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Why does this region have the most potential to be a world power? |
Oil, agriculture (tigris and euphrates rivers), very educated population, large tourist region (mediterranean sea) |
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Why has this regions potential for success been hindered? |
TOO MUCH CONFLICT |
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Year of creation of Israel |
1948 |
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What was the nation state where Israel is located, prior to its creation? |
Palestine: an arab muslim country |
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What happened to palestine after WWI and the colapse of the Ottoman Empire |
becomes a british mandate |
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What did the British begin in the region of Palestine after it became a British Mandate? |
Slow, controlled immigration of Jewish people |
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What caused the Jewish immigration to Palestine to drastically increase |
WWII |
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What was the Partisan Plan? |
Split Palestine into two areas, one for palestines and one for jews, and make Jerusalem a "world city" NOT controlled by either group to keep it "open" |
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What happened shortly after all parties signed and agreed to the Partisan Plan? |
Both groups began fighting for control of the others lands |
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What did Israel do after signing the partisan plan? |
take over majority of lands, take over Jerusalem |
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What was significant about 1967 in this region? |
Israel invades areas of Egypt and Syria and the gaza strip in the "6 day war" |
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What happened after the 6 day war? |
Egypt took back its lands, the area of Syria and the gaza strip taken by Israel remained in Israel's control |
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Number of Jewish settlers in West Bank 1977 |
apx. 5000 |
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Number of Jewish settlers in West Bank 2015 |
apx. 350000 |
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3 different groups living in Iraq and estimated percentage of each |
Sunni 22%, Kurds 16%, Shiite 66% |
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what is significant about the 36 parallel in Iraq? |
UN established a protective border for Kurds in the North as refuge from Saddam's regime |
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Besides the Kurds, what other group was ruthlessly oppressed by Saddam's regime in Iraq |
the Shiites |
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Describe the Physical geography of Afghanistan |
Sits on the "left hand curve" of the himalayas known as the Hindu Kush. VERY RUGGED TERRAIN |
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What is the northern region of afghanistan like? |
agricultural zone, except it is very rugged and very primitive |
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what is the southern region of afghanistan like? |
very dry but less mountainous |
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Why is Afghanistan culturally diverse? |
area of the country is apart of the silk road |
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How diverse is Afghanistan culturally? |
It is so diverse there is not one single majority group |
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Why was the country of afghanistan established? |
as a buffer zone between the encroaching territories of colonial britain (to the south) and the soviets (to the north) |
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what was significant about 1979 in afghanistan? |
the soviets invade |
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What was the US's response to the situation in afghanaistan in 1979 |
send weapons to the people to take care of soviet invasion |
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why was Afghanistan never incorporated into the Soviet's territory? |
Too much disease in the area |
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What was significant about 1994 in afghanistan? |
The Taliban controls afghanistan |
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What was the Taliban's purpose in controlling afghanistan? |
To stop all the regime changes and fighting by installing an extremely strict islamic law system |
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Describe Al Qaeda |
GLOBAL terrorist group that will operate anywhere there is a dysfunctional government. operating wherever they can. They were operating in afghanistan while the taliban was in control. Sunni group. |
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Describe ISIS |
Trying to create a new state in the middle east, extremely well organized, gets money from oil. Created by an Iraqi but organized out of Syria because of their civil war |
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Describe the physical geography of the region south of the Himalayas in regards to plate tectonics
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on the indo Australian plate,
broke from antarctica, merged into eurasian plate |
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Why are there no volcanoes in the region south of the himalayas?
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the two plates collided, pushed up, no subduction= no volcanoes
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Describe the Deccan plateau
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in india, tilts, is higher in the west
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what are the hills between the deccan plateau and the oceans called?
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the Ghats
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where are the Ghats?
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on the eastern and western edges of india between the Deccan Plateau and the coasts
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Why do large populations live among the Ghats?
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The rely on the monsoon
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When does the monsoon occur?
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One day in the summer it just starts raining
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why does the monsoon occur?
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Land becomes warm, Moist air from the ocean is forced up the Himalayas and comes down as mass amounts of precipitation over the Ghats
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Why are Monsoons so important to the people living south asia
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winters are so dry that 75% of the population lives off of 500 calories a day, summer=monsoon=agriculture=food
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Why is the Bay of Bengal an environmentally hazardous region?
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Hurricanes funneled into the bay, they intensify here and then hit bangladesh
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What is significant about the Indus River Valley?
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It is a cultural Hearth
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What is significant about the CULTURE of the Indus river valley people?
