When an area turns into desert because of overgrazing or drought
What is desertification?
100
After World War II, this "invisible" division separated communist Eastern Europe with democratic Western Europe.
What is The Iron Curtain?
100
After the Fall of Rome, this system of government in the Middle Ages was based on a social class structure, or pyramid
What is Feudalism or Feudal System?
100
This element of culture is often seen through its people's beliefs and architecture
What is religion?
100
The dominant or main religion practiced in the Middle East
What is Islam?
200
This example of human environment interaction reflects people settling near water
What is an adaptation?
200
This country was forced to take responsibility for World War I
What is Germany?
200
The United States has this type of government where citizens elect a smaller group of citizens to act on their behalf
What is representative democracy?
200
This system of government is allegedly independent but is in fact dependent upon and controlled by a foreign power
What is a puppet government?
200
The dominant, or main, language spoken in the Middle East
What is Arabic?
300
This environmental issue occurs when trees are cleared for lumber or farmland
What is deforestation?
300
This treaty failed to resolve the situation in Europe and possibly led to World War II; it required Germany to pay war damages, give back territories it won in the war, and reduce its army.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
Type of government in which the power to govern lies directly with its citizens
What is a direct democracy?
300
This geographic feature separates the continents of Europe and Asia, dividing the country of Russia
What are the Ural Mountains?
300
Three criteria are used when analyzing the economies of a country to determine whether it is developed or not (In our Middle East unit, we studied the composite HDI score)
What is GDP per capita, life expectancy, and literacy rate?
400
This example of human environment interaction occurs when people build dams on rivers
What is a modification?
400
This trade route connected China to the rest of the world and spread ideology (beliefs and ideas) such as Buddhism
What is The Silk Road?
400
This type of governmental economic system has complete control over its country's businesses with no competition and few choices
What is communism?
400
The culture of West Africa was influenced by this trade route where two valuable and essential items were traded; it also helped to spread the religion of Isam
What is the Gold-Salt Trade Route?
400
OPEC means ___
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
500
Producing enough food for the farmers and their families with little or none left over to sell.
What is subsistence farming?
500
The "rebirth" or revival of art and literature in Europe after the Middle Ages
What is the Renaissance?
500
Type of governmental economic system which allows people to own their own businesses without government interference and promotes competition; it supports a free market system (people can choose what they spend their money on)
What is capitalism?
500
After World War II, Germany was divided through one of its cities with a structure that separated communist East Germany from democratic West Germany
What is The Berlin Wall?
500
This region of the Middle East is politically unstable because the two conflicting sides are not willing to compromise over land
What is Israel and Palestine? or the Israel and Palestine Conflict?