Southwest Asia
A hot and dry climate.
What is arid?
A useful material found in nature.
What is a natural resource?
A government in which a king or queen rules.
What is a monarchy?
What is the difference between a serf and a noble?
A serf was a poor, working peasant, while nobles owned large houses and had serfs working on their land.
What is agriculture?
The practice of farming.
The process of previously arable land turning into an arid place.
What is desertification?
What is colonialism? OR What is colonization?
A country taking over another with the belief that they are lesser. Taking their resources away back to the original country.
A system in which the right to rule a country is passed through the family line.
What is a dynasty?
What was a commune (also known as a collective farm)?
A large farm where the government sent peasants to work collectively to achieve a common goal.
A period of time in which a country or region has no food.
What is a famine?
What 3 major religions are in Southwest Asia?
Christianity, Islam, Judaism.
In what country were the oldest human remains ever found?
Ethiopia.
What are the three main religions found in South and East Asia?
Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
What did Lenin promise when he returned from Germany?
Peace, land and bread.
Define subcontinent and give an example.
A "smaller continent," such as the Indian subcontinent which broke away from Africa and collided with Asia to create the Himalayan mountains.
What is Southwest Asia's largest export?
Oil or petroleum.
Name the physical regions/ecosystems in Africa (4).
Desert, savanna, sahel, tropical rainforest.
What is globalization?
The process of countries around the world connecting through trade, information, and communication.
What was the purpose of Stalin's Five Year Plans?
To modernize Russia, especially in the areas of industry and agriculture.
What is monotheism? Give definition and an example.
Belief in one god. Such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc.
What is causing conflict in Israel/Palestine?
Differences in religion, other world powers invested in regions, "Zionism" or the return to the holy land in Judaism, suicide bombings and other attacks, putting up a wall, etc.
What are the six reasons for colonization?
Nationalism, Racism, Missionary, Industry, People, and Competition.
Describe the caste system and it's 5 levels.
Priests, warriors, merchants, farmers, and untouchables. A system where people were born into and stayed in a level and their job was associated with that level. The goal was to be reborn into a higher level, until you could achieve "Moksha" or living with Brahman eternally.
How do propaganda and censorship go hand-in-hand to change a country?
Censorship blocks true information from the people where propaganda gives exaggerated truth or lies to people to fill in the blanks.
Define totalitarianism.
When a government or dictator has complete control over a country and the citizens living within it.