Africa History
Following the scramble for Africa, this discussion by powerful countries led to the new and inconsiderate political boundaries dividing Africa into 56 different countries.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Even though South Africa calls their Head of State a President and has a vice-president, they practice this system of government.
What is Parliamentary Democracy?
The investment of a government into its people in the form of job-training, skills, and education.
What is human capital?
This river supports about 1 billion people.
What is the Ganges River?
This man led a peaceful independence movement and was an inspiration to many world leaders both in and out of Asia. You need first and last name!
Who was (Mohandas) Mahatma Gandhi?
In 1946 British colonial authorities merged southern and northern Sudan into a single administrative region. The inhabitants of southern Sudan primarily practice Christianity and Traditional African religions. Northern Sudan is inhabited by Arab Muslims. Merging the citizens in the previously separate regions led to the first Sudanese civil war and subsequent political and ethnic disagreements. This is an example of this issue, caused by an Imperialist government.
What are artificial political borders (boundaries)?
True or False: Government Instability has led to a wealthier Nigeria over the years since their independence in 1960.
What is False?
What is literacy rate?
What are the Himalayas?
Following the Chinese Civil War, this group takes over China and their reign continues to this day.
What is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
This is the action of taking over a region in order to pillage natural resources and control or "civilize" the people.
What is Imperialism?
Diamonds are a major export in this African country.
What is South Africa?
Machines, factories, and other goods in which countries invest to CREATE goods from their natural or imported resources.
What are Capital Goods?
This peninsula is located off of Eastern China and close to Russia and sticks out into the Sea of Japan.
What is the Korean peninsula?
North Korea and China are this type of government.
What are autocracies?
This was a worldwide intellectual movement that aimed to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent.
What is Pan-Africanism?
In order to win independence from Great Britain, the Mau Mau (warrior tribe) tried to fight and kill British soldiers, until they were at last defeated. This took place in this country before it gained independence in 1964.
What is Kenya?
This is a critical element of any market economy, without which all economies would be command.
What is entrepreneurship?
What are archipelagos?
Although the U.S. was able to assist South Korea in forcing back the North and establishing democracy, we were not successful in our attempts to help this country become democratic.
What is Vietnam?
NOTE: You must be able to spell it!
What is Apartheid?
3 Part Question:
The oil delta is located at the confluence of this river in this country, and is the leading export as well. However, because of few other natural resources and government instability, this nation's economy is not ____________ enough to grow their GDP when oil prices drop.
What are Niger River, Nigeria, and Diverse?
What is infrastructure?
This is the main cause of indoor air pollution in South Asia.
What is cooking and heating homes with biomass fuels?
This was the United States military leader who both helped defeat Japan in WWII and also advocated and helped with its rebuilding following the war.
Who is General MacArthur?