Cold War and Revolutions
A period of political tension and competition between the USA and USSR without direct warfare.
What is the Cold War?
A type of government where laws limit the leader’s power.
What is a limited government?
This theme of geography deals with how people and goods move from place to place.
What is movement?
A system of racial segregation in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
This civic duty involves helping decide the outcome of legal cases.
What is serving on a jury?
This revolution led to the rise of communism in Russia.
What is the Russian Revolution?
The type of economy where the government controls production decisions.
What is a command economy?
These lines measure distances north or south of the equator.
What are lines of latitude?
The main natural resource abundant in the Middle East.
What is oil?
A “pull factor” that might attract someone to move to a new country.
What is better educational opportunities?
One major reason for this revolution was dissatisfaction with the monarchy and poor living conditions.
What is the Russian Revolution?
In this type of economy, supply and demand guide decisions.
What is a market economy?
This line divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A major effect of colonialism on Africa.
What is the division of land without regard to ethnic groups?
This is considered a civic duty in a democracy.
What is voting in elections?
The policy introduced in China to reduce population growth.
What is the One Child Policy?
If a country has this kind of government, citizens may have few or no rights.
What is an unlimited government?
A seasonal wind that brings heavy rain to South Asia.
What is a monsoon?
The group known as the indigenous people of Australia.
Who are the Aboriginal people?
One possible long-term effect of the One Child Policy in China.
What is an aging population and gender imbalance?