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They did not build monuments
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How did the Indus River Valley become a cultural hearth
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to move into south asia, must go through indus river valley, many ideas flowed through here
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What religion is practiced by a large majority of the population of South Asia
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Hinduism
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Describe the basics of Hinduism
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3000 years old
strict social system called caste works like a sponge absorbing aspects of other religions |
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What was a negative consequence of the Caste system
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prevented unity and communication amongst classes, left the area weak defensively
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About how old is buddhism?
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about 2500 years
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Describe the two ideals of buddhism
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rejection of earthly desire, all forms of life a sacred
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Why were buddhist populations not interested in going out and conquering foreign lands?
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Their religion rejects earthly desires, they value all forms of life
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Who were the last invaders into South Asia?
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the british
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what was unique about the british invasion of south asia
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they came by boats not through land
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What are the dates of the British rule in South Asia
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1857-1947
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What resources were the British looking for in South Asia?
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Cotton, jute(ropes), tea, and sugar
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Describe the British influence in South Asia
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Railroads to move products to the coast (not people), irrigation techniques, English language, Democracy
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In india what is unique about function of Democracy
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Everyone has a vote regardless of the strong caste system
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When the british left South Asia, how were lands divided up
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They divided lands by religion and where the majority of the population with that religion lived.
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What was significant about 1971 in regards to east and west pakistan?
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The split and became Bangladesh and pakistan, respectively
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What is unique about the population distribution of South Asia
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Lots of big cities but most of the population lives in rural areas
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Why does South Asia have a high fertility rate?
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Since most of the population live in rural areas, children are seen as assets and farm hands
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What is a population policy?
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when the federal government sets aside money for anything that assists in family planning
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Describe a pronatalist population policy
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encourage babies to be born, requires lots of money
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Describe an anti natalist population policy
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discourages babies to be born
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Describe the population policy of India
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1952- established policy focusing on sterilization
1970's- changed to after 3 kids are born mandatory sterilization 1980's- rewards for sterilization 2004- rich landowners begin taking people to get sterilized for rewards, tricking/forcing people into sterilization |
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What was the only main difference between Bangladesh and Pakistan?
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different approaches to population control
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What was pakistan's focus after becoming independent of East pakistan (now bangladesh)
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Economic growth, exporting food,
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What is the result of Pakistan focusing on exporting food and not population control?
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They have an increasing population that requires more food= less food to export and sell= less income
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What was Bangladesh's (then East Pakistan) focus after separating from West Pakistan (now Pakistan)?
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Population control, door to door sex ed
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In 1976 what % of the people of Bangladesh used contraceptives? what % in 1995?
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6%, 50%
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2014 Populations and TFR (total fertility rate) of Pakistan and Bangladesh?
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Pakistan 194 mil, 3.8 TFR
Bangladesh 158.5 mil, 2.2 TFR |
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Where do a majority of the population of Pakistan live?
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along the river valley because its so dry
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What did Pakistan do to boost nationalism? did it work?
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moved their capital, not effective
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Describe the population of Pakistan
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very poor, rural, very illiterate, musilm
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What is a majority of national budget of Pakistan spent on?
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national debt and nukes
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What is the one region of South Asia where democracy doesn't work?
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Pakistan
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Describe the Kashmir Problem
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couldn't decide to be apart of pakistan or india because king was hinu, but population is muslim.
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Why does Pakistan want control over Kashmir?
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The populations are both muslim, want control of head waters of rivers
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Why does india want control over Kashmir?
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India believes that the Kashmir People's rights are being violated
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How are the states of India generally divided?
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by language
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Describe the north region of India
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traditionally hindu, Ganges is important to culture
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What is significant about Varanasi?
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Lots of people pilgrimage here to die, be cremated (by a wood fire) and have remains put in Ganges.
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What are the effects of Varanasi being a "death city"
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So many cremations that deforestation is huge.
To many partial cremations leave human remains to be dumped into Ganges |
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How do the Hindu traditions regarding the Ganges river contradict each other?
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Tradition to have remains put in Ganges and the tradition to protect the environment clash. Remains in the river=pollution
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Describe the southern region of India
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modern, most universities, lots of technology
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What is significant about the city of Bangaluru
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software/IT development, called Silicon plateau of India. less emphasis on claste system
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4 reasons why India won't "do a China" and have an industry boom
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conflict, globalization, agriculture, manufacturing
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describe how conflict will prevent india from "doing a China"
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171 million muslims in india seen as a lower caste, have lower educational achievements, islamic revivalism is growing
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Describe how globalization will prevent india from "doing a China"
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too many mom and pop shops that would beat out large corporations, globalization could cause massive unemployment.
