Africa
At the southern edge of the Sahara, Lake ____is bordered by Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. Second larges wetland in Africa.
Chad
A pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea
ideogram
What were the Europeans seeking when they set up trading routes into China?
Silk and Tea
What is caused Indonesia to keep its oil instead of exporting it
Industrialization
Traditional oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians of West Africa
Griot
A long cliff that separates land at 2 different altitudes.
Escarpment
What Dynasty did the most to improve life in China?
Zhou
Desserts have formed in China's north and west where surrounding mountains block the moist coastal winds This is called _____
Rain shadow
An island formed by the buildup of coral reef on the rim of a submerged volcano sometimes known as an atoll
low land
An ocean-going factory ship with facilities for processing and freezing fish
Suptertrawler
Lake _______ in Ghana is one o the largest human-made lakes in the world
Volta
Buddhism is a hug supporter of ______ rights
Human
What is Japan's most internationally famous food?
Sushi
An island with mountain ranges and volcanic soils
High land
Under the leadership of ____, The People's Republic of China was established as a Communist state in 1949
Mao
Fuel created from living matter, such as trees
Biofuel
A seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and reverses direction in the winter, brining cold dry air
Monsoon
Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the US Navy negotiated opening Japanese ____ to US ships
ports
What happens to ash when a volcano erupts
ash is dispersed into the air and drops
A grammatically simplified form of a language
Pidgin
School enrollment and ________ rates in the Transition Zone are generally low
Literacy
In Hindu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives
Karma
A very small island
Islet
The rabbit proof fences in Australia were effective
False
____ is caused by an excessive number of livestock feeding too long in one area
overgrazing