SWANA
What is Monotheism?
Belief in one God
Under Colonial Africa, there was a governor from Europe who was in power. What type of rule is this?
Direct Rule
This historical event helped cause the adoption of democratic governments in India and the United States.
British colonization
True or False? North Korea is a dictatorship and has an unlimited power type of government and South Korea is a democratic republic and has a limited power type of government.
True
These people are the indegenous people of Australia?
The Aboriginals
What is the largest climate region in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Arid (Dry)
Nelson Mandela was _________________________________________?
The first black president in South Africa in a fully representative democratic election.
What are the major two religions in South Asia?
Hinduism and Buddhism.
What are the physical features of Southeast Asia?
Rainforest and very wet.
Australia was founded in 1788 as a ________________________________?
British prison colony.
What is Scarcity?
Availability of water a problem throughout the region.
What is true about an African country with a poor quality of life?
High Literacy Rate
Most of the governments in South Asia are this type of political systems.
Democratic Political Systems.
What ocean does the Ring of Fire surround?
The Pacific Ocean.
There are many cultures scattered on these isolated islands?
Oceania.
What natural resource is the most important reason for people settling in a certain area of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Water
What is another name for the 0 line of latitude?
Equator
List a positive effect for monsoons in this region.
Monsoons help boost agricultural production.
What is a large wave that hits a coastline, while a typhoon is a tropical storm with strong winds and rain?
A tsunami.
The type of land in australia is _________________________________?
Dry flat land.
The biggest export in SWANA is__________________?
Oil
Which process was often marred with violence, political turmoil and revolts in northern and Sub-Saharan countries?
Decolonization
Like Nelson Mandela in South Africa, this leader helped India become an independent nation in 1947.
Gandhi.
True or False
Southeast Asia is south of China and to the east of India?
True
This is the type of land in New Zealand.
Mountains and very green.