Ancient Egypt & Kush
What river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt and provided fertile soil for farming?
What is the Nile River?
This European country colonized much of southern Africa and later established apartheid.
What is Great Britain?
Many African nations today are republics, meaning they elect this kind of leader.
What is a president?
This Chinese philosophy teaches respect for elders and strong family relationships.
What is Confucianism?
This East Asian country is known for being a communist one-party state.
What is China?
What desert helped protect Egypt from invasion?
What is the Sahara Desert?
The division of Africa by European powers at this conference ignored cultural and ethnic boundaries.
What was the Berlin Conference?
This type of government gives all power to one person or a small group.
What is an autocracy (or dictatorship)?
This ancient Chinese philosophy focuses on living in harmony with nature and following “the Dao.”
What is Daoism (Taoism)?
These long narrow bodies of water separate the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.
What are straits?
What natural resource made Kush wealthy and a center of trade?
What is gold?
This South African leader was imprisoned for 27 years and later became president after apartheid ended.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
One major health challenge facing Africa is the spread of this virus affecting millions.
What is HIV/AIDS?
This religion teaches that suffering is caused by desire and can be overcome by following the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
This natural disaster is a major challenge in Japan because the country sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
What is an earthquake?
These dangerous waterfalls and rapids along the Nile made travel and trade difficult.
What are cataracts?
This word describes a nation gaining freedom from colonial rule.
What is independence?
Many African economies struggle due to lack of this infrastructure necessary for trade and travel.
What is transportation (or roads/rail)?
Confucius believed society worked best when people knew and followed these structured relationships.
What are the Five Relationships?
The region is known for these tall, volcanic mountains created by tectonic activity.
What are volcanoes?
These annual natural events flooded the Nile and allowed farming to flourish.
What are the annual Nile floods?
Apartheid divided people into racial groups and restricted rights, especially for this majority group.
Who are Black South Africans?
Civil wars in several African countries are often caused by competition over these valuable natural resources.
What are diamonds/minerals?
This philosophy supported harsh punishments and strong government control as the key to order.
What is Legalism?
Rapid industrialization in East Asia has led to this air-quality issue that affects major cities.
What is pollution (or smog)?