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What countries of Sub Saharan Africa focused on tourism and what are the challenges facing these countries?

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Kenya; civil war and ethnic conflict

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Which country was the colonial power of the following countries of Africa? Cameroon, Mali, Ghana, Namibia, Angola, Sierra Leon, and Liberia.

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Cameroon = France
Mali = France
Ghana = Great Britain 
Nambia = Germany
Angola = Portugal
Sierra Leon = Spain 
Liberia = U.S.
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Which colonial possession in Sub Saharan Africa was the last to gain independence?

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Mozambique and Angola

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Who are the Boers and Africaners?

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Boers: farmers of Dutch descent who lived in South Africa
Africaners: descendants of the Boers (and erected the apartheid issue)

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What are the names of the rivers that serve Southern Africa, the rainforests of central Africa, and the area of West Africa?

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Southern Africa = Zambezi River
Rainforest = The Congo Rainforest
West Africa = Niger River Basin

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What country of Sub Saharan Africa moved its capital to appease the Islamic interests in the northern part of the country? Where did they move it from and where did they move it to?

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Nigeria; Lagos to Abuja

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What ethnic groups fought in Rwanda?

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Hutus and the Tutsis

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What climate dominates the country of Botswana? What is the name of the landform that dominates this region?

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Climate = desert
Landform = Kalahari Desert
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What language is considered a Lingua Franca of one of the Sub Saharan countries?

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Swahili (Kenya)

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What are the geographic characteristics and the name of the African Transition Zone?

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Semi-arid; Sahel (culturally known as the Islamic Front)

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Who was the leader of India to recognize Buddhism as the religion of the realm?

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Siddhartha Gautama or Tanzin

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In which stage of the demographic transition model are the counties of South Asia in?

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3rd Stage

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What religions are practiced by the Tamil and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka?

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Tamil = Hinduism 
Sinhalese = Buddhism (majority of the country)
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What are the major rivers of South Asia and what countries do they flow through?

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India = Ganges River
Pakistan = Indus River 
Bangladesh = Brahmaputra River
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What country or countries are located the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Ghats?

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Hindu Kush = Pakistan
Himalayas = Nepal and Bhutan (possibly India)
Ghats = India

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Compared to the arithmetic density, what is the physiological density of China and India?

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The physiological is greater in both China and India

Normally the arithmetic is greater than the physiological

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According to the text, what is the approximate percent of the population of India that live in a status of poverty-stricken?

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2/3’s of India

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When did Islam diffuse into India?

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7th century AD (or the 13th century AD)

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Which countries in Southeast Asia and Africa remained independent during the colonial imperialism ear of Europe?

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Southeast Asia = Thailand

Africa = Ethiopia

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What are the names of the plateaus of India?

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Deccan Plateau

Chota Nagpur Plateau

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Define endemic, epidemic, and pandemic.

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Endemic: a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location.
Epidemic: a local or regional outbreak of a disease.
Pandemic: an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.
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What was the name of Bangladesh prior to independence?

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East Pakistan

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Irredentist movement in the Northwest Frontier region of Pakistan is a connection to which of the countries that is neighbor of Pakistan?

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Afghanistan to Pakistan because of the support for the Taliban in Pakistan

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What are the names of the mountain on the east and west sides of the Indian peninsula?

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Eastern and Western Ghats

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Who proclaimed the People’s Republic of China and in what year?

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Mao Zedong in 1949

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Know the dates and countries that Japan aggressively acquired between the years 1890 and 1945?

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Korea (1910)
Taiwan (1931)
China (1938)
Philippines (1941)
Southeast Asia (1941)
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What is the Chinese name for the plateau of Tibet?

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Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

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What is the general topography of Japan and what is the current condition of their natural resource supply?

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Japan is mountainous and hilly with flat land at a premium and they have to import almost all of their natural resources

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According to the text, what is the approximate population of India and China?

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India = 1 billion 
China = 1.3 billion
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Who took control of government following the death of Chairman Mao?

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Deng Xiao Ping

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What are the names of the rivers that serve Hong Kong and Shanghai?

