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