6th Grade Second Semester Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mount Everest | The world's tallest mountain, located in the Himalayas. |
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and Europe. |
| Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and that all living beings are part of one spirit. |
| Ganges River | considered to be an important holy river and an important water resource in India |
| caste | The Hinduism belief that everyone had to be divided up into different classes. Overtime, a new caste was developed called the, 'untouchables.' |
| archipelago | A chain of islands such as Japan or Indonesia |
| Afrikaners | the name given to the South African whites who were descendants of the Dutch |
| Suez Canal | French built this canal in the 1860's to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, or to connect Egypt to Sinai Peninsula. |
| "most-favored-nation" status | a status that grants special trade advantages from the US...an example would be US/China |
| trade surplus | when a country exports more than it imports...It's a good thing! Example: Japan |
| Confucius | a great philosopher of ancient China; taught importance of family, respect for elders, and reverence for ones past ancestors |
| Apartheid | A South African policy that had separated races into three levels...Blacks, Colored & Asians, and Whites. |
| Nelson Mandela | leader of ANC, protested apartheid, arrested and imprisoned for 26 years, released and became the first black president of South Africa |
| Tokyo | Center of government and capital of Japan |
| ozone layer | a layer of oxygen in the atmosphere that protects Earth from harmful solar radiation....this layer is dangerously thinning over Antarctica. |
| Aborigines | coming from Southeast Asia over 40,000 years ago, these were the first humans to live in Australia. |
| Beijing | capital of China, originally called Peking |
| Communist government | China and North Korea's form of government |
| seismograph | an instrument, invented during the Han Dynasty, that detects and records the intensity of earthquakes |
| AIDS | a life threatening, serious health issue in southern Africa |
| Madagascar | lots of endemic species....poor island country off Africa....vanilla, cloves, sugar and coffee are exported....ruled by a dictator |
| Great Dividing Range | Mountains located in the Eastern Highlands of Austria, includes the the Murray-Darling River System and Tasmania, separates Austria's west and east river flows |
| Western Rift of Africa | a long, deep valley with mountains, plateaus or great lakes on either side, |
| outback | Australian's very interior region where most of it's mineral resources are located, |
| Cairo | Capital and most populated city in Egypt |
| Canberra | located on southwest coast, this city is the capital of Australia, |
| Indian Mutiny | the violent revolt in India (1857) against the East Indian Company that resulted in the British making India a British colony |
| Ghandi | Indian lawyer who led an non-violent movement (hungerstrikes, demonstrations, boycotts) to gain independence for India from the British |
| Captain James Cook | British explorer of New Zealand |
| Taiwan | an island really belonging to China, but thinks it's an independent country |
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