Europe
Russia & Central Asia
Southwest Asia & North Africa
Africa
Asia
100
Northern European Plain
What is where does most of Europe's agricultural activity take place?
100
Kazakhstan
What is where are Central Asia's major coal deposits located
100
OPEC
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
100
Swahili
What language contains many Arabic words?
100
floods
What continually reshapes the topography of Bangladesh
200
Alps
What is what separates Italy from the rest of mainland Europe?
200
Volga River and Ural Mountains
What is where are Russia's heavy industry located?
200
Fertile Crescent
What is the name of the region that includes land from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
African cultures, European cultures, Islam
What makes up Africa's Triple Heritage?
200
Narmada River, Krishna River, and Godavari River
What are three rivers that flow through the Deccan Plateau?
300
outdated technology
What is why do many former Communist countries have lower farm yields
300
Chechnya
What is the region of Russia that is predominantly Muslim?
300
cotton
What is produced in irrigated farmlands along the Nile River and Nile Delta
300
overpopulation
What is the cause of many of East Africa's current challenges?
300
New Guinea
What is the largest island in Southeast Asia?
400
ethnic Albanians and Serbs
What is who was in conflict in Kosovo
400
Increased unemployment, increased crime, and decrease in public health care
What are some issues faced in Russia after the transition from Communism
400
Sahara
What is the major geographical feature that covers the entire southern edge of North Africa?
400
malaria, HIV, overpopulation, and a lack of economic development
What are challenges facing the countries of West and Central Africa
400
Kuril Islands
What are the islands that Russia and Japan disagree over the ownership?
500
Roman Catholics, Muslims, and Eastern Orthodox Christians
What is what three religious groups were in conflict in the Balkans?
500
outdated equipment, poor transportation links, and corruption
What is why has Central Asia been slow to develop its natural resources?
500
suptropical high pressure system
What contributes to North Africa's arid climate?
500
some goods are produced for exports; subsistence farmers grow food for their own use; street vendors sell clothing, food, and merchandise
What is West and Central Africa's dual economy?
500
air pollution, flood control, and soil erosion
What are major environmental issues facing China today?
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