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longest river in the world

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nile

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the sahara is located predominantly in what part of Africa?

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north

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process of removing salt from saltwater

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desalination

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top commodities in middle east

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oil and petroleum

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saltiest body on earth

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dead sea

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what human made waterway enables ships to pass from the Mediterranean sea to the red sea?

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Suez canal

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the United States invaded and overthrew the government of afghanistan

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9/11

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european languages are often spoken throughout different countries in Africa as a result of

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colonization

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what is zionism

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the movement to create the Jewish state of Israel, Jewish state for jews

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four quarters of jerusalem

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  1. muslim
  2. armenian
  3. jewish
  4. christian
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what country has been ravaged by a civil war between its authoritarian president and rebel groups in the middle east

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syria

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three major world religions that started in the middle east? capitalize the most popular one in MENA

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Judaism, Christianity, ISLAM

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what detail about the respective populations makes the israeli-palestinian conflict somewhat of a religious conflict?

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Israelites are Jewish and palestinians are muslim

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what is the big deal about Jerusalem?

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most holy sacred sites in all 3 major religions

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what is OPEC? which member country has the highest GDP in the region?

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opec is the control of the supply and price of oil, Saudi Arabia has the highest gdp

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biggest challenge to economic development in the region is the scarcity of

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water

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what is an environmental challenge that organizations in north africa are attempting to fight by panting a “great green wall” of trees

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desertification

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climate type of congo basin

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tropical rainforest

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second largest river in africa

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congo river

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a region characterized as strip of dry grassland that is located south of Sahara desert

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sahel

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term for gemstones mined in conflict zones and sold to finance armed conflict against governments

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blood diamonds

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the___region in the country of___suffered a genocide that started in 2003, and has since been reignited 20 years later

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darfur, sudan

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____ of many African nations during the colonial period were arbitrary and random drawings by European powers

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borders

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pan-africanism and its anti-colonial and pro-sovereignty ideas served as the foundations of what modern day version of the oau?

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African union

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the borders created by European nations contribute to post-___ conflicts in sub-saharan Africa by exacerbating ethnic and tribal tensions
colonial
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conditions that contribute to the success of Islamic terrorist groups in west africa
poverty, ungoverned spaces
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during the rwandan genocide the ____ majority was attempting to kill off the ____ minority
hutu, tutsi
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how did the conflict start between the tutsi and hutu?
europeans spoke well about tutsi which caused the two groups to collide and resulted in the genocide
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most spoken language in south africa
swahili
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____ was the system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in ____ from 1948-early 1990s
apartheid, south africa
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most commonly practiced religion in sub Saharan africa
chirstianity
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the leader of the non violent movement to end south africa apartheid
nelson mandela
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key beliefs of hinduism
1. polytheistic 2. reincarnation 3. karma
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dominant location of hinduism
Nepal and india
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key beliefs of islam
1. 5 pillars
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dominant location for islam
Bangladesh and pakistan
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key beliefs in buddhism
1. 4 noble truths
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dominant location for buddhism
Bhutan and sri lanka
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what is the ring of fire?
big zone of tectonic activity surrounding the Pacific ocean resulting in volcanoes and earthquakes
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what is the ganges river?
sacred sites for the religion hinduism, heavily polluted river
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countries that share a border with the Himalayan mountains
Nepal, india, Bhutan, Pakistan, china,
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longest river in southeast asia
Mekong river
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country with the most active volcanoes
indonesia
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dominant religion in Indonesia and malaysia
islam -> came through historic trade routes, movement, colonization
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government of vietnam
communism
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country that colonized britain
great britain
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dominant religion in the philippines
roman catholicism
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Dhaka is the capital of
bangladesh
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territory that s disputed and administered between India, Pakistan, and china
kashmir
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monsoons are especially devastating for countries that have a lot of ____-lying land
low
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a major concern about wet markets is that
they may not always be very sanitary
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define extrajudicial
not legally authorized
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define junta
military government
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define terracing
agricultural technique that involved cutting sections into a slope to create flat, horizontal spaces on which to form and harvest stuff
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longest river in east asia
Yangtze river
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highly contested body of water between china & vietnam
south china sea
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huge desert covering areas of both northern china and southern mongolia
Gobi desert
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38th parallel divides which two countries
north and south korea
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Shintoism is most commonly practiced in which east asian country
japan
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country that wants to climb Taiwan and had a one child policy
china
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significance of the one child policy
allowed population to slow, reduced birth rate, per Capita income increased from 2k to 10k, reduced gender imbalance that was caused due to child abandonment or abortion
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country that has been ruled by the Kim dynasty for 3 generations
north korea
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australia is both a ____ and a ____
country and continent
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great barrier reef is most closely located to which nation
australia
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name for indigenous people of australia
aboirginies
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country that colonized Australia and new zealand
great britain
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SAP- significance of the DMZ between north and south korea
The significance of the DMZ between North and South Korea is to show that the war never did end. The DMZ is a symbol of the tension in the air between the two countries and how they are still at war.
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SAP- significance of china as the world's leading trading partner
to be answered
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SAP- impact of colonization Africa and Asia
to be answered

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