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Two rivers knwon as the Fertile Crescent

Tigris and Euphrates

Longst river in the world

Nile

Three major physical features found within a desert

Ergs- sandy dune covered areas. Hamadas- flat sandstone plateaus. Regs- stony plains covered in rocky gravel

What percentage of the Egyptian population lives within the floodplain of the Nile river?

90%

Largest climate region in N. Africa and Central Asia

Desert

Climate that exists only in a narrow strip along the coasts of this region

Mediterranean

Largest ethic group in N. Africa. Do all members of this ethnic group share the ame religion?

Arabs ; no

What religion is practiced by the majority of Israelis?

Judaism

Where did the people who currently reside in Turkey migrate from over 1000 years ago?

From Central Asia

What people, who live chiefly between Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, have been unable to make a nation for themselves?

The Kurds

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.

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.

Africa has few mountains. True or false?

True

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.

One problem with mining of diamonds.

Harsh working conditions

What disease was recently prevalent in a small area in Eastern Africa and also created much international news coverage?

Ebola

Which disease is more contagious, malaria or Ebola?

Malaria

What is a subcontinent?

A large distinct landmass that is joined to a continent

Two mountain ranges that are part of the Himalayas

Hindu Kush and the Karakoram Mountains

Explain what two physical features cause southern central India to be dryer than the surrounding areas.

The Eastern and Western Ghats and the Vindhya Range

What type of plain is created at the convergence of the Brahmaputra and the Ganges rivers?

Alluvial Plain

What type of climate is most common in the south of India, Bangladesh, and southerin Sri Lanka?

Tropical rain forest

Monsoons

seasonal wind patterns

what percent of the world's population live in S. Asia?

25%

What river valley does a hugely significant portion of India's population live in?

Ganges river valley

What is the majority religion in Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Islam

Cone shaped mountain on the island of Honshu

Mt. Fiji

Ring of Fire

A place that rings the Pacific ocean that has volcanic and tectonic activity

Major islands that make up Japan

Honshu, Hakkaido, Kyunshu, and Shikoku

River that seperates the Korean Peninsula from mainland China?

Yalu



Typhoon

the name for hurricanes in the Pacific

Cause of a tsunami

earthquakes underwtaer with the tectonic plates moving



How does the Yellow River get its name?

From the yellow soil (loess) that is carries

What plant grows in abundance in many of the forests in E. Asia?

bamboo



Chinese ethnic group

Han

Japans Tokaido Corridor

A megalopolis that includes Tokyo

Archipelago

chain of islands

Define the term cordillera. Which peninsula in this region has this physical feature?

Series of parallel mountains ; Indochina peninsula

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

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?

Mekong ; 50 feet per year



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

Krakatoa

Most common climate region in SE Asia

tropical rainforest

where do most muslims live

SE Asia

majority religion in Indonesia

Islam

Why did Cambodia's population declinde throughout the 1970's

The genocide carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rogue

island south of Australia

Tasmania

What is the colloquial name of the large area of arid, flat land that encompasses almost 2/3rds of Australia?

the western plateau (the outback)

how are artesian wells essential to agriculture in Australia

the wells bring water up to the surface for live stock

gem mined in australia

bauxite

percent of the world's feshwater is forzen in antartica

70%

what is the mountain range that divides antartica into two sections

transantarctic mountains

what characterizes the region knwon as the doldrums

windless area of ocean close to the equato that spans the globe



how are people grouped in Oceania

grouped geographically as to which island they live in.