commonly missed questions study game
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Europe’s need for Raw Materials led to what?
The“Scramble for Africa”?
What is the term given to a country that builds an empire by conquering colonies to provide raw
materials for a stronger country?
Imperialism
During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African countries experienced what??
Political Independence from the
European Powers
Under apartheid, black South Africans were forced to do what??
Live in homelands and use separate facilities
What movement’s purpose is to develop a unified Africa??
The Pan-African Movement
Why did Europeans build empires in Africa?
Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to
expand their empires.
What is the purpose Pan-Africanism today?
Development of a unified political identity in Africa
What was Nelson Mandela’s role in the evolution of Apartheid in South Africa?
He worked to abolish Apartheid
Were black South Africans allowed to vote in political elections?
NO
What is genocide?
The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
_____________has infected more than 30,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa?
HIV/AIDS
What are all of the characteristics of the political instability in Africa
since independence?
Government corruption, civil wars, poverty, and
revolutions.
Apartheid is the Afrikaans word that means what?
“Separateness”
A refugee is a person(s) that has to do what???
Flee their home for safety.
What two factors resulted in a very small population growth in South Africa
Poverty and HIV/AIDS
Who was F.W. De Klerk?
The white president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South
Africa
What is Pan-Africanism?
It is a movement that stresses all black Africans must see themselves
as one people.
Malaria, one of the leading causes of death on the African continent, is spread how?
The disease is spread by mosquitoes
What rights were removed under Apartheid?
•Race Mixing•Free Travel•Voting•Free Speech
Mandela was the leader of what organization which led to his 27 year
imprisonment?
The ANC or African National Congress
When it comes to HIV/AIDS in Africa, education and prevention would do
what?
Help in preventing the spread of the disease.
Who’s work to abolish Apartheidin South Africa landed him in prison for 27 years?
Nelson Mandela
True or False, under apartheid, black South
Africans were allowed to vote in political elections
False
What is Genocide?
The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group
Government corruption, civil wars, poverty, and revolutions are all
characteristics of what?
The political instability of Africa
since independence.
Mandela was president of what organization that worked to end
Apartheid?
The ANC or African National Congress
When it comes to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, what
would be the most helpful?
Education and Prevention.
In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called?
DESERTIFICATION
Explain why the population of the Sahara is low.
LIMITED ACCESS TO WATER
Swahili is a mixture of which two languages?
Arabic and Bantu
Name the mixed ethnic group, who mostly live in North Africa and the Middle East.
ARABS
What lake is this?
LAKE VICTORIA
What River is this?
CONGO RIVER
Name the region of short grasses bordering the Sahara where desertification is a problem.
The Sahel
What River is this?
NILE RIVER
What River is this?
NIGER RIVER
What lake is this?
LAKE TANGANYIKA
What ethnic group believes that the safety of their nation depends on the Golden Stool?
Ashanti
What Region is this?
THE SAHEL
What ethnic group is found in Central and Southern Africa?
Bantu
What ethnic group is found in East Africa, especially Kenya?
Swahili
Why is the rainforest shrinking?
Deforestation
What two things does deforestation lead to?
Desertification and Soil Erosion
People living in the deserts of the Middle East have usually made their living by
Trading and Herding animals
What is the climate of most of the Middle East?
Hot and Dry
Because mountains block winds coming from the oceans, much of the interior of Southwest Asia is
Desert
The increasing population growth in Southwest Asia has increased the pollution
of the water supply. Which industry has been directly affected by this pollution?
Agriculture (Farming)
How have the major rivers of Southwest Asia become a part of political conflict?
Building Dams
What is Zionism?
The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in
Zion where they had lived in Biblical times
How did Palestinians feel about the new state of Israel?
They rejected it as unfair to them
Any Jewish settlements in the West Bank is considered what by the Palestinians?
An invasion of their land
What has happened to many of the Palestinians refugees since 1948 ?
Many still live in refugee camps
When Israel is established, who is forced to relocate?
The Palestinian Arabs
Who is responsible for the 9-11 attacks?
Osama Bin Ladin
Iraq’s second largest ethnic group is?
Kurds
What is the U.S. main interest in Southwest Asia?
Oil
Who are the Taliban?
A group of Radical Muslims
The U.S. went to war in 2003 against Iraq because?
The United States government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam
Hussein, developing weapons of mass destruction
What is the capital if Israel?
Jerusalem
Why did the UN intervene In dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 ?
Because the economies of many countries depend on oil, and Iraq’s
actions threatened that supply.
What was the result of the six day war?
