Commonly missed questions study game

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.