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Montaine - correct answer a mountainous area of land in which evergreens are the main kind of plant life
Carrying Capacity - correct answer Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
Overfarming - correct answer situation in which land is repeatedly farmed so that the soil nutrients are depleted
Shifting Agriculture - correct answer An agricultural method in which land is cleared and used for a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients.
Shia Islam - correct answer is the belif that people should have Mohammeds descands as their leaders
Sunni - correct answer A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
Hajj (Pilgrimage) - correct answer The fifth pillar of the Muslim faith: visit Mecca at least once in your lifetime
Sheik - correct answer leader of an Arab tribe
Emergent Layer - correct answer The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight.
Canopy - correct answer Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees
Understory - correct answer A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy.
Deforestation - correct answer Destruction of forests
Desertification - correct answer Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
Escarpment - correct answer a steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
Lingua Franca - correct answer A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
Dry farming defintions and purpose/examples - correct answer Dry farmed crops may include grapes, tomatoes, pumpkins, beans, and other summer crops. Dryland grain crops include wheat, corn, millet, rye, and other grasses that produce grains. These crops grow using the winter water stored in the soil, rather than depending on rainfall during the growing season.
Aqueducts - correct answer Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities
Aquifers - correct answer An underground water reservoir.
Seismic Activity/Seismographs - correct answer used for studying/measuring movement of plates (earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes)
Subsidence - correct answer the sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
Tsunamis - correct answer A giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor
Command Economy - correct answer An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.
Privitization - correct answer when the government sells its industries to individuals or private companies
Balkanization - correct answer Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
economic diversification - correct answer the expansion of an economy to include a wider array of activities
Shatter belt (def and examples) - correct answer Southeast Asia. Shatter belt is a concept in geopolitics according to which on the political map are recognized and analyzed strategically positioned and oriented regions that are deeply internally divided and encompassed in the competition between the great powers in the geostrategic areas and spheres.
Nationalization - correct answer Changing something from private to state ownership or control
Perennial Irrigation - correct answer an irrigation system that provides necessary water to the land throughout the year
Basin Irrigation - correct answer In Anicent Egypt, a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and time-released to irrigate farmlands
Economic Sanctions - correct answer Boycotts, embargoes, and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.
embargo - correct answer an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
Osama Bin Laden - correct answer (1957-) Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.
Mohandas Gandhi - correct answer A philosopher from India, this man was a spiritual and moral leader favoring India's independence from Great Britain. He practiced passive resistance, civil disobedience and boycotts to generate social and political change.
Xi Jinping - correct answer President of China, tookover for Hu Jintao, top- ranked member of Central Secretariat of China. Known for his tough stance on corruption and a frank openness about political and market economy reforms
Karl Marx - correct answer 1818-1883. 19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Analysis of history led to his belief that communism would replace capitalism as it replaced feudalism. Believed in a classless society.
Vladimir Lenin - correct answer Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
Vladimir Putin - correct answer elected president of Russia in 2000, launched reforms aimed at boosting growth and budget revenues and keeping Russia on a strong economic track. Kills all presidential campaigns running for new present their poison or kills.
Mustafa Kemal - correct answer Leader of Turkish nationalists who overthrew the last Ottoman sultan. 1881 - 1938, father of modern turkey, known as (Ataturk) let Turkey through an intensive period of reform that sought to eliminate vestiges of the Ottoman past and orient Turkey even more towards the West.
Pakistan - correct answer Islamabad
South Asia
33 largest land mass area country
India's fiercest rivaL
India - correct answer 2nd largest population in the world. Majority are Hindu.
Afghanistan - correct answer a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia. Kabul. Hard to control due to its physical geography.
Bangledesh - correct answer gained its independence from West Pakistan following a war in the 1970s
Lebanon - correct answer home to Hizbollah activites; frequent source of attacks on Israel
Turkey - correct answer A Muslim country, bordering Iraq on the north. Turkey is a critical U.S. ally in the region. The people of Turkey are Muslim, but they are NOT Arab. Located at crossroads between Europe and Asia.
Saudi Arabia - correct answer Most 9/11 hijackers from here.
Yemen - correct answer Civil war, major humanitarian crisis, poorest country on Arabian peninsula.
Israel - correct answer A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora. Jerusalem
Iran - correct answer Islamic republic, home to most of the world's shia muslims, developing nuclear weapons.
Austria - correct answer Vienna. Western Europe. Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II, when the Allied powers declared the Anschluss void and reestablished an independent Austria.
Germany - correct answer The spread of nationalism led to the unification of this central European nation, following the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. Berlin. It has a high standard of living, a strong economy, and plenty of culture and entertainment options for a good work-life balance. The cost of living can be high in the major cities, but there are also many benefits to living in Germany.
France - correct answer Paris. The World Bank classifies France as a wealthy, high-income nation. French citizens look to the federal government to guarantee certain social services, such as education, health care and pensions for retirement.