Israel doubled in size
What year was Israel created?
1948
What ethnic group’s predominant language is Arabic,
and the majority follows the teachings of Islam.
Arabs
The Israelis were caught by surprise during which war?
Yom Kippur War
Diaspora is known as?
The spreading of the Jewish culture
What is the second largest sect of Islam?
Shiite Muslim
Which religion do most people in Southwest Asia practice
Islam
What ethnic group is found in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria?
Kurds
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What river is this?
Ganges
Which river is extremely valuable because it flows through a desert
area of Pakistan
Indus River
India’s developing of industries has caused what type of problems?
Industrial waste in the Ganges
The belief that a soul returns to life in another body after death
Sansara or Reincarnati
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Who believes that to be truly happy you most give up greed and
greedy desires?
Buddhist
What are spirits that followers of Shinto believe exist in things all
around them?
Kami
Who taught more about ethics and behavior than about religious
ideas?
Confucius
What is the dominant religion of
India?
Hinduism
What is the name given for the Hindu Caste System?
Varnas
What are the Ashramas
The Hindu stages of
life.
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What river is this?
Chang Jiang / Yangtz River
How many Noble Truths are there in Buddhism?
FOUR
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What river is this?
Huang He(Yellow)
Why did India and Pakistan became two separate nations in
the 1940s?
Differences in religions
What river has its delta in southern Vietnam?
MEKONG
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What river is this?
Indus River
Besides fresh water, why do so many people live along River
Plains?
Fertile Soil for growing
food
The Yantze River is found in
CHINA
What effect do monsoons have on the eastern part of India?
It is wetter
than the
western part
How does the Huang He River gets its nickname- Yellow River
Yellowish Silt from Mountain
Loess
Good character and virtue in the people were the keys to social order
and peace , according to what?
Confucius
In some countries a single authority decides what is produced. What type of
economy is this?
Command Economy
What type of government does Japan have today?
Constitutional Monarchy
What type of government does North Korea have today?
Communist/Dictatorship and
Autocracy
What is an exchange rate?
The charge for exchanging currency of one country
for another
What is GDP?
The total value of goods and services produced in a country
in a given year.
China and Vietnam both have communist led governments but their modern economies are said to be what type?
Mixed/Command-Market
What type of economy does Vietnam have today?
Mixed/Command
What type of government does Vietnam have today?
Communist
The communist dictatorship of North Korea has what type of economy?
Command
What system of government is a voluntary association of independent states that agrees to follow a weak central government?
Confederation
What system of government has a central government that controls everything and power is not shared between states, counties or provinces?
Unitary
What political trade barrier limits the amount of goods or services coming into or leaving a country?
Quotas
What political trade barrier places a tax on the goods or services coming into or leaving a country?
Tariffs
What role in Japan today is classified as the HEAD of government today?
The Prime Minister
What is specialization?The concentration on one area of work.
If you are a democratic country you MOST LIKELY have what kind of an
economic system?
Market
What does Japan import….and WHY?
Food and raw materials. There is not enough room for farming.
What does standard of living mean?
The way people live in a country, the style of home, type of job, availability of resources and
entertainment.
To study governments, geographers look at government systems. What is this?
How the power is distributed.
What system of government has a central government that controls everything and power is not shared between states, counties or provinces.
Unitary System
Give 4 examples of political trade barriers…
1. Tariffs2. Sanctions3. Embargos4. Quotas
What are three types of governments?
1. Autocracy2. Oligarchy3. Democracy
In what type of government does a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power and the group gets their power from either the military, wealth, or social status. Also, elections may be held but offer only one candidate?
Oligarchy
In what type of government is the government “Ruled by the people” and individual freedom and equality is valued. Where free elections are held and decisions are based on majority rule?
Democracy
In what type of government is the power to govern held by one person and where the power to rule is generally inherited or imposed by military force?
Autocracy
How is a presidential democracy differ from a parliamentary democracy?
In a presidential democracy the executive branch is separate from the legislative branch.
Communes, mass starvation, and economic failure are all associated
with what country?
China
Who is best remembered for their role in the Indian independence
struggle.
Gandhi
What effect did opening China up to foreign trade have on the country?
Improved the economy
What caused the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989?
protesters demanding political rights and freedoms from China’s
Communist Government
Mohandas Gandhi is known for what?
Using non-violent protest in the Indian
Independence Movement.
What pollution problem is most of East Asia affected by?
Asian Brown Cloud
What program did Mao start to take attention off himself and the
government’s failures.
The Cultural Revolution.