Physical features of Ancient Egypt and Kush
Every year, the Nile River flooded, depositing what in the Nile delta?
What is silt?
Which of the following is evidence of the influence of Pan-Africanism?
Kenyans organized to fight for independence from Great Britain.
Name a source of political conflict between China, Japan, and South Korea today?
Land claims in the South China sea.
In North Africa, overgrazing has contributed to which environmental challenge?
Desertification.
The United States involved itself in Vietnam in the 1960s for what reason?
It feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.
Who led Egyptian society and controlled the country?
Pharaohs.
Which of the following was a similarity between Ghana and Mali?
They both grew powerful through trade
East Asian nations have imposed tariffs and other trade barriers to protect their industries, but these barriers have done what to economic growth?
Slowed economic growth.
Africa faces challenges with education due to what?
Low literacy rates.
Throughout its history, what has Japan's economic challenge been?
Limited access to natural resources.
Due to geography what did Kush need?
Grain.
Name an example of a technological advance made by Stone Age humans.
Cooking with fire.
Which major threat does North Korea pose for the region?
North Korea's nuclear weapons program undermines peace and security.
Tense relations between the Hausa people and the Igbos and Yorubas in Nigeria is an example of what?
Ethnic conflict.
Why did the first inhabitants of mainland Southeast Asia settle in plains and river valleys?
Those areas were good for farming.
Name one thing Kush did that Egypt didn't.
Kush established the first ironworking center in Africa.
Swahili culture developed largely as a result of what?
Trade between East Africa and Southwest Asia.
How does China's geography contribute to air pollution?
Wind carries air pollution to dense urban centers and smog settles in heavily populated lowlands.
How would better education and health care help many African countries improve their economies?
Workers would be able to produce more.
What is something that has increased due to the operation of coal-burning factories and expanded automobile usage?
Name an ancient Egyptian achievement that was made due to religious beliefs.
Construction of the pyramids or preserving the bodies of the dead.
Which aspect of Africa's physical geography had the greatest influence on European colonization of Africa?
Africa was rich in natural resources that Europeans needed.
What problem has China tried to solve by building hydropower dams, such as the Three Gorges Dam?
Production of greenhouse gases.
Name one economic factor affecting technology in Africa?
Lack of infrastructure.
What was the underlying belief that justified U.S. involvement in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
The thought that communism was a threat to democracy and freedom.