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"Eastern World" Study Guide Flashcards

1
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What are the two main branches of geography?

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Physical Geography and Human Geography

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2
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What are the main processes of the water cycle?

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Evaporation and precipitation

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3
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What are the two physical features that gave Mesopotamia its name?

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Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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4
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What is a “highland”? Where can you find one?

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A type of climate found in mountainous regions. They can be found at many different latitudes.

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5
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What is notable about Bahrain’s geography?

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It is a group of islands

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6
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What do we call the process of moving from one place to another?

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migration

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7
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What is “The Resurrection”?

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The Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead

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8
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What word best describes Central Asia’s physical geography?

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Landlocked

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9
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Why was Egypt called “The Gift of the Nile”?

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The Nile brought fertility and life to the region

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How did the great kingdoms of West Africa become powerful?

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By controlling trade routes across the Sahara

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What helped unify China?

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The Qin dynasty under the policies of Shi Huangdi

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12
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What has been a major problem for former African colonies since becoming independent?

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Fighting among ethnic groups

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13
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Where are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro located?

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Near the Indus River

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14
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What causes tsunamis?

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Underwater earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

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15
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Who were the first humans to live in Australia?

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The Aborigines

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16
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These scientists try to find relationships among people who live far apart.

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Geographers who study the world on a global level

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17
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Where does the Bible say that Moses received the Ten Commandments?

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A mountain called Sinai

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18
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What are the main physical features of the Arabian Peninsula?

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Desert plains and oases

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19
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What causes night and day?

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The earth’s rotation

20
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What is population density?

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A measure of the number of people living in an area

21
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Who conquered and had a major influence on Central Asia?

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The Arabs, Mongols, and Soviets

22
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What happened after the Kushites were driven out of Egypt?

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Meroe became the new Kushite capital and center of a large trade network.

23
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What parts of Africa did France rule in the early 1900s?

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Tunisia, Algeria, and parts of Morocco

24
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What is the Congo Basin?

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A bowl-shaped landform that covers much of Central Africa

25
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What happened after the rule of Candra Gupta II?

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The Gupta society began to decline

26
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What is Taiwan like?

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Green and tropical, with beautiful mountains and crowded cities

27
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What is an important industry in the Outback, Australia’s interior?

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Mining

28
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Is geography a science or a social science?

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Both

29
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What is Korea’s main obstacle to reunification?

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The question of a common form of government

30
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What is a front?

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A place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet

31
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What is the Caste system?

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It divides Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation

32
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Where was Babylon?

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Near present-day Iraq

33
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Who led the Jews on long journeys?

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Abraham and Moses

34
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What is a tariff?

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A fee that a country charges on imports and exports

35
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What is a dialect?

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A regional variety of a language

36
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What is an embargo?

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A limit placed on trade with another country

37
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What is a drought?

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A long period of lower than normal precipitation

38
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What is monotheism?

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The worship of only one god

39
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What is Latitude?

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The distance north or south of the equator

40
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What does it mean to secede?

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To break away from the main country

41
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What is a missionary?

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People who want to spread their religious beliefs

42
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What is imperialism?

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A practice used to dominate other countries’ government, trade, and culture.

43
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What is a delta?

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A landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits

44
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How did the people of Western Africa preserve their history?

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They did NOT use written records. Oral history?

45
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How has Central Africa’s economy been affected by the lack of major rivers?

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It has NOT slowed the economy

46
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What was the silk road?

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A network of trade routes that connected East and West. Europe, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Persia, India, China

47
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What is the significant of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959?

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It set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and banned all military activity on the continent.

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