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What is one way that modern communication has impacted globalization?
Information gets spread quickly throughout the world.
What is a basin? What does it do?
A basin is a bowl or dish shaped geographic feature. Water is able to run to it and settle in the middle.
What are Europe's three main landscape layers?
The three layers are the Highlands, Lowland Plains, and the Mountainous Region.
What are the three major peninsulas?
Anatolia, Sinai, and Arabian
What are the three major rivers in South Asia?
The Ganges river, Indus River, and Brahmaputra
What is the definition of culture? Provide examples.
The way of life of a group of people who share traditions, beliefs, and ways of making a living. Some examples include Latin America and the Middle East.
How many miles long are the Andes mountains?
4,300 miles
What makes Lake Baikal special?
It is the worlds oldest and deepest lake.
What is the 6th pillar of faith?
Jihad
What is the largest country in Asia?
China
What is a Cultural Hearth?
A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and transitions spread outward.
What is the climate and geography of the Caribbean Sea?
There are good climates, warm weather, and hurricanes in the fall.
What is the common currency in Europe?
A Euro
What are the five Pillars of faith?
1. The Profession of Faith
2. Ritual prayer 5 times a day
3. Giving to the poor (charity)
4. Fasting during Ramadan
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca
What kind of population does Japan have?
Homogenous
What is another word for Oceania?
Polynesia
What are some factors that have limited industry in Latin America?
thew land is unfit for farming and any other basic necessities
What is Europe's cultural policy?
Encouragement of full cultural integration
What can rift valleys create?
Volcanoes
What weather/ natural disaster in Asia has seasonal winds that bring warm, moist air from inland in the winter?
monsoon
What is outsourcing?
Practice of subcontracting jobs, often to companies in foreign countries with cheaper labor.
What is the definition of the word maquiladoras?
foreign owned factories, located in free trade zones in Mexico.
Define the EU and what it stands for...
The EU or European Union is a political, economic, and cultural community that integrates several European countries.
What is a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions with features?
savannas
What are sherpas?
Mountain guides that helped in the conquest of Mount Everest called?