Physical Features of Africa
An important river in Egypt.
What is the Nile River
This desert is located in northern China.
What is the Gobi desert?
This country split in two - north and south - with two very different kinds of government.
What is Korea?
Trade with the middle east spread this religion to northern Africa.
What is Islam?
Apartheid existed in this country from 1948-1994.
What is South Africa?
Fertile mud along the Nile River.
What is silt?
The Mekong River forms this in southern Vietnam creating good farming conditions.
What is a delta?
This type of government gives the people the least amount of control.
What is authoritarian?
This city in Mali was important for studying Islam.
What is Timbuktu?
Farmland is disappearing as the Sahara grows causing this challenge in northern Africa.
What is desertification?
Gold and Iron came from the mountains in this ancient country.
What is Kush?
River in China surrounded by lots of farming.
What is the Yellow River?
South Africa has this type of government.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
This religion is the most popular in southeast Asia.
What is Buddhism?
Industrialization is causing this problem in major cities in China.
What is pollution?
The largest desert in the world is also located in northern Africa.
What is the Sahara desert?
These heavy rains are prevalent throughout the tropical regions of southeast Asia.
What are monsoons?
The United States helped this country after World War II and they are now a democracy.
What is Japan?
Trading with Rome made this country Christian.
What is Ethiopia?
Japan has to do this because it doesn't have a lot of natural resources.
What is specialization and trade?
A significant feature that stretches 4,000 miles from northern Syria to Mozambique.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
This famous physical feature in China is manmade and stretches over 13,000 miles.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This country still has a Sultan.
What is Brunei?
This religion puts strong emphasis on honoring the family.
What is Confucianism?
European powers split Africa and ignored existing ethnic groups.
What is the Scramble for Africa?