This monotheistic religion culturally links Southwest and Central Asia to North Africa
What is Islam?
100
The Himalayas are formed by a ____________ plate boundary
What is convergent?
100
Mongolia is _________, it has no sea ports, which limits its economic activity
What is landlocked?
100
Countries prepare for this type of natural disaster by building on high ground away from coasts and using earthquake resistant techniques
What are tsunamis?
100
A _____________ can affect a country by lowering mortality and infant mortality rates, and increasing birthrates, as well as improving public health and eradicating disease
What is a vaccine?
200
Saudi Arabia is run by a king, making it this type of government
What is a monarchy?
200
This country in East Asia was never a colony of any European Country
What is Japan?
200
Hong Kong has a thriving sea port, with ships sailing to different countries to deliver goods, making it very important in this type of trade
What is international?
200
A high infant mortality rate and low life expectancy can be found in which of these - a less developed or developing nation, a nation in transition, or a developed nation
What is a less developed, or developing nation?
200
Burning fossil fuels has been linked to the ___________ ___________, which traps carbon dioxide and raises global temperatures
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
Saddam Hussein was the dictator of this Southwest Asian country
What is Iraq?
300
The Brahmans, Kshatriya, Vaisha, Sudra, and Untouchables are the groups that form this in India
What is the caste system?
300
The majority of Japan's urban areas are in this location
What is the coasts?
300
OPEC exporting oil out of Southwest Asia to countries around the world for their processing and use is part of
What is globalization?
300
A reactor meltdown and the release of radiation are risks from this type of energy production
What is a nuclear power plant?
400
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are this type of religion and all founded in Southwest Asia
What is monotheistic?
400
This religion originated in India, but is practiced in China and Japan today
What is Buddhism?
400
Kim Jong Un controls all aspects of life in North Korea, including ______________ newspapers and the internet
What is censoring?
400
An example of this is when a group of people leave a place and start their own country separate from where they came from
What is cultural divergence?
400
When a country specializes in one economic activity, they have to gain other goods and resources through this
What is trade?
500
Southwest and Central Asia countries focus on the acquisition and production of this strategic resource, having to import and trade for other resources
What is oil?
500
Indonesia is the world's largest ___________ - chain of islands
What is archipelago?
500
China had the one child policy, built the Three Gorges Dam, and opened Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in order to address this
What is population growth?
500
McDonald's restaurants in countries such as Saudi Arabia and China is an example of this
What is cultural diffusion?
500
This is the number of people per square mile in a country