North Africa
The urban areas in North Africa are more modern, rural areas are?
What is traditional?
_____________ - slaves go to the Americas , and are exchanged for goods.
What is the Middle Passage?
What is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
What does Russia not have access to that can place limits on its ability to trade?
What is ports?
The Islam religion was started in the 600s A.D. by?
What is Muhammad?
The enslaved people were used as _________ in the Americas in the plantations
What is for labor?
What has made this region one of the most important in the world?
What is oil?
The leader or dictator of today's Russia is?
Who is Vladimir Putin?
What two important rivers from Mesopotamia flooded on a yearly basis
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
What is it called when a country takes over another for their resources and economic gain?
What is imperialism?
What has helped trade in Southwest Asia?
What is the Indian Ocean?
Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ from Nazareth
What is Christianity
What did the Mesopotamians developed that helped control flooding of rivers?
What is irrigation?
•Rwanda and Burundi have two rival ethnic groups which has resulted in tensions and ___________.
What is genocide?
In what part of Nile River is where large populations of Egyptians live?
Who is the mouth of the Nile River?
What is a reason that most of Russia's population lives on its western front?
What is it's extreme cold?
First civilization from Mesopotamia to develop a writing system
Who are the Sumerians
In Sudan, Christians have suffered religious __________ under Islamic laws
What is Persecution?
System of thought to seeks to understand the mysteries of life
What is Philosophy
What process destroys Russia's topsoil?
What is erosion?