Final Exam Review Flashcards
Where China’s rice bowl is
Chiang Jiang River
The republic of China
Taiwan
Farmland scarce
Japan
Formed mostly from volcanos
Japan
Only lowland area of East Asia
East China
Got its name from yellowish-brown topsoil
Yellow river
Food for the silkworm
Mulberry tree
Pictorial characters
Chinese writing
Asia’s culture hearth
China
Most widely spoken Chinese dialect
Mandarin
Slowed by outdated technology
China industrial growth
Most agricultural East Asian nation
China
Asia’s economic miracle
Japan
Japan’s largest trading partner
United States
Part of Japan’s transportation system
Bullet train
Ruling family
Dynasty
Japan’s profession soldiers
Samurai
Substances in liquid coolants
CFC’s
Method of preparing a field for rice production
Terracing
Large sea wave caused by an earthquake
Tsunami
Pacific hurricane
Typhoon
Yellowish-brown topsoil
Loess
Also called China’s Sorrow
Huang He
People’s republic of China
China
Area of earthquake and volcanic activity
Ring of fire
The longest structure ever built
Great Wall of china
Former British colony
Hong Kong
Largest Japanese islands
Honshu
13,677
Indonesia
Climate of Southeast Asia
Tropical
Where majority of southeast Asians live
River valleys and coastal plains
What early literature of Southeast Asia consisted of
Folktales and legends
Staple food of Asia
Rice
One of the worlds most densely populated islands
Java
An important port because of its location
Singapore
The most common means of transportation in Southeast Asia
Bicycle
Archipelago of 7,107 islands
Philippines
Small country-rich from oil
Brunei
Volcanic eruption in the Philippines
My. Pintatubo
Cleanest city in the world
Singapore
Malaysian buildings that house up to 100 people
Long houses
Product of the Philippines
Pearls
Animal life
Fauna
A chain of islands
Archipelago
Leading industrial country of East Asia
Japan
City that serves as a capital as well as a major port and industrial center
Primate city
Land suitable for farming
Arable land
Plant life
Flora
Parallel mountain ranges
Cordilleras
Place where goods can be stored without the payment of import duties
Free port
Contribute to a desert climate in Australia
Great dividing range
Covers nearly two-thirds of Australia
Western plateau
More than 1250 miles long worlds largest coral reef complex ecosystem
Great Barrier Reef
Vegetation that dominate Australia’s steppe climate
Acacia and eucalyptus trees
The south Pacifics most heavily populated country
Australia
Type is government in Australia and New Zealand
Parliamentary democracy
Used for hunting
Boomerang
Why Australia’s railroads are hard to join
No standard gauge
Will lead to the melting of the polar regions
Global warming
The most populated city of Australia
Sydney
Worlds coldest and iciest region
Antarctica
In Australia the star away from coastal cities
Outback
Australia’s most famous landform
Ayers Rock
Item formed by skeletons of tiny sea animals
Coral
A ring shaped island
Still
Native people of New Zealand
Maori
Pool at the center of an atoll
Lagoon
British explorer of the South Pacific
James cook
Nickname for New Zealanders
“Kiwis”
Native people of Australia
Aborigines
The dried meat of the coconut palm
Copra
Mammals that carry their young in pouches
Marsupials
Region of rich, fertile soil between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Fertile Crescent
Worlds longest river
Nike river
Worlds saltiest body of water
Dead Sea
“Land between two rivers”
Mesopotamia
Rocky gravel areas in the desert
Desert pavement
Longest mountains in Africa
Atlas Mountains
Worlds largest desert
Sahara desert
Arabs living in territory on which Israel was established
Palestinians
The prophet of Islam
Muhammad
The largest peninsula of Southwest Asia
Arabian peninsula
The majority of the people of North Africa and southwest Asia
Arabs
The holy book of Islam
Koran
Nomadic peoples of North Africa and southwest Asia
Bedouins
Places in the desert where water is found
Oases
Taking plants and animals from the wild and making them useful to people
Domesticate
The writing of Sumerians
Cuneiform
The writing of the Egyptians
Hyroglyphics
Organization set up to control the price and production of oil
OPEC
Islamic houses of prayer
Mosques
The removal of salt from the sea
Desalination
The worlds largest inland delta
Okavango river delta
Covers nearly two-thirds of Africa
Desert
One of the causes of famine in Africa
Civil war
Obstacles to the improvement of transportation
Africa’s size and unfavorable terrain
Growth of cities
Urbanization
Second largest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Victoria
Transforming arable land into desert
Desertification
Destruction of timber areas
Deforestation
People who have similar cultures
Ethnic groups
Agriculture that meets the needs of a family
Subsistence farming
Large groups of people who are related to one another
Extended family
Strict separation of the races
Apartheid
Africa’s highest mountain
My. Kilimanjaro
The most rapidly growing area of the U.S economy
Services
New England’s largest city
Boston
The key natural resource of the Mid-Atlantic states
Coal
The trade agreement between the u.s Canada and Mexico
NAFTA
The largest estuary in the u.S
Chesapeake bay
The largest city of the Midwest
Chicago
Drains nearly 1/2 of the U.S.
Mississippi River
Leading producer of automobiles
Detroit
The international boundary between the U.S. And Mexico
Rio grande
Lies totally within the border of the U.S.
Lake Michigan
Most used for livestock
Corn
The largest landform region in the south
Coastal plain
“Americas dairyland”
Wisconsin
Alaskans most valuable resource
Oil
The planting of trees along with the cutting of trees
Reforestation
Nations relying on each other
Interdependence
Capitalism
Free enterprise
Settlement of Jamestown
1607
Declaration of Independence beginning of American Revolution
1776
Civil war years
1861-1865
List of grievances and reasons for declaring independence sent to GeorgeIII
Declaration of Independence
First national constitution of the former colonies weaknesses eventually led to the writing of the Constitution
Articles of confederation
Authoritarian when the government controls
Command economy
Like the U.S. Based on supply and demand
Market economy
King John forced to sign and accept some limitations on his power ideas carried over to U.S. Government
Magna carta
Gave our forefathers ideas for our bill of rights
English bill of rights
Guarantees individual rights
Bill of rights
