Eygpt and Kush
This river's annual flooding deposited fertile silt that supported agriculture in both Ancient Egypt and Kush.
What is the Nile River?
This system in South Africa (1948–1994) legally enforced racial segregation and white minority rule.
What is apartheid?
This Chinese philosophy founded by Confucius emphasizes filial piety, social harmony, and proper conduct.
What is Confucianism?
This island nation developed a democratic government after World War II and experienced rapid industrial growth; it is known for a parliamentary system and strong export economy.
What is Japan?
This long mountain range and series of highlands run down the Malay Peninsula and form part of mainland Southeast Asia.
What are the Annamite Mountains or the highlands of mainland Southeast Asia?
These desert regions to the east and west of the Nile limited overland invasion and helped protect Egypt.
What are the Eastern Desert and the Sahara?
This African political system type often features a single dominant party and centralized power.
What is authoritarian rule?
This belief system, attributed to Laozi, stresses harmony with the Dao (Tao) and naturalness.
What is Daoism?
During the Cold War era, China and this island had competing governments both claiming to be the legitimate government of all China.
What is Taiwan?
This wide river delta in Vietnam supports rice production and dense settlement; it's formed by the Mekong before reaching the South China Sea.
What is the Mekong river delta?
This narrow waterway connected the Nile valley to Red Sea trade routes and later allowed trade with Punt and Arabian ports.
What is the Red Sea?
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for fighting this policy and later became this role in South Africa after 1994.
What is apartheid?
This religion, introduced to China from India, focuses on suffering, karma, and reincarnation and influenced East Asian culture.
What is Buddhism?
Rapid industrialization and urbanization in East Asia created this environmental problem—air and water harm from factories and cities.
What is pollution?
This island archipelago nation has thousands of islands, complex coastlines, and active tectonics, creating volcanoes and earthquakes.
Indonesia
This area south of Egypt, home to Kushite kingdoms, was rich in gold and controlled trade routes between central Africa and the Mediterranean.
What is Nubia?
This form of government allows citizens to elect representatives and was adopted in varying forms across African states after independence.
What is representative democracy
Imperial China used this system of selecting bureaucrats based on examinations and Confucian learning.
What is the civil service exam
This political/economic challenge describes uneven wealth between city coastal regions and poorer inland areas in China.
What is regional economic inequality?
Much of Southeast Asia's climate is tropical and influenced by these seasonal wind patterns that bring heavy rains during parts of the year.
What are monsoons?
These man-made waterways project from ancient Egypt facilitated irrigation and transportation.
What are canals?
To reduce the legacy of apartheid and promote equality, South Africa created this court system to protect rights and oversee transitions.
What is the Constitutional Court?
In the 20th century, this ideology led to the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and transformed its government.
What is communism?
This security/political flashpoint involves the division and unresolved status between North and South in this Korean peninsula.
What is the Korean Peninsula?
This physical challenge threatens low-lying coastal and delta regions across Southeast Asia.
What are storm surges and sea-level rise?