Geo Test 1 Flashcards

0
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Where most people in the eastern Mediterranean subregion live

A

Euphrates river valley

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1
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The dominant sects of Islam

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Sunni and Shia

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2
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Artistic depictions of living figure are discouraged

A

Islamic art

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3
Q

Want a independent state of their own

A

Palestinians

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4
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All three major religions in the eastern Mediterranean

A

Monotheism

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5
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A trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean

A

Silk Road

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6
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Took control and imposed extreme interpretations of Islam

A

Islamic Taliban

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7
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C, occurring faster than any where else in the world

A

Urbanization

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8
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Grew rich from the gold for salt trade

A

Mali empire

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9
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Passing down stories from generation to generation

A

Oral tradition

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10
Q

D, coastal areas and river plains

A

West Africa population

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11
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B, English and French

A

East African languages

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12
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C, first black president of South Africa

A

Nelson Mandela

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13
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C, The language of early Dutch settlers in South Africa

A

Afrikaans

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14
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B, Northern cultures, Islam. Southern cultures, Christianity.

A

Nigeria

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15
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D, voting rights in south Africa for all people

A

South Africa

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16
Q

Wrote the Vedas after the Indus Valley civilization crumbled

A

Aryans

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17
Q

Reincarnation

A

Most people are reborn as another living being

18
Q

Indias be loved nonviolent political and spiritual leader

A

Mohandas Gandhi

19
Q

Make up the largest religion group in India

A

Hindus

20
Q

Pakistan has been in conflict with —- over Kashmir

A

India

21
Q

Was a strategic trade route location

A

Sri Lanka

22
Q

Mix of people from southern India, Sri Lanka, East Africa

A

Maldives

23
Q

Environmental changes such as a flooding and drought out may have ended the —–

A

Indus Valley civilization

24
Q

Religion specific to Japan

A

Shintoism

25
Q

Concentrated in river valleys

A

Chinese population

26
Q

Caused by rural to urban

A

Farm Labor storages

27
Q

Divided into south vs back and Northern communism

A

WW2 Korea

28
Q

China

A

Culture hearth

29
Q

Once a Buddhist Kingdom

A

Tibet

30
Q

Food shortage

A

Chinese starvation 1950s

31
Q

Mostly ethicity

A

Homogeneous Japan

32
Q

Samurai

A

Professional warriors

33
Q

Economic stagnation, food storage

A

North Korean government

34
Q

Philippines

A

B, US gained control 1898

35
Q

East Timor violence

A

A, Conflicts between Christians and Muslims

36
Q

Indonesian relocation

A

A, Relocated to less populated islands

37
Q

Vietnam war

A

Divided into communists and non-Communist sectors

38
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Thailand buffer state

A

C, Preevent tension between French and British

39
Q

Srivijaya empire

A

D, stablished trade routes

40
Q

Mainland external migration

A

D, lead to less of skilled warhevs

41
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Maritime

A

Power from the shipping and trade

42
Q

Spice trade

A

Islands of Southeast Asia

43
Q

Muslim nation

A

Indonesia