Suez Canal - correct answer A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
List the Baltic States - correct answer Latavi, Estonia, Lithuania
Country with highest population density in Europe - correct answer 1st Monaco,
- Neatherlands.
Voted to leave the EU in 2016 - correct answer England or UK by 51%
Northern Ireland - correct answer A former member of the Republic of Ireland that broke away in 1920 after refusing to take part in the Irish Free State. Ruled and governed by Protestants and heavy discrimination exists against the Roman Catholic Minority. Capital: Belfast.
Iran - correct answer Tehran, middle East, According to data published by the Reputation Institute, Iran is the world's second most hated country, just ahead of Iraq, and has held that position for the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017, and
- Islamism and nuclear proliferation are recurring issues with Iran's foreign relations.
Ukraine - correct answer Kiev. One of the things Ukraine is mostly recognized for is its architecture.
Hong Kong - correct answer A British colony in China, received after the first Opium War and returned to China in 1997
Japan - correct answer Tokyo
North Korea - correct answer Pyongyang, dictatorship, communism
Phillipines - correct answer Pacific islands that were acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish American War. Manila
South Korea - correct answer East Asia, Soul
Lagos - correct answer City in Nigeria and former Capital
Rome - correct answer Capital of Italy
Madrid - correct answer Capital of Spain
Barcelona - correct answer a center for industry, tourism, and culture in Spain
Warsaw - correct answer Capital of Poland
Jerusalem - correct answer A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
St. Petersburg (Russia) - correct answer a port city associated with shipbuilding and the primary secondary activities. putin was born in.
Santorini - correct answer Composite, Blew up entire Mediterranean island, might be responsible for myth of Atlantis
Mykonos - correct answer 1. Mozzarella
- Feta Cheese
- Tomatoes
- Red Onions
- Greek Olives
Mykonos was a greek man who liked greek saladMykonos's nickname is "The Island of the Winds", due to the very strong winds that usually blow on the island.
Ganges River Significance - correct answer this river is important because it is sacred to people who practice Hinduism. Hindus spiritually bath and cleanse themselves in this river. They also pray at this sacred river.
Mekong River (significance) - correct answer Water. From its source in the Tibetan Plateau to its end in Vietnam, the Mekong River is a critical source of drinking water for the millions of people who live in its watershed.
Trade significance of Arabian Sea - correct answer The Arabian Sea has been an important marine trade route since the era of the coastal sailing vessels from possibly as early as the 3rd millennium BCE, certainly the late 2nd millennium BCE through the later days known as the Age of Sail.
Peninsulas in the Mediterranean - correct answer The three large Southern European peninsulas, the Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula, extend into and comprise much of the Mediterranean-climate zone.
Significance of Persian Gulf to Int'l trade - correct answer Trade between Mesopotamia and India was facilitated by the small size of the Persian Gulf. Water provided the easiest way to transport goods, and sailors crossed the gulf fairly early, moving out along the coasts of Persia and India until they reached the mouth of the Indus.
Appenine Mtns. - correct answer did not prevent expansion of the city. The Apennines is the second main mountain range of Italy and stretches for hundreds of kilometers from the north to the south along the spine of the country. Large beech forests, many of which are centuries-old and probably among the oldest in Europe, cover the mountain slopes in many areas.
Lake Victoria - correct answer the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world
Sicily - correct answer An island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southwest tip of the Italian peninsula
Significance Pyrenees - correct answer The Pyrenees long have been a formidable land barrier between Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe; as a consequence, these two countries traditionally have
developed stronger associations with Africa than with the rest of Europe, and they have become tied to the sea.
Himalaya Range - correct answer highest mountain system in the world
Hindu Kush Mtns Range- - correct answer The Hindu Kush is an 800-kilometre- long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan and far southeastern Tajikistan.
Eurasian Steppe - correct answer A vast expanse of dry grassland extending from Romania to northeastern China.
Ural Mtns - correct answer Serve as a natural boundary between Europe and Asia. Divide Russia into western Russia in Europe and eastern Europe in Asia
Congo River Basin - correct answer Rainforest, nature's greenhouse, trees are 150 feet tall, dense canopy various animal/insect species
Water - Middle East - correct answer Provides a way for travel and trade, a renewable natural resource, and water for agriculture
Oil - Middle East - correct answer 2/3 of world's oil reserves; caused internal clashes within countries/societies; strategic importance led other countries to involve in Middle Eastern conflicts
Water Desalination in Middle East - correct answer Seventy percent of desalination plants in the world are located in this area, found mostly in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Caste system/Reincarnation - correct answer when you die you either move up or go down a caste level- depending on your behavior in your past life. Hinduism. Reincarnation- rebirth
Pull factors for workers in Middle East - correct answer Employment opportunities.
Higher income.
Better working conditions and facilities.
