1. Europe's need for raw materials led them to engage in imperialism and build colonies in Africa in order to control resources and expand their empires. 2. Most African countries gained independence from European powers in the 1950s and 1960s after years of colonial rule. 3. The Pan-African movement aims to develop a unified political identity and foster cooperation across the African continent.

1. Europe’s need for Raw Materials led to what?
The
“Scramble for Africa”?

2. What is the term given to a country that builds an
empire by conquering colonies to provide raw
materials for a stronger country?
Imperialism

3. During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African
countries experienced what??
Political Independence from
the
European Powers

4. Under apartheid, black South Africans were
forced to do what??
Live in homelands and use
separate facilities

5. What movement’s purpose is to develop a unified
Africa??
The Pan-African Movement

6. Why did Europeans build empires
in Africa?
Europeans wanted the natural
resources found there, and to
expand their empires.

7. What is the purpose Pan-Africanism
today?
Development of a unified political
identity in Africa

8. What was Nelson Mandela’s role in the
evolution of Apartheid in South Africa?
He worked to
abolish Apartheid

9. Were black South Africans allowed
to vote in political elections?
NO

10. What is genocide?
The preplanned murder of an entire
national, racial, political, or ethnic group.

11. _____________has infected more than
30,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa?
HIV/AIDS

12. What are all of the characteristics of
the political instability in Africa
since independence?
Government
corruption, civil
wars, poverty, and

13. Apartheid is the Afrikaans word
that means what?
“Separateness”

14. A refugee is a person(s) that has
to do what???
Flee their home for
safety.

15. What two factors resulted in a very
small population growth in South Africa
Poverty and HIV/AIDS

16. Who was F.W. De Klerk?
The white president who helped
bring an end to apartheid in South
Africa

17. What is Pan-Africanism?
It is a movement that stresses all
black Africans must see themselves
as one people.

18. Malaria, one of the leading causes of death on
the African continent, is spread how?
The disease is spread by
mosquitoes

19. What rights were removed under Apartheid?
•Race Mixing
•Free Travel
•Voting
•Free Speech

20. Mandela was the leader of what
organization which led to his 27 year
imprisonment?
The ANC or
African National Congress

21. When it comes to HIV/AIDS in
Africa, education and prevention would
do what?
Help in preventing the
spread of the disease.

22. Who’s work to abolish Apartheid
in South Africa landed him in prison for
27 years?
Nelson
Mandela

23. True or False, under
apartheid, black South
Africans were allowed to
vote in political elections
False

24. What is Genocide?
The preplanned murder of
an entire
national, racial, political, or
ethnic group

25. Government corruption, civil
wars, poverty, and revolutions are all
characteristics of what?
The political instability of
Africa
since independence.

26. Mandela was president of what
organization that worked to end
Apartheid?
The ANC or
African National Congress

27. When it comes to preventing the
spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, what
would be the most helpful?
Education and
Prevention.

28. In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought
have resulted in a decrease in the
grassland region. What is this process
called?
DESERTIFICATION

29. Explain why the population
of the Sahara is low.
LIMITED ACCESS TO WATER

30. Swahili is a mixture of which two
languages?
Arabic and Bantu

31. Name the mixed ethnic group, who
mostly live in North Africa and the
Middle East.
ARABS

32. What lake is
this?
LAKE
VICTORIA

33. What River is
this?
CONGO
RIVER

34. Name the region of short grasses
bordering the Sahara where
desertification is a problem.
The Sahel

35. What River is
this?
NILE
RIVER

36. What River is
this?
NIGER
RIVER

37. What lake is
this?
LAKE
TANGANYIKA

38. What ethnic group believes that the
safety of their nation depends on the
Golden Stool?
Ashanti

39. THE
SAHEL
What Region
is this?

40. What ethnic group is found in Central
and Southern Africa?
Bantu

41. What ethnic group is found in East
Africa, especially Kenya?
Swahili

42. Why is the rainforest shrinking?
Deforestation

43. What two things does deforestation
lead to?
Desertification and
Soil Erosion

44. People living in the deserts of the Middle
East have usually made their living by
Trading and Herding
animals

45. What is the climate of most of the Middle
East?
Hot and Dry

46. Because mountains block winds
coming from the oceans, much of
the interior of Southwest Asia is
Desert

47. The increasing population growth in
Southwest Asia has increased the pollution
of the water supply. Which industry has
been directly affected by this pollution?
Agriculture (Farming)

48. How have the major rivers of Southwest
Asia become a part of political conflict?
Building Dams

49. What is Zionism?
The belief that Jews deserved
to return to a homeland in
Zion where they had lived in
Biblical times

50. How did Palestinians feel about
the new state of Israel?
They rejected it as unfair to
them

51. Any Jewish settlements in the West
Bank is considered what by the
Palestinians?
An invasion of their land

52. What has happened to many of the
Palestinians refugees since 1948 ?
Many still live in refugee
camps

53. When Israel is established, who
is forced to relocate?
The Palestinian Arabs

54. Who is responsible for the 9-11
attacks?
Osama Bin Ladin

55. Iraq’s second largest ethnic
group is?
Kurds

56. What is the U.S. main interest in
Southwest Asia?
Oil

57. Who are the Taliban?
A group of Radical
Muslims

58. The U.S. went to war in 2003 against
Iraq because?
The United States government
saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam
Hussein, developing weapons of
mass destruction

59. What is the capital if Israel?
Jerusalem

60. Why did the UN intervene In
dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in
1990 ?
Because the economies of many
countries depend on oil, and
Iraq’s actions threatened that
supply.

