Geo Quiz, 5 July 2006

What part of the 50 US States is in the Eastern Hemisphere?



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Hint: it was taken over by the Japanese in World War II.
 Answer below the fold...


Answer: href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3">Attu
Island, Alaska.  


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