Africa
What European practice caused many of the modern-day conflicts and borders in Africa?
Answer: European partitioning and colonization
What was the Persian Gulf Conflict of 1990–1991 about?
Answer: Iraq invaded Kuwait, and the U.S. intervened to help Kuwait
What are the three basic economic questions every economy must answer?
Answer: What to produce, how to produce it, and for whom
What is the major similarity between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Answer: They are all monotheistic religions
How has water pollution affected many parts of Africa?
Answer: It has decreased clean water available for drinking and farming
What is the goal of the Pan-African movement?
Answer: To unify African people and encourage independence
What is the main difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
Answer: Disagreement over who should be Muhammad’s successor
What is a "tariff"?
Answer: A tax on imports
How is a religious group different from an ethnic group?
Answer: Religious groups are based on shared beliefs; ethnic groups are based on ancestry
What happens to land affected by poor soil and deforestation?
Answer: It becomes less useful for farming
Who was F.W. de Klerk and what was his major contribution to South African history?
He helped end apartheid in South Africa
Why did the new borders created after the fall of the Ottoman Empire cause problems?
Answer: They ignored traditional ethnic and religious boundaries
In a parliamentary system, who chooses the executive leader?
Answer: The legislature
What is one reason religion causes tension in the Middle East?
Answer: Disagreements between religious groups like Sunni and Shia
Answer: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries controls how much oil to produce, which controls the supply and price of oil.
How did nationalism help African countries like Kenya and Nigeria in the 1900s?
Answer: It led to greater demand for independence
Why do citizens in Israel have more influence over their chief executive than those in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Israel’s legislature chooses the prime minister; Saudi Arabia’s leader is chosen by royal bloodline
What’s the difference between a presidential and parliamentary system?
Answer: In a parliamentary system, the legislature chooses the leader; in a presidential, the people do
Which religious group uses the Torah as a sacred text?
Answer: Judaism
What is desertification?
Answer: The process of the desert expanding into the Savanna and ruining the soil for farming
What modern-day effect did the way Europe divided African colonies have?
Answer: Increased conflict due to artificial borders
What religion is monotheistic and originated in Southwest Asia, along with Christianity and Islam?
Answer: Judaism
Why does specialization lead to increased trade?
Answer: Countries produce goods efficiently and trade for other needed goods
What makes Christianity and Islam similar in terms of belief?
Answer: Belief in one god and having a holy book
What are the causes of water pollution in the Ganges River?
Answer: Human waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste, and dead bodies.