Unit 1
The study of how physical geography impacts human activity and how human activity impacts physical geography
What is human geography
A common map form in the late Middle Ages in Europe
What is T and O
The English name for the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, located on the Arabian Peninsula
What is Empty Quarter
This geographic feature is a cherished symbol for Armenians
What is Mount Ararat
The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia in 2010-2011 was the beginning of a protest movement that spread to several countries and was called this
Percentage of the earth's surface that is covered with water
What is 71%
This kind of map helps people get from one place to another
What is Navigational
Most of ancient Mesopotamia is in this modern country
What is Iraq
What are Europe and Asia
What are the two main purposes of canals
What is transportation and the moving of water
GPS stands for this
What is Global Positioning System
The process for transferring locations on the earth to the surface of a map
What is Projection
This geographic feature begins in Turkey and continues to Kenya
What is the Great Rift Valley
Turkey controls the water passage between these two bodies of water
What are the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
This is the longest canal in the world
What is the Grand Canal of China
What is the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
The system of imaginary lateral lines that are parallel to the equator
What is Latitude
The name Palestine is based on the name of this group
What is Philistines
Winston Churchill proposed an Allied assault during WWI or the Great War on this peninsula
This has been called the incubator of Western civilization
What is globalization
The two greatest safeguards for the United States
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world that does not have this
What is a recognized national homeland
This was the last country in the world to allow women to drive
What is Saudi Arabia
This was the strategic importance of North Africa in World War II