Unit 6
A city religiously important to Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
Jerusalem
The Longest River in Africa
The Nile
Tallest Mountains in the World
The Himalayas
Mining, agriculture, forestry, fishing
Primary level economic activity
Seasonal Shifting winds from the Indian Ocean
Monsoons
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
West-African storytellers that pass down the oral traditions of African cultures
Griots
The Hindu pilgrimage site in Northern India
Varanasi
A meltdown at a nuclear facility that spread fallout and nuclear contamination across Europe and Asia
The Chernobyl Disaster
Arid regions growing hotter and drier due to climate change and human action
Desertification
A site factor of Istanbul, Turkey
Commands the Bosphorus Strait
Harbor Site
A transitional desert that separates the Sahara and the savanna in Africa
The Sahel
The area of active tectonic plates that cause volcanos, earthquakes, and tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean
The Ring of Fire
An ethnic conflict between Serbians, Bosnians, Croatians, and Albanians in Southern Europe.
The Breakup of Yugoslavia
A country that has no access to the sea or ocean
Landlocked
A conflict between Muslims and Jews over competing land claims
The Palestine Conflict
The mass killing of the Tutsi people by the Hutu majority
Rwandan Geonocide
Angkor Wat
A Hindu temple in Cambodia, converted into a Buddhist religious site
Tierra del Feugo
Island archipelago in Argentina and Chile. "Land of Fire"
A foreign worker brought into another country temporarily for work.
Guest Worker
The three non-Arab nations of North Africa and South-West Asia
Turkey, Israel, and Iran
A massive landform that runs through East Africa along a fault line
The Great Rift Valley
A conflict zone split between the Hindus and Muslims of India and Pakistan
Kashmir
Pittsburg and Khartoum (What do they have in common?)
Confluence sites
The structures, facilities, and services necessary to maintain society
Infrastructure