Physical Features of Ancient Egypt and Kush and East Asia
This river begins in the Tibetan Plateau and flows east until it reaches the East China Sea. This river is the longest and largest river in China and the third longest in the world.
What is the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River?
The change from arable land to desert, this is a big problem in Africa. When too much livestock graze the land, and people chop down trees for firewood, these actions can cause the Sahel to dry out and become desert.
What is desertification?
A philosophy that values the importance of relationships between people. The five relationships, Which is apart of this philosophy, is key to a stable society.
What Is Confucianism?
A type of government which is controlled by one person who has not won a free election, China and North Korea have this government type.
What is a communist autocracy?
Which three countries competed with each other to get African colonies for power?
What is France, Britain, and Germany?
Asia's largest desert, this desert expands across southern Mongolia and northern China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
The loss of forests that happen due to so many trees being removed that can't grow back.
What is deforestation?
A major Confucian belief, the belief refers to the devotion that children should have for their parents
What is Fillial Piety?
People elect members of parliament then, members elect the leader, Japan has this type of government
What is a parliamentary democracy?
What meeting from 1884 did European leaders discuss how to divide Africa's land?
What is the Berlin Conference?
What sea lies in between China and the Korean Peninsula? The Huang He (Yellow River) empties into this sea.
What is the Yellow Sea?
A earthquake that happened under the ocean near Japan caused one of the worst tsunamis in history in 2011. What made the earthquake happen in the first place?
What are plate tectonics?
A philosophy that follows the Dao, which is the natural way of the universe. Daoist believe that the balance of yin and yang is the key to harmony in the universe.
What is Daoism?
A type of government where people of the country can elect a president every 5 years, Nigeria and Kenya have type of government.
What is a presidential democracy?
After which World War did many African countries begin to gain independence?
What is Word War I?
What river did the Egyptians settle next to because of the fertile land, perfect for farming.
What is the Nile River?
North Korea have been producing a specific type of weapon which threatens peace in the area.
What are nuclear weapons?
A social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination. This policy restricted where black people could eat, live, work and sit, this policy was made in South Africa.
What is Apartheid?
A political party with the most members in the National Assembly elects the President, South Africa has this government.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
What religion did Europeans want to spread in Africa?
What is Christianity?
When the Kushites built pyramids, that held tombs of past rulers, what cities were the pyramids built in?
What is Napata and Meroe?
Some east Asia countries have increased the amount of trade barriers to protect their businesses and to make sure that they export more than they import, but this hurts their economic growth by slowing it down. What type of challenge is this?
What is a economic challenge?
A man who was important member of the African National Congress and participated in many ANC-led protests against apartheid. In 1964 he was sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island and had to do hard labor.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
A government where one person has unlimited power and the citizens have little role in the government, Equatorial Guinea has this government.
What is a autocracy?
Another reason why Europeans colonized Africa is to gain more land and to protect their ____. (fill in the blank)
What are trade routes?