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Describe how agriculture will prevent india from "doing a China"
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Farms are state owned, 70% of the population has to farm, its inefficient for commercial farming
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How is India inefficient for commercial farming to become highly prominent?
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Runs on animal and human labor, too much reliance on an unpredictable monsoon, Caste prevents landowners from wanting to divvy up lands.
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How will Manufacturing prevent India from "doing a China"
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roads in india can't support transporting large amounts of goods, electricity is NOT reliable
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Describe the industry of Bangladesh
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Textiles are main industry but does not bring in enough revenue to improve country
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Describe the "Brain Drain" happening in Bangladesh
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Very educated people leave and never come back
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How are Nepal and Bhutan similar?
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land locked, in highest part of Himalayas, population primarily in the south, mostly buddhist, Kingdoms with parliments
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How are Nepal and Bhutan different?
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Nepal has lots of tourism, Bhutan's king banned tourism to preserve buddhist culture
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Why is Sri Lanka NOT a part of India?
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Majority of the population of Sri Lanka is Buddhist, not Hindu.
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Prior to 1983 describe how successful Sri Lanka was
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Immediately set up democracy after British left, set up a working population policy, began exporting goods, large tourism industry, BECAME AN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR SOUTH ASIA
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What was significant about 1983 in Sri Lanka
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Tamil Tigers wanted independence, started long, bloody, EXPENSIVE civil war
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What was significant about 2009 in Sri Lanka
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Tamil Tigers defeated, economy begins to recover
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Describe the importance of Elephants in Sri Lanka
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a national symbol and an important buddhist symbol, pets of the very wealthy, ALL ELEPHANTS HAVE JOBS in tourism or forestry industries. Never seen as pests
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What are the Maldives?
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1000 tiny islands south west of India
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How many of the Maldive islands are inhabited by people
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about 200
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Describe the geography of the Maldives
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highest elevation is 6 feet, about 115 sq miles of total land.
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What religion dominates the Maldives?
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Islam
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The Maldives have the highest ____ in Asia received from ____ and ____
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Gross National Product (GNP), fishing and tourism
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What is the most important FRESH water source in the Maldives
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The monsoon season
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What are atolls?
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low islands, formed from extinct volcanoes under water that coral reefs grow on to eventually surface and fill with a soil like substance, difficult to sustain large populations
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Describe high islands
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formed from active volcanoes, continuously growing up and out. easily supports life
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What was the 1700's Dutch Decree
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Country controlled waters a "cannon's range" from the coast (ALL ABOUT DEFENSE)
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By the 19th century most coastal countries claimed control over how much of the seas?
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3 or 4 nautical miles from coast
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What happened in 1945 with the Truman Proclamation?
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U.S. claimed control over ocean and resources along it's continental shelf
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What happened in 1982 regarding the UN convention and control over the seas
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Defined Law of the Sea and its four zones
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Define territorial sea
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12 nautical miles from coast, country has total sovereignty
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define contiguous zone
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between 12 and 24 nautical miles from coast, country can enforce customs, immigration and sanitation
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define Exclusive Economic Zone
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from the coast to 200 nautical miles out, country has control over waters and resources on sea floor.
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Define high seas
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areas beyond 200 nautical miles from a coast, open to all, no regulations/laws
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3 important effects of Exclusive Economic Zone
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1.Islands are gaining significance in trading resources and making deals
2.countries have "new neighbors", new countries to be in negotiation with 3. overlapping claims are expected to be in negotiation for a very long time |
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describe the physical geography of Antarctica
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large, stationary, used to be close to the equator but is not at the south pole, covered in a dome of ice 2 miles thick at thickest point, Average temp is -70F, rarely ever gets over 0 degrees.
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Why is Antarctica a desert?
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receives less than 4'' of precipitation a year.
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World wide obsession with reaching the south pole was ___ through ___
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1895-1911
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1911 saw a ___ team be the first to reach the ___
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Norwegian, south pole
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How is Antarctica "divided up" even though their are no actual claims?
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like slices of pie with the center being the south pole
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early ___, UN sets up treaty to prevent exploitation of Antarctica
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1960's
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3 points of UN's treaty to protect Antarctica from exploitation
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1. Scientific cooperation, 2. No military activity whatsoever, 3. protect the delicate cryosphere
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What area of Antarctica is NOT protected or controlled?
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the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) around the coastline
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T or F, Tourism is not allowed in Antarctica
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FALSE
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