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43 Cards in this Set
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What are the features of a developed country?
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Most of its people are well educated, have good health, and earn decent salaries. It has clean, running water, electricity, and transportation. The technology and businesses flourish.
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What do people share in a culture region?
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They share similar beliefs, history, and languages.
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In the study of history, what are primary sources?
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They are materials written by people of the past.
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Who is in charge of a totalarian government?
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The rulers are in control.
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In a command economy, production decisions are made by __________.
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The government.
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In a market economy, production decisions are made by _________.
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The individual business.
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History is the study of the ________.
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Past.
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The Ottoman Empire collapsed after the end of ________.
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World War I.
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A line that runs parallel to the equator is a line of ________.
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Latitude.
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A map showing populations of Asia is a __________ map.
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Thematic.
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Opportunities for peace, freedom, education, and good jobs are _____ factors
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Pull.
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The study of _______ plates will reveal the movement of the continents.
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Tectonic.
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How is a globe superior to a map?
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It's an accurate model of the world.
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How is a map superior to a globe?
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They can be carried around easily, folded, hung on a wall, or printed in a book or magazine.
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To study people adapting to natural resources, you would use the term of h______ e________ i________.
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Human enviroment interaction.
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The Ottoman Empire was carved up between two European countires, _________ and ________
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Great Britain and France.
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The most improtant primary product of SW Asia is _______.
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Oil.
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Muslims fast during the month of ________.
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Ramadan.
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What was the main purpose for building the Suez Canal?
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The Egyptian ruler wanted it to make Egypt the equal of Western nations.
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The first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel was ______.
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Egypt.
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_________ brought about westernization in Turkey.
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Mustafa Kemal.
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Turkey is a member of N___.
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NATO.
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The Sahel, south of the Sahara, is a s_______ region.
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Semiarid.
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Civil war in Nigeria was caused by d_______.
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Diversity.
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Europeans established colonies in Africa because they wanted the r____ m______.
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Raw materials.
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Desertafication is cause by overgrazing and d_______.
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Drought.
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The Banta made weapons of ______.
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Iron.
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Sub-Saharan Africans traded gold for s______.
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Salt.
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The policy of segregation in South Africa was called a_________.
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Apartheid.
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The Pan African Congress worked to estabilsh i__________ for the countries of Africa.
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Independence.
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The borders of modern African nations were established by __________ leaders.
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European.
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Ghana was the first to have c______ p_______ e_______.
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Compulsory primary education.
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Most African countries today are striving for a m_____ economy.
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Market.
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What is the occupation of most of the population of Western and Central Africa?
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Farmer.
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When is a rite of passage usually celebrated?
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When one passes from on stage of life to another.
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The first African to win the Nibel Prize for Literature was S______.
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Soyinka.
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Why did the Kingdom of Aksum lose most of its trade around AD 350?
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Islam came to Arabia and Aksum lost much of its trade becuase the Muslim Arabians prefered to trade with other Muslims.
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The Masai people make a living through p________.
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Pastoralism.
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What has killed most of the native fish in Lake Victoria?
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Overfishing.
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The poorest region of Africa is the ________ region.
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Eastern.
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Harambee schools have been built in K______.
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Kenya.
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Kenya's economy depends on t________.
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Tourism.
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Interdependence between countries has increased because of ______________.
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Advances in communication and transportation.
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