Latin America
Who brought Africans to the colony of Brazil to work on sugar plantations?
Portuguese
What type of landform caused European cultures to vary so greatly?
mountains
Who is France's main rival in Europe because of their history together?
Germany
What is Africa's tallest mountain?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is the name of the religion founded by Muhammad that spread across Northern Africa?
Islam
Which native people built an empire high in the Andes Mountains?
Inca
What is the nickname for the Scandinavian countries, including Finland?
land of the midnight sun
What type of government did Rome develop first?
Republic
What can be found 6000 feet below the Sahara?
aquifer
Who were the nomadic people that spread around Africa and made it more culturally diverse?
Bantu
What is the Latin American term for a military dictator?
caudillo
What do we call the process of breaking up an area into many small countries that don't get along well because of ethnic differences?
balkanization
Which European civilization developed the first democracy?
Athens
Farming, overgrazing, and slash-and-burn have all caused what to happen in Africa?
desertification
Who fought to end the policy of apartheid in South Africa and eventually was elected president there?
Nelson Mandela
What is the Latin American strategy to divide property and wealth more fairly called?
land reform
What is the hot, steady wind that blows from Northern Africa and keeps the Mediterranean climate mild?
sirocco
The goal of this war was to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Crusades
What is a government based on family lineage groups called in Africa?
stateless society
King Leopold II
Which country declared its independence from Spain first and inspired others in Latin America to follow suit?
Mexico
What is the name England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland together as a country?
United Kingdom
What was Serbia’s way of dealing with Muslims and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
ethnic cleansing
What is the most profitable commodity in Africa besides oil?
coffee
What two products were the reason for early African empires' successes?
gold and salt