Final Study Guide for Geography Vocab

Question 1

An object made by a human being, such as a tool or a weapon.

Answer 1

Artifact

Question 2

Hardened remains or imprint of a living thing that existed long ago.

Answer 2

Fossil

Question 3

A nomadic person who survived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants.

Answer 3

Hunter Gatherer

Question 4

Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants.

Answer 4

Technology

Question 5

Practice of raising livestock on open pastures.

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Pastoralism

Question 6

King of ancient Egypt.

Answer 6

Pharoah

Question 7

A Ruling Family

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Dynasty

Question 8

System of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations.

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Bureaucracy

Question 9

Body that has been preserved so that it will not decompose.

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Mummy

Question 10

Symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound.

Answer 10

Hieroglyphic

Question 11

A writing surface similar to paper named after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River in ancient Egypt.

Answer 11

Papyrus

Question 12

Payment from conquered peoples or to a more powerful country.

Answer 12

Tribute

Question 13

Grand stone pillar used to mark graves.

Answer 13

Stele

Question 14

Man who dedicates himself to worshiping God.

Answer 14

Monk

Question 15

Word used to describe Swahili city-states and their multistoried stone houses.

Answer 15

Stonetown

Question 16

Exchange of European goods for enslaved Africans forced to work on colonial plantations in the Americas.

Answer 16

Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 17

Policy by which one country seeks to rule other areas.

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Colonialism

Question 18

Political and social movement to unite black Africans around the world.

Answer 18

Pan-Africanism

Question 19

Former South African policy of keeping white and black South Africans apart

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Apartheid

Question 20

Attempt to destroy a whole people.

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Genocide

Question 21

2011 movement for more democracy in the Arab world.

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Arab Spring

Question 22

Belief that government and society should reflect Islamic law.

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Islamism

Question 23

Place in the desert where water can be found.

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Oasis

Question 24

Park-like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive in dry spells.

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Savanna

Question 25

Egyptians who belong to an ancient Christian church.

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Copts

Question 26

Present in a region since ancient or prehistoric times.

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Indigenous

Question 27

Use of power for personal gain.

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Corruption

Question 28

A business that has groups of workers who provide customer service by phone.

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Call Center

Question 29

Common currency used by several West and Central African countries.

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CFA Franc

Question 30

Loss of forest cover that results from so many trees being removed that trees cannot grow back.

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Deforestation

Question 31

Change from arable land to desert.

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Desertification

Question 32

Group, usually nonprofit, that operates with private funding.

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NGO (nongovernmental organization)

Question 33

A territory administered by an Allied power after World War I.

Answer 33

Mandate

Question 34

Discrimination against Jews.

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Anti-Semitism

Question 35

A movement to create a Jewish state in Jews’ historic homeland in Palestine.

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Zionism

Question 36

Country that is independent.

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Nation-State

Question 37

Nonreligious

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Secular

Question 38

Groups of people who share a distinctive culture, language, and identity.

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Ethnic Group

Question 39

Belief that holy books should be taken literally, word for word

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Fundamentalism.

Question 40

Islamic law code

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Sharia

Question 41

Veil that covers the head and chest.

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Hijab

Question 42

Removal of salt from seawater.

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Desalination

Question 43

Government taking ownership of a company or industry.

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Nationalize

Question 44

Money or goods that are used to make products or services.

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Capital

Question 45

Farming to mainly feed the farmer’s family with little left over to send to market.

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Subsistence farming

Question 46

A government in which all power is held by a single person or small group.

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Authoritarian Government

Question 47

A government run by a religious power.

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Theocracy

Question 48

Agreement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to achieve others peacefully.

Answer 48

Compromise

Question 49

A country that cannot control its territory or provide effective government services to its citizens.

Answer 49

Failed State

Question 50

A place in the West Bank or Gaza where Israelis have settled.

Answer 50

Israeli Settlement

Question 51

A Palestinian campaign of violent resistance against Israeli control.

Answer 51

Intifada

Question 52

A region controlled by a caliph, or an Islamic religious and political leader.

Answer 52

Caliphate