Challenges facing Africa and East Asia

Physical Features & Terrain of Egypt, Kush, & Southeast Asia
Colonization & Independence in Africa
African & East Asia Government
Apartheid & Chinese Religions and Philosophies
100

Examples of Yorubas in Nigeria, and tense relations between the Igbos, and the Hausa people. 

What is Ethnic Conflict?

100

The Nile River floods and deposits silt in this area, this allowed crops to grow in Egypt's arid climate.

What is the Nile Delta?

100

This technological advancement was created by Stone Age Humans.  

What is cooking with fire?

100

In a capitalist system of government, this is a primary characteristic.

What is a private ownership of property?

100

This religion originated in Japan.

What is Shinto?

200

In North Africa, overgrazing has contributed to this environmental challenge.

What is the desertification?

200

This explains why the ancient Egyptian settled along the Nile.

 Why does the ancient Egyptian's life depend on the Nile River?

200

This was the greatest, physical geography influence on the European's deciding to colonize in Africa.

What is Africa's abundance of natural resources needed by the Europeans? 

200

This is the government of Japan. This government has, the emperor, a hereditary ruler, who serves as the head of state. While the elected officials make laws, and the people participate in governing. 

What is a constitutional monarchy?

200

This spirits was of most importance to the ancient Chinese.

What is the spirits of one's ancestors?

300

This economic factor affects the technology and energy in Africa.

What is the lack of infrastructure?

300

This was a great achievement developed first in Kush.

What is Africa's first ironworking, they produced weapons and strong iron tools.

300

After WWI, the land (Germany's colonies), was redistributed to the nations of the Europeans.

Why was Germany's colonies divided between Britain, France, and South Africa?

300

With the U.S's guidance, this one, post-World War II reform, was that developed in Japan.

Why did Japan adopt a democratic government and a new constitution.

300

In the 100's to the 700's CE, this was the largest reason Buddhism spread throughout Asia. 

What is the Silk Road?

400

This is much needed in African countries to help workers be able to produce more, and improve their economies.

What is better education and healthcare?

400

This is the reason why in the islands of Southeast Asia, many people live near, or on, volcanic mountains.

Why do volcanic ashes provide fertile soil?

400

Even after gaining their self-rule, dictatorships, Civil wars, and economic troubles continued.However many Africans continued to fight for equality. In the twenty-first century, this was a well known rebellion for democracy.

 

What is the Arab Spring?

400

Compare the governments of North and South Korea, after the Korean War.

Why is North Korea's government a communist government, and South Korea's government, a democratic government? 

400

This philosophy emphasized a social harmony and obedience, it came from China, and was later adopted by Japanese warriors.

What is Confucianism?

500

A political challenge that North Korea poses for East Asia, that threatens the stability of the region.

What is nuclear tests?

500

This river is very important to Southeast Asia, because it provides a communication route, and a way of transportation of goods, through the thick jungles.  

What is the Mekong River?

500

Early connection with the Europeans lead to an early trade that killed thousands of Africans.

What is the transatlantic slave trade?

500

This nation is most likely associated with restrictions on personal liberties such as, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press.

What is the People's Republic of China?

500

In South Africa, this was a system that was controlled by the government, and used as a legal separation and oppression, on South Africans who were non-white.

What is Apartheid?

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