61. What was the result of the six
day war?
Israel doubled in size

62. What year was Israel created?
1948

63. What ethnic group’s
predominant language is Arabic,
and the majority follows the
teachings of Islam.
Arabs

64. The Israelis were caught by
surprise during which war?
Yom Kippur War

65. Diaspora is known as?
The spreading of the Jewish
culture

66. What is the second largest sect
of Islam?
Shiite Muslim

67. Which religion do most people
in Southwest Asia practice
Islam

68. What ethnic group is found in
Iraq, Turkey, and Syria?
Kurds

69. What river is this?
Ganges

70. Which river is extremely valuable
because it flows through a desert
area of Pakistan
Indus River

71. India’s developing of industries has
caused what type of problems?
Industrial waste in the Ganges

72. The belief that a soul returns to
life in another body after death
Sansara or
Reincarnation

73. Who believes that to be truly
happy you most give up greed and
greedy desires?
Buddhist

74. What are spirits that followers of
Shinto believe exist in things all
around them?
Kami

75. Who taught more about ethics
and behavior than about religious
ideas?
Confucius

76. What is the dominant religion of
India?
Hinduism

77. What is the name given for the
Hindu Caste System?
Varnas

78. What are the Ashramas
The Hindu
stages of life.

79. What river is this?
Chang Jiang /
Yangtz River

80. How many Noble Truths are there
in Buddhism?
FOUR

81. What river is this?
Huang He
(Yellow)

82. Why did India and Pakistan
became two separate nations in
the 1940s?
Differences in
religions

83. What river has its delta in southern
Vietnam?
MEKONG

84. What river is this?
Indus
River

85. Besides fresh water, why do so
many people live along River
Plains?
Fertile Soil
for growing food

86. The Yantze River is found in

87. What effect do monsoons have on
the eastern part of India?

88. How does the Huang He River gets
its nickname- Yellow River
Yellowish Silt
from Mountain
Loess

89. Good character and virtue in the
people were the keys to social order
and peace , according to what?

90. In some countries a single authority
decides what is produced. What type of
economy is this?
Command Economy

91. What type of government does Japan
have today?
Constitutional
Monarchy

92. What type of government does North
Korea have today?
Communist/
Dictatorship and
Autocracy

93. What is an exchange rate?
The charge for exchanging
currency of one country
for another

94. What is GDP?
The total value of goods and
services produced in a country
in a given year.

95. China and Vietnam both have
communist led governments but their
modern economies are said to be what
type?
Mixed/Command-Market

96. What type of economy does Vietnam
have today?
Mixed/Command

97. What type of government does
Vietnam have today?
Communist

98. The communist dictatorship of
North Korea has what type of
economy?
Command

99. What system of government is a
voluntary association of independent
states that agrees to follow a weak
central government?
Confederation

100. What system of government has a
central government that controls
everything and power is not shared
between states, Unitary or provinces?
counties

101. What political trade barrier
limits the amount of goods or
services coming into or leaving
a Quotas
country?

102. What political trade barrier
places a tax on the goods or
services coming into or leaving
a country?
Tariffs

103. What role in Japan today is classified
as the HEAD of government today?
The Prime Minister

104. The concentration on one area
What is specialization?
of work.

105. If you are a democratic country you
MOST LIKELY have what kind of an
economic system?
Market

106. What does Japan import….and
WHY?
Food and raw materials. There is
not enough room for farming.

107. What does standard of living
mean?
The way people live in a
country, the style of home, type
of job, availability of resources
and entertainment.

108. To study
governments, geographers look at
government systems. What is this?
How the power is
distributed.

109. What system of government has a
central government that controls
everything and power is not shared
between states, counties or provinces.
Unitary System

110. Give 4 examples of political trade
barriers…
1. Tariffs
2. Sanctions
3. Embargos
4. Quotas

111. What are three types of governments?
1. Autocracy
2. Oligarchy
3. Democracy

112. In what type of government does a few
people such as a dominant clan or
clique have power and the group gets
their power from either the
military, wealth, or social status.
Also, elections may be held but offer
only one candidate?
Oligarchy

113. In what type of government is the
government “Ruled by the people” and
individual freedom and equality is
valued. Where free elections are held
and decisions are based on majority
rule?
Democracy

114. In what type of government is the
power to govern held by one person
and where the power to rule is
generally inherited or imposed by
military force?
Autocracy

115. How is a presidential democracy differ
from a parliamentary democracy?
In a presidential democracy the
executive branch is separate
from the legislative branch.

116. China
Communes, mass starvation, and
economic failure are all associated
with what country?

117. Who is best remembered for their
role in the Indian independence
struggle.
Gandhi

118. What effect did opening China up to
foreign trade have on the country?
Improved the
economy

119. What caused the Tiananmen Square
Massacre in 1989?
protesters demanding political
rights and freedoms from China’s
Communist Government

120. Mohandas Gandhi is known for
what?
Using non-violent
protest in the Indian
Independence
Movement.

121. What pollution problem is most of
East Asia affected by?

122. What program did Mao start to take
attention off himself and the
government’s failures.
The
Cultural Revolution.