Europe
This idea for a type of government was introduced in ancient Athens, Greece
What is democracy
This lake is the oldest and deepest in the world
What is Lake Baikal
The Arab invasion brought this religion to North Africa
What is Islam
This is the newest country in the world, as of 2011
What is South Sudan
Countries in South Asia, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, are subject these seasonal weather occurrences
What are monsoons
Eastern Europeans built these to carry pollution away from industrial cites
What are smokestacks
The Cold War was an ideological battle between democratic countries and this other type of country
What are communist countries
People living in countries whose names end in "stan" lived as these in ancient times
What are nomads
This is the minority ethnic group in Rwanda and the ethnic group targeted and killed during the Rwandan Genocide
Who are the Tutsi
About 10% of the world’s population, or about half of India’s population, lives here
What is the Ganges River Valley
Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic form this triangle
What is the Black Triangle
The Soviet Union stockpiled this during the Cold War
What are nuclear weapons
This is the name of one of the oldest civilizations, which developed in the Northeast part of the Middle East
What is Mesopotamia
The name of this part of the African Transition Zone translates to "coast" or "shore"
What is the Sahel
This is the world’s longest human-made waterway, flowing from Beijing to Hangzhou, some 1000 miles
What is the Grand Canal
Approximately 25% of this country is below sea level
What is the Netherlands
A fire in a nuclear reactor at this location in 1986 released huge amounts of radioactivity into the atmosphere
What is Chernobyl
This is the lowest body of water on Earth
What is the Dead Sea
This is the most notable grassy plain in East Africa, much of which is now a nature reserve in Tanzania and Kenya
What is the Serengeti
This disputed area has caused many conflicts between India and Pakistan
What is Kashmir
Norway, Sweden, and Finland all have this type of government
What is a constitutional monarchy
This connected Moscow with the parts of Russia on the Asian continent, allowing for settlements in the East
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad
From the 1500s to the end of the first World War, much of the Middle East was under the control of this nation
What is the Ottoman Empire
Harsh mining conditions controlled by colonizers in South Africa would later lead to policies of segregation known as this
What is apartheid
This pass was the only way invaders could get to India, prior to modern-day technology
What is the Khyber Pass