Geography Exam 3

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Subsaharan Africa is what physiographically?

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A plateau continent

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Berlin Conference of 1884

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14 States divided up Africa without consideration of cultures

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A political boundary emplaced by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape. Usually ignores pre-existing cultural-spatial patterns, such as the border that still divides North and South Korea.

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superimposed boundaries

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“Indirect Rule” (Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe)
Indigenous power structures were left intact to some degree and local rulers were made representatives of the crown.

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Colonial Policies in Great Britain

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“Assimilationist” (Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, etc.)
Enforced a direct rule which propagated the French culture through language, laws, education and dress (acculturation)

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Colonial Policies in France

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“Exploitation” (Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique)
First to enslave and colonize and one of the last to grant independence
Maintained rigid control; raw resource oriented

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Colonial Policies in Portugal

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“Paternalistic” (Rwanda, Zaire, Burundi)
Treated Africans as though they where children who needed to be tutored in western ways; did not try to make them Belgium
Raw resource oriented; ignored the development of natives

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Colonial Policies in Belgium

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The drive toward the creation and expansion of a colonial empire and, once established, its perpetuation.

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colonialism

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What are the leading causes among death in Subsaharan Africa?

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neonatal problems
acute lower respiratory infections
diarrheal diseases

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Refers to a disease in a host population that affects many people in a kind of equilibrium without causing rapid and widespread deaths.

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Endemic

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Sudden outbreak at local, regional scale

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Epidemic

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Worldwide spread of disease

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Pandemic

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Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mocambique, Malawi, Soth Africa

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Southern Africa

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Ethipoia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania

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East Africa

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Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorail Guinea

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Equitorial Africa

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Mauritania, Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger

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West Africa

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Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Chad

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African Transition Zone

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Tibet; all mountains and high plateaus; sparsely populated

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Xiang

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Beautiful pastures; Vast desert basin and mountain rims; a cultural contact zone

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Xinjiang

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Japan, South Korea, Taiwan;
Rapid economic development

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Jakota Triangle

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Life Expectancies among the people of East Asia

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males - 70
females - 74

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Eastern half; the core

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China Proper

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Climate types of East Asia

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B (dry); C (humid temperate); D (humid cold); and H (unclassified highlands)

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How is malaria spread?

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transmitted by a mosquito and killer of 1 million children a year

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Life Expectancies among the people of Subsaharan Africa

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males - 49
females - 50

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Manufacturing and export center within China, created in the 1980s to attract foreign investment and technology tranfers.

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Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

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Wh tare the 6 SEZs?

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Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen, Hainan Island, Pudong

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low relief and low elevation

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plain

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high relief and low elevation

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hills

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high relief and high elevation

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mountains

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low relief and high elevation/altitude

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plateau

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the total "landscape description" of a place

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physiography

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Why is Africa symmetrically located?

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because the equator, Trpoic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn all pass through Africa

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It has been created through the rifting and separation of the African and Arabian tectonic plates that began around 35 million years ago in the north, and by the ongoing separation of East Africa from the rest of Africa along the East African Rift, which began about 15 million years ago. It was named by the explorer John Walter Gregory.

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Great Rift Valley

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The successful recent development of higher-yield, fast-growing varieties of rice and other cereals in certain developing countries.

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Green Revolution

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Bulge of Africa

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West Africa

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Horn of Africa

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East Africa

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something that moves ex.malaria=mosquito

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vector

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a condition of chronic undernourishment occurring especially in children and usually caused by a diet deficient in calories and proteins

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marasmus

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Severe protein malnutrition, especially in children after weaning, marked by lethargy, growth retardation, anemia, edema, potbelly, skin depigmentation, and hair loss or change in hair color.

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kwashiorkor

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is the boundary zone in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the more fertile region to the south, known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name).

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Sahel

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What is the source of the Nile?

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Lake Victoria

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In what country is Ruwenzori National Park located?

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Uganda

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What comprises 98% of the exports of Uganda?

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coffee

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At what altitude does the equator pass through Kenya?

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9,109 ft

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bush cockroach

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Impala

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Dr. Death

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Marabou Stork

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Where is the Free Church of Scotland?

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Malawi

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What waterfall marks the upper course of the Zambezi River?

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Victoria Falls

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Name the important city that served as China's capital for 1000 yrs.

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Xian

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What is the name of the river on which the city of Lanzhou is located?

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Huang He

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The Hexi Corridor is located where in China?

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the far western frontier

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to populate the region with Han Chinese and culture

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sinicize

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naturally contained water in permeable rock layers under pressure of layres of impermeable rock

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aquifers

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when you have to drill down in the aquifer for water

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karez

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Tian Shan means

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Heavenly Mountains

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Urumqu

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Beautiful Pasture

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what is related to plow cultivation?

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monoculture

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The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country

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monoculture

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The cultivation of many different crops

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polyculture

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What is related to hoe cultivation?

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polyculture and slash and burn

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is a belt of low pressure girdling the globe at the equator. It is formed, as its name indicates, by the convergence of warm, moist air from the latitudes above and below the equator.

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Intertropical convergence zone

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a line of latitude about 23 degrees North of the equator

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tropic of cancer

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a line of latitude about 23 degrees South of the equator

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tropic of capricorn