CRCT ALL Year Long Review In which country

CRCT ALL Year Long Review

In which country is the Gaza Strip located? Israel

What has happened to many of the Palestinians refugees since 1948 ? They have no where to live.

What is the U. S. main economic interest in Southwest Asia? Oil

What is the most dominant ethnic group in Southwest Asia (Middle East)? Arabs

What is the PLO? Palestinian Liberation Organization (group that tried to get Israel back from the Jews)

This man gets credit for founding Buddhism. Who is Siddartha Guatama?

Zionism can be best described as ? Jewish nationalism to take back the holy land.

What are the Five Pillars? Five basic “rules” that Muslims are supposed to live their lives by

He led China through The Great Leap Forward, and The Cultural Revolution. Who is Mao Zedong?

What is Zionism? The nationalist movement for Jews to return to their homeland in Palestine (Israel)

This waterway flows through many countries and its delta is in Vietnam. What is the Mekong River?

The Indus River flows mainly through this country. What is Pakistan?

What was the Holocaust? The murder of 6 millions of European Jews during World War II

Governments 5, 000 Japan has this type of government. What is a Constitutional Monarchy?

What desert is this? North & South Korea China India Vietnam Indonesia Japan

In an Autocratic government, how does the leader usually lead? What is a like a Dictator with unlimited power?

What are the two forms of democratic governments and what is the MAIN difference between them? • 1. ) Parliamentary- A system of government in which the executive power works with members of the legislature, who are part of the law making process. • The executive power is actually part of the law making process --(Prime Minister) • 2. ) Presidential- A system of government in which the Executive (President) is separate from the legislature or law making process. • President is the Head of the country

What is the result of cutting down trees to use for money & free up land for farming? Deforestation

Which concept relates to religion rather than ethnicity? a. Muhammad is Arab. b. Joseph follows the Hebrew Bible. c. Kemal is a nomadic herder. d. Aailyah speaks Swahili. B

What is the major problem with many rivers in China and India?

What body of water is this?

What desert is this?

What river is this?

Movement that stressed all black Africans must see themselves as one UNITED people Pan-Africanism

Describe the characteristics of an ETHNIC GROUP.

THE SAHEL What Region is this?

During the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries European powers raced to colonize the African continent, this became known as…. . “Scramble for Africa”

Who was the president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa Frederick W. De Klerk

How is Malaria spread? Mosquitoes

Why did Europeans build empires in Africa? