Asia
This American Commodore forced Japan to open trade in the mid-1800s.
Who was Matthew Perry?
This religion teaches that people should follow their dharma.
What is Hinduism?
These Egyptian rulers were considered god-kings.
What are Pharaohs?
Europeans first explored Africa’s coast looking for this.
What was a water route to Asia?
These people were the original inhabitants of New Zealand.
Who are the Maori?
This desert is the largest in Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
These feudal warriors served Japanese lords.
What are Samurai?
These two countries on the Indian perimeter are landlocked.
What are Nepal and Bhutan?
This holy book contains the teachings and rules of Islam.
What is the Quran (Koran)?
This 1994 genocide involved Hutu and Tutsi peoples.
What happened in Rwanda?
This term describes when a minority group adopts the culture of the majority.
What is assimilation?
This mountain range separates South Asia from the rest of Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
This Chinese river is known as “China’s Sorrow.
What is the Huang He (Yellow River)?
This leader used peaceful protest and boycotts to help India gain independence.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
This organization works to control oil production and prices among member nations.
What is OPEC?
This major historical event divided Africa among European powers.
What was the Scramble for Africa?
Britain originally used this country as a prison colony.
What is Australia?
These two rivers were central to Mesopotamian civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This trade organization is considered the Southeast Asian version of NAFTA.
What is ASEAN?
This 1947 event divided India into India and East/West Pakistan.
What was Partition?
This holiest city of Islam is cared for by Saudi Arabia.
What is Mecca?
These are the three major economic activities in Africa.
What are subsistence farming, commercial farming, and tourism?
These indigenous people were the original inhabitants of Australia.
Who are the Aborigines?
This river is associated with predictable seasonal flooding in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
According to Confucianism, this relationship is not one of the primary ethical relationships
What is man and nature?
This disputed territory remains a source of conflict between India and Pakistan.
What is Kashmir?
These three territories are major issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
What are the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?
These are the three major economic activities in Africa.
What are subsistence farming, commercial farming, and tourism?
Antarctica is especially valuable for research into these two things.
What are weather patterns and solar activity?
This river is sacred in Hinduism and is believed to bring life to its people.
What is the Ganges River?