Sand & Oil
Iran has the greatest concentration of this religious group
What is Shia?
The Indian leader who emphasised non-violence in gaining independence from the British Empire was
Who is Gandhi?
Japan considered Korea to be, in the words of its Prussian military advisor, Major Klemens Meckel, ‘A _____ pointed at the heart of Japan’.
What is "dagger"?
East Pakistan later became this country
What is Bangladesh?
The original settlers that arrived in Australia 70,000 t0 40,000 years ago
Who are the Aborigines?
European country looked favorably on creating a "Jewish homeland"
What is England?
The extreme Islamic military movement that took over in Afghanistan after the Soviet Invasion
What is the Taliban?
One of the natural resources critical for Japan to become a military and economic power in the early 20th century
What is coal/oil/rubber?
This major Indo-Iranian language is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan
What is Farsi?
Camals were called the _____ of the desert.
What are "ships"?
The area that we now call "the Middle East" was ruled from the 16th to the 20th centuries under this Turkish Empire
What is Ottoman?
The official langauge of Pakistan
What is Urdu?
Country/region Japan invaded leading the Americans, to give them an ultimatum – withdrawal or an oil embargo
What is Indo-china?
The main split between the Sunni and Shia is based on this
What is the sucessor to Muhammad?
The Greeks’ greatest rival in the ancient period
Who were the Persians?
A rough line across a map as part of a plan to split the Middle East between Britain and France became known as this Agreement.
What is Sykes-Picot?
The Afghan–Pakistani border is known as the _______ after the Foreign Secretary of the colonial government of India, who drew it in 1893
What is Durand Line?
The name ‘The ______ Kingdom’ was earned by Korea in the eighteenth century after it attempted to isolate itself following centuries of being a target for domination, occupation and plunder.
What is "Hermit"?
North Korea's unique political philosophy of "_____", blends fierce nationalism with Communism and national self-reliance.
What is "Juche"?
Ethiopia is described as the “water tower” of Africa. This country/region is described as the “water tower of China”
What is Tibet?
The three ethnic/religious groups that occupy Iraq
What are Sunni, Shia, and Kurds?
Many believe that this port in Balochistan was a main objective of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan
What is Gwadar?
The year that the Japanese annexed the whole of Korea, later set about destroying its culture.
What is 1910?
The ethnic group whose territory is split between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Who are the Pashtuns?
Great Britain consists of these three countries
What are England, Scotland and Wales?