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1) The _________ plateau is the heart of the Indian subcontinent.
Deccan
2) Summer heart rises in the south, bringing up warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean and creating winds called __________.
Monsoons
3) What is the largest religion in India?
Hinduism
4) What region did Pakistan and India go to war over?
Kashmir
5) What country is home to Mount Everest?
Nepal
6) Which country's name means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"?
Bhutan
23) What is the most famous Bantu tribe of Natal?
Zulu
24) What is the name given to the "gash" in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Africa?
Great Rift Valley
27) What is the most populous nation in Africa?
Nigeria
28) What country dominated the Gold Coast?
Ghana
7) What is the smallest nation in Asia?
Maldives
8) Which Southeast Asian country is the only one that remained free of European colonialism?
Thailand
9) What is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia?
Laos
10) Which Communist organization took over Cambodia in 1975 and proceeded to commit human rights atrocities?
Khmer Rouge
11) Which country invaded Cambodia in 1978 to rid it of the Khmer Rouge?
Vietnam
12) Which Communist leader defeated the French in 1954?
Ho Chi Minh
13) What is the largest country of Southeast Asia?
Indonesia
14) Which European country controlled the Philippines for much of modern history?
Spain
15) Which Communist leader defeated the Nationalist Chinese Army and established the People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
16) In 1989 where did students in Beijing unsuccessfully protest for greater freedoms from the communists?
Tiananmen Square
17) "The Roof of the World" is the nickname of which Chinese region?
Tibet
22) What language did the Dutch colonists speak?
Afrikaans
25) What word indentifies two or more combines clans?
Tribe
26) What is the belief that all things have a spirit and that these spirits exercise great control over the world?
Animism
29) Which country was the first black republic in Africa?
Liberia
48) What is the area of the Pacific called that experiences numerous and regular earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity?
Ring of Fire
51) Which major river cuts through the northern part of Vietnam, emptying into the Gulf of Tonkin?
Hong River
54) What desert dominates southern Mongolia?
Gobi Desert
18) By what name do the Japanese refer to their country?
Nippon
19) What is the name of the ancient warriors who protected the estates of Japanese feudal lords?
Samurai warriors
20) Which islands colony was founded by the British but reverted to China in 1997?
Hong Kong
21) By what name were the original Dutch farmers in South Africa known?
Boers
30) What is the smallest country on the African continent?
Gambia
31) Which city is the westernmost point in Africa?
Dakar, Senegal
49) What does the name Buddha mean?
enlightened one
50) What is the name of the major river forming the border between Laos and Thailand?
Mekong River
52) What are the two main rivers of China?
Huang He, Chang Jiang
53) Who succeeded Mao Zedong as China's dictator ?
Deng Xiaoping
57) What is the highest mountain in Japan?
Mt. Fuji
56) What is the name given to the border seperating North Korea and South Korea?
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
55) What is North Korea's official name?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
58) What body of water separates Japan from the Korean Peninsula?
Korean Straight
32) What is the dominant religion of Northern Africa?
Islam
33) Which country of the Sahel has a sea coast?
Mauritania (The Moors live in this region w/ access to shipping and fishing service)
34) For what commodity did traders in the Sahel gladly trade gold for?
Salt (The Mali controlled the trade of gold for salt across Sahel)
35) Which city is the capital and largest city of Libya?
Tripoli
38) Koalas get all their water and nourishment from ____ leaves .
Eucalyptus
36) What is the name of the largest minority of Christians who have lived in Egypt since shortly after the time of Christ?
Coptic Christians
37) What is the name of the transitional region between the Sahara and the jungles of Central Africa?
Sahel
39) Australia was the first settled as a ____________ colony
British
40) The low area west of the Great Dividing Range is the __________________.
Central Lowlands
41) What is Australia's for ranches?
Station
42) The earliest known settlers of Australia was the __________
Aboriginal people
43) What famous Indian leader led the protests against British power after WW1?
Mahatma Gandhi
44) the ruined city of ____________ along the Indus river flourished from 2500 to 1700 BC.
Mohenjo-Daro
45) The most important river in India is the _____
Ganges
46) The highest mountain in the world is ______
Mt. Everest
47) The highest mountain range on the earth is _____
Himalayas
59) In what section of Beijing did emperors once live?
Forbidden City
60) What are the names of the two major deserts of Africa, one in the north and one in the south?
Sahara and Kalahari
61) Which two leaders, one black and one white, negotiated an end to South Africa's policy of racial segregation?
Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk
62) After whom did Livingstone name the waterfall that he discovered in Zimbabwe?
Queen Victoria
63) What two rivers form the Nile River?
Blue Nile and White Nile
64) Which competing tribes in Rwanda have warred against each other repeatedly, most recently in 1994, resulting in the loss of approximately 800,000 lives?
Hutus and Tutsis
65) What plain in Africa has more large land animals than any other place on earth?
Serengeti Plain
66) Because of its shape, what is the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa called?
Horn of Africa
67) What is the greatest river in Central Africa?
Congo River
68) What is the name of the world's largest desert?
Sahara Desert
69) What narrow body of water separates Morocco from Europe?
Strait of Gibraltar
70) Which famous dam was built on the Nile River in Egypt in 1970?
Aswan High Dam
71) Which man-made waterway links the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
72) What mountain range consists of a fifteen-hundred-mile chain and lies along the northwest coast of Africa?
Atlas Mountains
73) Name the complex of low mountains, plateaus, and hills running parallel to Australia's east coast.
Great Dividing Range
74) Australia's highest point is this peak in the Australian Alps.
Mount Kosciusko
75) The ________ in the interior of Western Australia contains one of the richest iron ore reserves in the world.
Hamersley Range
76) Identify and describe three of Australia's unique exotic animals.
Koala: bear-like marsupial that gets nutrients and water from eucalyptus leaves
Kangaroo: raise their young in pouches
Emu: second largest bird in the world that can't fly
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