These two rivers in SW Asia create a river valley also known as the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
This river in India is also revered as a goddess in the Hindu faith...and is also EXTREMELY polluted!
What is The Ganges?
100
This mountain range is located in Western China and creates an arid landscape in the region due to the orographic effect.
What are the Kunlun Mountains?
100
The 20,000+ islands in the Pacific make up this global sub-region.
What is Oceania?
100
This current of warm water flows Europe's west coast.
What is the North Atlantic Drift?
200
These low riverbeds in SW Asia remain dry except during rainy seasons- providing a good source of much needed water!
What are wadis?
200
This landform shows evidence of where the Indian tectonic plate collided with Asia.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
200
This river is the site of the Three Gorges Dam.
What is the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River?
200
This landform found off the coast of Australia is home to many ocean creatures but is at great risk due to bleaching and rising ocean temperatures.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
200
These are U-shaped valleys carved by glaciers. They are prominent in Scandinavia.
What are fjords?
300
This advancement in agriculture has allowed areas in SW Asia to use pipes to slowly drip water across the ground for crops- allowing them to conserve water.
What is drip irrigation?
300
This term refers to the 90 year* period of British rule over India in the 1800-1900s.
What is the raj?
300
This Chinese leader was a victor in the Chinese Civil War and brought communism to China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
The US government tested its first atomic bomb at this location in the Pacific.
What is the Bikini Atoll?
300
These ancient people invented the modern republic.
Who are the Romans?
400
This holy Islamic city is the birthplace of Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
400
This social system is a byproduct of Hinduism that divides people into strict classes that can only be changed through reincarnation.
What is the caste system?
400
This event in 1900 was a result of Chinese frustration with Western influence and resulted in the death of many Europeans and Chinese Christians.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
400
This conflict between North and South Vietnam also involved the US and USSR.
What is the Vietnam War?
400
This Serbian leader was the mastermind behind the Bosnian Genocide in the early 1990s.
Who is Slobodan Milosevic?
500
This organization regulates the sale of oil across the world.
What is OPEC? (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
500
This region is currently in dispute between Pakistan and India, which has resulted in military occupation of the region and war.
What is Kashmir?
500
Countries with rapidly growing economies due to aggressive exports are known as this. Taiwan is an example!
What are economic tigers?
500
This is the chief export of many countries in Oceania.
What is copra?
500
This person was the first to discover North America. (So some historians say!)