Geography (Asia, Africa)

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Shahel

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Africa- Border between Arab/Desert North and Black/Wet South.

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Maghreb

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North-West Morocco area.

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Sudan

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Sahel country- now divided into two countries

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Berlin Conference of 1884

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Europeans split up and claimed Africa

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Superimposed Political Boundries

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Created without considering culture in Africa

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Incomplete Colonialism

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Colonial power left without creating a society

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Percent of global economy in Sub-Saharan Africa:

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2%

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Berbers

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Non-Arab tribe in North West Africa

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African country with the largest population and lots of oil:

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Nigeria

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African country where Hutus and Tutsis had a genocidal war

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Rwanda

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African country where the Goromonzi Project exists

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Zimbabwe

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African country where the Okavango Delta is located

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Botswana

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African country with a lot of piracy

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Somalia

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Big three diseases in Africa

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1.) Aids
2.) Malaria
3.) Tuberculosis

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Apartheid

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South Africa- Official Racism

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De Beers

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Diamond Cartel in South Africa

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Nelson Mandela

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South African civil rights leader; first black president in that country

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Population in India

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1.2 Billion

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Monsoon

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Heavy summer rain in India and Asia

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Karma

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How you live determines you next like; Hindu

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Dharma

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Individual rules for a good life; Hindu

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Caste

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Position in society; India, "Born to"

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Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

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1.) Life had suffering
2.) We cause most of it
3.) Buddhism offers a way out
4.) Live in the middle path

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Taj Mahal

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Burial Chamber in India

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Hindu pilgrimage city in India

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Varanasi

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Dalits

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Lowest Hindu caste; "Untouchables"

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Mahatma Gandhi

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India; Worked for India's independence from England.

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Khyber Pass

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Between Pakistan and Afghanistan

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Country where Mount Everest is found

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Nepal

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of Vietnam Communist Revolution

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Village in Vietnam where a massacre occured

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My Lai

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Number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War

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58,000

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Angkor Wat

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Temple in Cambodia

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Southeast Asian country which ranks 2nd in opium production:

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Myanmar/Burma

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Indonesians mostly are members of what religion?

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Islam

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Singapore is a major trading city dominated by what ethnicity?

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Chinese

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Which island in Indonesia is famous for orangutans

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Sumatra

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Which island in Indonesia is mostly Hindu?

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Bali

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Which island/nation controls Indonesia?

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Java

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Irian Jaya

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West Papra Island; Called this by the Javans

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Brown Colonialism

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When brown/black act like white colonial leaders

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Geographical traits of East Asia

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1.) Huge population
2.) Political Conflict
3.) Diverse Economies
4.)Great Civilizations

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How big in area is China compared to the U.S.?

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The same size

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Sinicization

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Han Chinese telling everyone to be "Chinese"

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Population of China

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1.3 Billion

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Ethnocentrism

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Over ethnicity/culture is the center of the world; China

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Isolationism

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Pulling away from this world

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Results from the One-Child Policy

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More boys than girls

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Hutong

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Chinese old neighborhood (Barrio)

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Forbidden City

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Center of Chinese dynastic rulers

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River where the Three Gorges Dam is being built

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Yangtze

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Special Economic Zones

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Where Capitalism is allowed in China

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Han

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Dominant ethnicity in China

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Mongolia

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Democratic, poor country, between China and Russia.

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Tibetans

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Non-Chinese people- Conquered by China

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Deng Xiaoping

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Chinese leader who created Special Economic Zones

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of Chinese communist revolution

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Great Wall of China is a symbol of what forces:

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Fear, Paranoia, Ethnocentrism

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Richter Scale

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Measures earthquakes; Log Scale

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Bushido Code

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Japanese Samurai Code

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Landscape traits that make Japan vulnerable to tsunamis :

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1.) Flat land
2.) Compact Buildings
3.) Everywhere is used

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Tsunami Stones

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Warn of the past, present tsunamis in Japan

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Why is Japan so dependent on nuclear power?

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No oil, gas, coal, or large rivers