Educational opportunities.
be penetrated or crossed.Advantages: can be hard to cross, rather permanent, sparsely inhabited. Disadvantages: Limited physical contact between nationalities. An example of this would be the Appalachian mountains which separate North Carolina and Tennessee.
Causes of political conflict in Ireland - correct answer Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists and republicans, who were mostly Irish Catholics, wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join a united Ireland.
Characteristics of EU - correct answer Human dignity. Human dignity is inviolable. ...
Freedom. Freedom of movement gives citizens the right to move and reside freely within the Union. ...
Democracy. The functioning of the EU is founded on representative democracy. ...
Equality. ...
Rule of law. ...
Human rights.
Impact of wind and ocean currents on climate of Europe - correct answer Ocean currents bring warm temps, wind brings wet weather and cold winds from France bring cold dry weather. Ocean currents act as conveyer belts of warm and cold water, sending heat toward the polar regions and helping tropical areas cool off, thus influencing both weather and climate.
Factors influencing agricultural production around the world. - correct answer Food to feed its people. Temperature. Climate. Latitude high or low for the crops to be suistable?
Autocracy: definition and characteristics - correct answer a system of government by one person with absolute power. The characteristics of the autocratic rule include the boss's ideas rule; there is limited employee input and the work methods are dictated to the boss or leader himself. There is little
flexibility in decision-making, and rules are strictly adhered to, allowing the leader of the company full control. Adolf Hitler
Poland's Agriculture - correct answer Poland's agricultural sector is vital for European and Global market because it produces a variety of agricultural, horticultural and animal origin products. The surface area of agricultural land in Poland is 15.4 million ha, which constitutes nearly 50% of the total area of the country.Farms all over Poland raise dairy cows, beef cattle, pigs, poultry, and cultivate fruit.
N-S order of Russia's climate zones. - correct answer Russia's vast expanse of land extends from east to west, and all of the ocutnry lies tin the same high latitude range. The result is that the dominant characteristic of the subregion is cold, snowy winters. There is, however, variation in how ocld and how long the winter last, and the warmth and leth of the summers. These vartion in climate habe sjaped settlemnt patterns formthe earliest times.
Economies of Baltic states and Border nations - correct answer Fishing industry, Agriculutre, manufacturing, services, and technologu. (which includes banking, tourism, and high-tech industries. Mostly Agriculutre
Biomes of Equatorial Africa - correct answer Tropical rain forest climate. Tropical wet/dry (savanna) climate. montane - mountain in french. quoi?
Embargo - correct answer A ban on trade
Source of slaves sold to Americas - correct answer West Africa
Economic activites in Sub-Saharan Africa - correct answer Agriculture, stable economy, mining, car manufacturing
Internally displaced persons - definitions and examples - correct answer An internally displaced person is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee. Refugee
Ivory Trade - causes and effects - correct answer Ivory Trade causes Many Asian countries to buy from Africa and effects are many animals become endanger from their tusk.
Dozens of crops are currently grown in the Delta, covering approximately 55% of its land (about 415,000 out of 800,000 acres, DPC 2020).
Ethnic makeup of China - correct answer Over 90% are from Han dynsasty
Artesian Wells - correct answer Drilled hole in a confined aquifer releases pressure and pushes water up.
Uluru - correct answer Massive rock in the Great Sandy Desert also known as Ayer's Rock. [Australia]
Topographic/ Contour Map lines - correct answer A topographic map illustrates the topography, or the shape of the land, at the surface of the Earth. The topography is represented by contour lines, which are imaginary lines. Every point on a particular contour line is at the same elevation. These lines are generally relative to mean sea level.
Influence of Trade on Religion in Africa - correct answer Brought the slave trade. In the eight century, trans-Saharan trade brought Muslim merchants and traders to West Africa. Over the next few hundred years, Islam spread among West Africans... Both Mali and Songhai eventually accepted Islam. The new faith left a lasting mark on the culture of West Africa.
Largest hot desert on Earth - correct answer Sahara Desert
?Kabul is not Afghanistan - correct answer ITs landscape is very hard to control because of its physical geography
Ukraine's economy - correct answer good farming on the fertile steppe like wheat, rye, barley and potatoes, imports oil and natural gas
Mezzogiorno - correct answer Mezzogiorno is the Italian term for "midday" or "noon," and southern Italy is known as the Mezzogiorno because of the intensity of sunshine there at midday.
Climate of the Sahel - correct answer - Very hot (at least 20oC)
- Quite wet- rains mainly in July and August - rain increases as year continues until August
- Temperature fluctuates with 'lower' rainy season
Impact of Holocaust on Europe - correct answer Jews immigrate to different countrys
Causes of health issues in South Asia - correct answer In South Asia, a great majority of the infectious diseases can be attributed to the direct consequences of poverty such as poor nutritional status, overcrowded housing conditions, lack of access to healthcare, poor hygiene, and sanitation.
