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What is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile River
100
What Industry involves making and producing products and goods?
Manufacturing
100
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
A government ruled by a King or Queen with Absolute power. Unlimited Government
100
What is the spread of cultural ideas, practices, and items from one culture to another?
Cultural Diffusion
100
What is a Semi Presidential Democracy?
Democracy with both a President and Prime Minister
Combination of Presidential and Parliamentary Democracy
200
What Landform is Number 7
The Great Rift Valley
200
Which of the following is and examples of the Agriculture Industry?
A Silver
B Cars
C Movie Theater
D Steel
A Silver
200
What type of government is run by one person and has the military enforce laws?
Autocracy or Autocratic Government, Unlimited
200
What religion is being described?
Monotheistic
Originated in the Middle East
Holy book is the Qur'an
Islam
200
What is one way people have adapted to living in the Sahel region of Africa?
Conservation of water, limiting use
Clothing and Shelters
300
What Country is Number 7?
Spain
300
What is an Export?
Goods that are being sold to another country
300
Eritrea does not allow their citizens to vote. What kind of government do they have?
Autocracy
300
Latin
Romance
Romanian
300
What body of water in Africa is the source for the Nile river?
Lake Victoria
400
Which region of Europe are the countries of France, Ireland, and The UK located in?
Western Europe
400
Why might a country have a low Literacy Rate?
Lack of education
Government does not encourage education
Poverty, people needing to work
400
Absolute monarchies believe that they had a "divine Right" to the crown. Who do they believe gave them this power?
God
400
What is an Ethnic Group?
A group of people that have a shared or similar culture in a specific geographic location
400
Christianity and Islam originate in the Middle East. How did it travel to the continents of Europe and Asia?
War and Conquest
Trade
Immigration
Missionaries
Colonization
500
Give two reasons why North Africa is scarcely populated
The climate is too hot
Limited access to fresh water
Lack of natural resources
Unable to sustain crops
500
What does voluntary trade mean?
Buyers and Sellers can trade and make transactions without government involvement
500
What is the difference between a Presidential Democracy and a Parliamentary Democracy?
Presidential - The People vote for President and their Representatives, Three separate branches
Parliamentary - People vote with their Representatives. Representatives vote for Prime Minister, Legislative and Executive branches are aligned
500
How could having multiple religions in one region of the world cause conflict among the people?
Monotheism - the belief in one god
Conflict over religious land
Conflict can lead to war
500
Name two things that effect where people live in a region?
Climate
Natural Resources
Access to fresh water
Fertile land
Geographic features