAC                                                 1949                                                   1959                                                   1969                                                   1979                                                      *# is Iceland's principal [*.                                                                                                                                   Fishing                                                Hunting                                                Agriculture                                            Electronics                                            industry                                               sport                                                  vacation                                               export                                                  	  *Between 1958 and 1976*, Iceland carried on *"cod wars" with the United Kingdom, Norway and #*, involving disputes over Iceland's *claim to extensive [*.       Denmark                                                Sweden                                                 the United States                                      France                                                 territorial waters                                     agricultural land                                      hunting land                                           forests                                                 
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