Political
A. They're voted in
B. People love them
C. There are no checks on their power
Dictators able to rule so harshly because
C. There are no checks on their power
A map that shows oil, gas, diamonds, uranium, copper, iron and gold is showing...
F. Physical features
G. Life expectancy
H. Natural resources
J. Population density
H. Natural resources
The main(geographic) reason for sparse(low) population in Central North Africa is the...
Sahara Desert
Which word means “a shortage of something"?
Genocide, Scarcity, Unlimited, or Refugee ?
Scarcity means “a shortage of something".
Before the Arab Spring in 2010, the governments of many Middle Eastern and North African countries could be described as...
F. Democracies
G. No central government
H. Unlimited governments
J. Limited governments
Before the Arab Spring in 2010, the governments of many Middle Eastern and North African countries could be described as...
Unlimited governments
A nation that has the good health care most likely has high _________ and low_________.
A. infant mortality and GDP
B. GDP and infant mortality
C. Death rates and Birth rates
D. infant mortality and literacy
A nation that has the good health care, most likely has...
B) high GDP and low infant mortality
Sahara Desert, The Sahel, Congo's rainforest, Nile?
What geographic feature(in NE Africa) is responsible for the success of the ancient Egyptian civilizations as well as dense populations today?
The Nile River
The killing off of a whole culture group, like the events in Holocaust or Rwanda, is known as...
Tahrir square, Arab Spring, Genocide or Civil War?
The killing off of a whole culture group, like the events in Holocaust or Rwanda, is known as...
Genocide
High unemployment , unfair and corrupt governments , and no freedom of speech lead to a wave of pro-democracy protests in North Africa and SW Asia called...?
...pro-democracy protests in North Africa and SW Asia called...
The Arab SpringA. infant mortality
B. death rate
C. literacy rate
D. fatalities
A nation that has a good education system will have a high ____________.
C. literacy rate
Created Lake Nasser , Generates electric power, Captures water during rainy seasons, Releases water during droughts... These all describe what human modification to the environment?
A person that is fleeing their home but remains inside their country...
refugee, displaced person, dictator or rebel?
A person that is fleeing their home but remains inside their country...
displaced person
A. Algeria....Oman
B. Tunisia....Egypt
C. Egypt....Tunisia
Pro-democracy protests in the Middle East, starting in 2011, began in...
Tunisia and spread to Egypt.
Countries with water scarcity are economically...
Less developed , Newly Industrialized, More developed or All the above ?
Countries with water scarcity are economically...
Less developed
One way Egyptians modified their environment was to....
A. Have a Civil War
B.Protest against Mubarak
C. Create a refugee camp
D. Build a dam to control the Nile River
One way Egyptians modified their environment was to....Build a dam to control the Nile River
A person that is fleeing their home and leaves their country...
refugee, displaced person, dictator or protestor?
A person that is fleeing their home and leaves their country...
Refugee
Control of either the Panama or Suez Canal gives –
Economic power ? Political power? or both?
Control of either the Panama or Suez Canal gives –
both economic and political power because it's a chokepoint!
How have natural resources contributed to the economic activity of the region in the Middle East?(What's their main way of making money)
How have natural resources contributed to the economic activity of the region in the Middle East?
Middle Eastern oil deposits have led to significant (large) business investments.
Longitude, Tropics, or Wetlands?
Most of Africa lies within the __________. This is why it's hot year-round.
Tropics
FALSE!
When dictators rule "with an iron fist" and hold all the power and people have few rights, this is called UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT.