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67 Cards in this Set
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Special things about Africa |
oldest part of the earths crust lots of natural resources has potential |
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The 4 independent countries before WWll |
South Africa Ethiopia Egypt Liberia |
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Africa's main landform |
mainly plateau, lowlands are limited rift valley system stretches 1/7 of the way around the world |
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Mt. Kilimnajaro |
19,340 ft Tanzania Highest peak in Uhuru |
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Mt. Kenya |
17,058 ft Kenya |
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Lake Victoria |
Uganda Kenya Tanzania |
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Lake Tanganyika |
Tanzania |
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Tropical Rainforest biome |
constant temperature high rainfall lots of vegetation |
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Savanna Biome |
the last great heards of wild animals and their predators Grassland- scattered with shrubs and isolated trees found between tropical forests and desert biomes not enough rainfall to support forests |
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Steppe biome |
The Sahel, desertification grasslands warm/hot summers, cold winters temps extreme between forests and deserts |
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Desert biome |
hot and dry lows amounts of rainfall sahara in the North, Kalahari in the south |
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Where are the world's last greatest herds of wild animals? |
The savanna Giraffes hippos elephants |
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where was coffee first domesticated? |
Ethiopia |
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Indirect Rule |
a system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative,legal, power. USED BY BRITISH |
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Paternalism |
When people in positions of authority, restrict freedoms and rights bc it is in the best interest of those oppressed USED BY THE BELGIANS |
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Assimilation |
seemingly welcoming but really just wanting the minority to be like the majority A+B=A USED BY THE FRENCH |
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Exploitation |
authority treating those not in authority unfiarly and poorly, benefit from their work USED BY THE PORTUGEUSE |
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National Boundaries and Tribal Boundaries |
do not match up at all causes conflict |
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Piracy along the coast of somalia |
threat to international trade driven by poverty/lack of economic resources somali pirates rob/hold ransom commercial vessels/ships |
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Major features of Tribal Religions |
Animism and Shamanism |
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Animism |
The belief that life exists in everything, living and non living (colors of the wind) |
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Shamanism |
involves community acceptance of a shaman, who through special power can intercede with and interpret the spirit world |
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Tropical Diseases and their pests |
Malaria/yellow fever (mosquitos) Trypanosomiasis/nagana (teste fly) Intestinal worms (hookworms) Schistosomiasis (snails) Ebola |
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HIV/AIDS in Africa |
Subsaharan Arica is the most AID laden in the world 1/4 of citizens are infected in some countries 80-90% un reported Botswana has it the worst |
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Zaire |
Republic of Congo |
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Eritrea: what and where |
Northeast country in Africa on the red sea coast |
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History of India |
Indus Valley civilization 2000 BCE British colony 1757 Independence 1947 |
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2 Language families in India |
Indo-Aryan language (73%) Dravidian Language (24%) |
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How many official languages does india Have? |
22 |
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How many dialects does India have |
>600 |
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How many mother languages does India have? |
1635 |
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MAjor features of Hinduism |
Vedism- religious belief system Emerged from vedism texts Hierarchy of power |
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The caste system |
Brahim: white, head, educated and priests Kshatriyas: red, arms, warriors and kings Vaishays: brown, thighs, merchants and landowners Sudras: black, feet, peasants and laborers Untouchables/Dalits- people with disabilties JATI is what you're born into/the job you will get Purusha: man |
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major physical regions in India |
The Great Mountains of the North Indo-Gangetic Plain The Peninsular Plateau The Coastal Plains The Thar Desert- northwest corner, borders Pakistan The ISlands |
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Three major Rivers in South Asia |
THe Ganges, The Indus, The Brahmaputra |
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Major crops in India/ role of Ag. |
Ag. brings most jobs Rice Millet Wheat Chick Pea Ground Nut Cotton COrn |
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Monsoons |
a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South andSoutheast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September andbringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeastbetween October and April (the dry monsoon ) |
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Population Distribution in South Asia |
Uneven 70% rural, half in villages |
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The Green Revolution |
Increase in ag. production bc of new technology over comes poor agricultural productivity |
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6 political entities in East Asia |
China Japan Mongolia South Korea North Korea Taiwan |
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Shares of East Asia |
8.8% of the worlds land area 24% of the population of the world |
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Taiwan/China relationship |
taiwam wants to be its own country china wants to absorb taiwan |
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China's size and population rank in the world |
4th largest country by area largest country by population size but india is creeping up |
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In which dynasty was china unified |
Qin dynasty |
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In which dynasty was China ruled by the Mongols/Manchus |
The Great Yuan Dynasty |
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In which dynasty did China have the largest territory |
The Qing Dynasty |
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Major characteristics of Chinese culture |
Harmony/balance Moderation Respect elders Worship lineage of ancestors value education |
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Where is the Three Gorges Dam? How many people were displaced? |
In the middle of the yangtze river displaced 1.3 million people hyrdoelectric dam |
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China's population size and annual growth |
1.37 million people .5% annual growth |
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How many ethnic groups are in China |
56 |
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Major minority groups |
zhuang 16 million (southern) Manchu 10 million (North) Hui (muslim) 9 million (east to West) |
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Birth Control Policy |
Now it's 2 children 4-2-1 rule, 1 child has to take care of 2 parents and 4 grandparents creates skewed sex ratio |
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Major crops in diff parts of China |
Rice and wheat are the main crops Rice Southeast Wheat northeast |
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How has economic growth changed China? |
Now worlds 2nd largest economy, will soon beat out US Largest country in trade Huge class gap between rich and poor Middle class is MASSIVE (76% of population) |
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Japans size, population, and population density |
146,000 square miles 127 million people 873 people per square mile |
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names and locations of 4 major islands |
Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu |
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2 major island groups |
Kuril and Ryukyu |
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names of the major farm zones |
Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Kansai District |
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how much of the land is mountainous/steep slopped |
85% |
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its scarce natural resources |
some coal, little iron ore self sufficient in limestone and sulfur |
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THe characteristics of Japans popultion |
declining population |
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What people are the majority of Japan's population? |
Yamato |
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Why is Japan successful? |
Uses habitable living space extensively |
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How much of Japans land is unusable for agriculture? |
75% |
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How much of Japans land is covered by forest? |
65% |
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How much of Japans land is considered inhabitable? |
18% |
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How much of Japans food do they import? |
25%, not self sufficient One of the largest fishing industries in the world |
