N. Africa, SW & Central Asia
What are hieroglyphics?
Term for the illegal hunting of animals.
What is poaching?
Term for seasonal winds that heavily influence the climate of South Asia.
What are monsoons?
This is a large, fast-moving wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
This is a flooded field in which rice is grown.
What is a paddy?
This is a place in the Sahara where underground water surfaces.
What is an oasis?
This is the name of a tropical grassland with scattered trees.
What is a savanna?
Term used by Hindus meaning "rebirth."
What is reincarnation?
This is a powerful, hurricane-like storm generated in the western Pacific.
What is a typhoon?
This is a tool used used to harvest crops.
What is a sickle?
This is a writing system developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
Term for tourism centered around a concern for the environment.
What is ecotourism?
Hindu belief in good or bad deeds and their effects.
What is karma?
This is the term for a chain or group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
Term for things that are native to a particular area.
What is endemic?
Term for a desert nomad.
What is a Bedouin?
This was the term for strict separation of races in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
What is the Gupta Empire?
Term for a professional soldier in early Japan.
What is a samurai?
This is a term for a neutral state that can prevent conflict between rival powers.
What is a buffer state?
These two physical features separate the Arabian Peninsula from the African continent.
What are the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden?
Alphabetically, this is the last of the three great river basins in Africa south of the Sahara.
What is Zambezi?
This mountain range divides India into distinct northern and southern regions.
What is the Vindhya Range?
This was a ruler of ancient Japan to whom soldiers were loyal.
What is a shogun?
Term for agreed-upon areas of control - European powers initially set these up throughout Southeast Asia.
What are spheres of influence?