Geo Test 1 Flashcards
Where most people in the eastern Mediterranean subregion live
Euphrates river valley
The dominant sects of Islam
Sunni and Shia
Artistic depictions of living figure are discouraged
Islamic art
Want a independent state of their own
Palestinians
All three major religions in the eastern Mediterranean
Monotheism
A trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean
Silk Road
Took control and imposed extreme interpretations of Islam
Islamic Taliban
C, occurring faster than any where else in the world
Urbanization
Grew rich from the gold for salt trade
Mali empire
Passing down stories from generation to generation
Oral tradition
D, coastal areas and river plains
West Africa population
B, English and French
East African languages
C, first black president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
C, The language of early Dutch settlers in South Africa
Afrikaans
B, Northern cultures, Islam. Southern cultures, Christianity.
Nigeria
D, voting rights in south Africa for all people
South Africa
Wrote the Vedas after the Indus Valley civilization crumbled
Aryans
Reincarnation
Most people are reborn as another living being
Indias be loved nonviolent political and spiritual leader
Mohandas Gandhi
Make up the largest religion group in India
Hindus
Pakistan has been in conflict with —- over Kashmir
India
Was a strategic trade route location
Sri Lanka
Mix of people from southern India, Sri Lanka, East Africa
Maldives
Environmental changes such as a flooding and drought out may have ended the —–
Indus Valley civilization
Religion specific to Japan
Shintoism
Concentrated in river valleys
Chinese population
Caused by rural to urban
Farm Labor storages
Divided into south vs back and Northern communism
WW2 Korea
China
Culture hearth
Once a Buddhist Kingdom
Tibet
Food shortage
Chinese starvation 1950s
Mostly ethicity
Homogeneous Japan
Samurai
Professional warriors
Economic stagnation, food storage
North Korean government
Philippines
B, US gained control 1898
East Timor violence
A, Conflicts between Christians and Muslims
Indonesian relocation
A, Relocated to less populated islands
Vietnam war
Divided into communists and non-Communist sectors
Thailand buffer state
C, Preevent tension between French and British
Srivijaya empire
D, stablished trade routes
Mainland external migration
D, lead to less of skilled warhevs
Maritime
Power from the shipping and trade
Spice trade
Islands of Southeast Asia
Muslim nation
Indonesia