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Shanghai = Yangzi River

Hong Kong = Pearl River or the Hongshui River

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What is Loess?

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Deposit of very fine silt or dust that is laid down after having been wind borne for a considerable distance. Notable for its fertility under irrigation and it’s ability to stand in steep vertical walls.

What makes the Huang He River Yellow (and flows into the Yellow Sea)

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What are the significance of Macau and Hong Kong to China? When were they reunited with their home country?

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Macau was was a colony of Portugal and Hong Kong part of Great Britain.
Macau = 1999
Hong Kong = 1997

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What is the population trend for Japan over the next 20 years?

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Declining

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What is the continental drift and what is the name of the proto-continent?

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The slow movement of continents controlled by the processes associated with plate tectonics. Pangea

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What are the characteristics of the Meiji Restoration?

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The return of “enlightened rule” centered on the Emperor Meiji. The reformers turned to Britain for guidance in reforming their nation and it’s economy.

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The final resolution of the Korean conflict was?

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A cease fire with North Korea but the U.S. is still technically at war with North Korea. (North and South are divided at the 38 parallel)

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Define transmigration, transculturation, and ethnic cleansing.

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Transmigration: the now ended policy of the Indonesian government to induce residents of the overcrowded, core-area of Jawa to move to the county’s other islands.
Transculturation: cultural borrowing and two-way exchanges that occur when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact.
Ethnic Cleansing: the slaughter and/or forced removal of one ethnic group from its homes and lands by another, more powerful ethnic group bent on taking that territory.

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What are the main islands of Indonesia and the Philippines?

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Indonesia: Jawa and Sumatra
Philippines: Mindanao and Luzon

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In Southeast Asia, which two countries have the majority of the population?

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Philippines and Indonesia

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When and from who did Singapore gain it’s independence?

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1965 from either Great Britain or Malaysia

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What is the significance of Dien Bien Phu in 1954?

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A battle between the French and Vietnamese in which the French defeat brought the Vietnamese their independence.

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What is the Angkor Wat and where is it located?

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Cambodia and the Angkor Wat is an ancient Hindu Temple

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Give an example of an elongated state?

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Vietnam

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What is the name of the ethnic group making up a large population of Southeast Asia who are not from the realm?

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Chinese

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What is the newest country in Southeast Asia?

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East Timor

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What is the Domino Theory?

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The belief that political destabilization in one state can result in the collapse or order in a neighboring state, triggering a chain of events that, in turn, can affect a series of contiguous states.

SPREAD OF COMMUNISM

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Which countries are associated with the Irrawaddy River and the Mekong River?

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Irrawaddy: Myanmar
Mekong: Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

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What are the names of the current countries that made up British India?

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Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Myanmar

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What is the poorest county of Southeast Asia?

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Laos

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What is the general physiology of New Zealand and Australia?

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New Zealand: mountainous and at the edge of a plate tectonic

Australia: flat and dry

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What is Weber’s Line?

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A boundary dividing the different bio geographic regions of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia

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What makes marsupials different from other animals?

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They carry their young in pouches until they have matures enough to live on their own

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What is the name of the largest indigenous ethnicity in New Zealand?

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Maori

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What are the governmental structures of New Zealand and Australia?

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New Zealand: a democratic country in which the members of parliament are chosen in free and fair elections
Australia: a federation, a constitutional monarchy, and a parliamentary democracy

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What is the name recognized by most for the interior of Australia?

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The Outback

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What is the name of the strait separating Australia and Tasmania?

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Bass Strait

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What does the Wallace Line refer to?

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The zoogeographical boundary proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace that separates the marsupial fauna of Australia and New Guinea from the non-marsupial fauna of Indonesia

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What is the name of the treaty between the Europeans in New Zealand and the indigenous persons?

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Treaty of Waitangi

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According to the text, what are the major problems facing Australia?

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NOT LAND AND BOARDER DISPUTES

Aboriginal claims
Environmental degradation
Immigration issues

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What is the agricultural activity most closely associated with most moist regions of the interior of Australia?

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Dairy Farming

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