Geo Test 1 Flashcards

(44 cards)

0
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Where most people in the eastern Mediterranean subregion live

A

Euphrates river valley

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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
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Want a independent state of their own

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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

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Islamic Taliban

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

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Urbanization

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8
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Grew rich from the gold for salt trade

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Mali empire

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9
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Passing down stories from generation to generation

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Oral tradition

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10
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D, coastal areas and river plains

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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

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Afrikaans

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

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Nigeria

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15
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D, voting rights in south Africa for all people

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South Africa

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16
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Wrote the Vedas after the Indus Valley civilization crumbled

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Aryans

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17
Q

Reincarnation

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Most people are reborn as another living being

18
Q

Indias be loved nonviolent political and spiritual leader

A

Mohandas Gandhi

19
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Make up the largest religion group in India

20
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Pakistan has been in conflict with —- over Kashmir

21
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Was a strategic trade route location

22
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Mix of people from southern India, Sri Lanka, East Africa

23
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Environmental changes such as a flooding and drought out may have ended the —–

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Indus Valley civilization

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Religion specific to Japan
Shintoism
25
Concentrated in river valleys
Chinese population
26
Caused by rural to urban
Farm Labor storages
27
Divided into south vs back and Northern communism
WW2 Korea
28
China
Culture hearth
29
Once a Buddhist Kingdom
Tibet
30
Food shortage
Chinese starvation 1950s
31
Mostly ethicity
Homogeneous Japan
32
Samurai
Professional warriors
33
Economic stagnation, food storage
North Korean government
34
Philippines
B, US gained control 1898
35
East Timor violence
A, Conflicts between Christians and Muslims
36
Indonesian relocation
A, Relocated to less populated islands
37
Vietnam war
Divided into communists and non-Communist sectors
38
Thailand buffer state
C, Preevent tension between French and British
39
Srivijaya empire
D, stablished trade routes
40
Mainland external migration
D, lead to less of skilled warhevs
41
Maritime
Power from the shipping and trade
42
Spice trade
Islands of Southeast Asia
43
Muslim nation
Indonesia