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53 Cards in this Set
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Two rivers knwon as the Fertile Crescent |
Tigris and Euphrates |
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Longst river in the world |
Nile |
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Three major physical features found within a desert |
Ergs- sandy dune covered areas. Hamadas- flat sandstone plateaus. Regs- stony plains covered in rocky gravel |
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What percentage of the Egyptian population lives within the floodplain of the Nile river? |
90% |
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Largest climate region in N. Africa and Central Asia |
Desert |
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Climate that exists only in a narrow strip along the coasts of this region |
Mediterranean |
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Largest ethic group in N. Africa. Do all members of this ethnic group share the ame religion? |
Arabs ; no |
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What religion is practiced by the majority of Israelis? |
Judaism |
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Where did the people who currently reside in Turkey migrate from over 1000 years ago? |
From Central Asia |
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What people, who live chiefly between Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, have been unable to make a nation for themselves?
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The Kurds |
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Why does the Nile River exemplify many of the qualities of other African rivers? |
Making it unsuitable for navigation. It has many waterfalls because it flows across many plateaus. Its shallow and rocky. Not suitable for trade.
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How are cataracts related to plateaus and escarpments? |
Cataracts are large waterfalls. Plateaus are areas of high elevation with steep sides. Cataracts flow across plateaus and then they fall over the edge of the escarpments. This then forms cataracts.
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Africa has few mountains. True or false? |
True |
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One of the reasons Africa is so impoverished is because it has so few natural resources and minerals. True or False? |
False becasue it has much mineral wealth but the wealth is sometimes being exploited by the west. It has many minerals. |
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One problem with mining of diamonds. |
Harsh working conditions |
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What disease was recently prevalent in a small area in Eastern Africa and also created much international news coverage? |
Ebola |
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Which disease is more contagious, malaria or Ebola? |
Malaria |
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What is a subcontinent? |
A large distinct landmass that is joined to a continent |
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Two mountain ranges that are part of the Himalayas |
Hindu Kush and the Karakoram Mountains |
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Explain what two physical features cause southern central India to be dryer than the surrounding areas.
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The Eastern and Western Ghats and the Vindhya Range |
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What type of plain is created at the convergence of the Brahmaputra and the Ganges rivers? |
Alluvial Plain |
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What type of climate is most common in the south of India, Bangladesh, and southerin Sri Lanka? |
Tropical rain forest |
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Monsoons |
seasonal wind patterns |
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what percent of the world's population live in S. Asia? |
25% |
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What river valley does a hugely significant portion of India's population live in? |
Ganges river valley |
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What is the majority religion in Pakistan and Bangladesh? |
Islam |
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Cone shaped mountain on the island of Honshu |
Mt. Fiji |
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Ring of Fire |
A place that rings the Pacific ocean that has volcanic and tectonic activity |
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Major islands that make up Japan |
Honshu, Hakkaido, Kyunshu, and Shikoku |
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River that seperates the Korean Peninsula from mainland China? |
Yalu |
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Typhoon |
the name for hurricanes in the Pacific |
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Cause of a tsunami |
earthquakes underwtaer with the tectonic plates moving |
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How does the Yellow River get its name? |
From the yellow soil (loess) that is carries |
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What plant grows in abundance in many of the forests in E. Asia? |
bamboo |
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Chinese ethnic group |
Han |
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Japans Tokaido Corridor |
A megalopolis that includes Tokyo |
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Archipelago |
chain of islands |
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Define the term cordillera. Which peninsula in this region has this physical feature? |
Series of parallel mountains ; Indochina peninsula |
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explain how ancient volcanic eruptions are beneficial to agriculture in modern day SE Asia |
the soil the volcanos created are very rich in minerals and nutrients |
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Which river in SE Asia forms a large delta? How much land area is added to the largest river delta in this area each year?
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Mekong ; 50 feet per year |
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What is the name of the volcano that erupted in the late 1800’s causing the total destruction of the island it was part of
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Krakatoa |
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Most common climate region in SE Asia |
tropical rainforest |
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where do most muslims live |
SE Asia |
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majority religion in Indonesia |
Islam |
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Why did Cambodia's population declinde throughout the 1970's |
The genocide carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rogue |
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island south of Australia |
Tasmania |
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What is the colloquial name of the large area of arid, flat land that encompasses almost 2/3rds of Australia?
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the western plateau (the outback) |
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how are artesian wells essential to agriculture in Australia |
the wells bring water up to the surface for live stock |
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gem mined in australia |
bauxite |
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percent of the world's feshwater is forzen in antartica |
70% |
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what is the mountain range that divides antartica into two sections |
transantarctic mountains |
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what characterizes the region knwon as the doldrums |
windless area of ocean close to the equato that spans the globe |
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how are people grouped in Oceania |
grouped geographically as to which island they live in. |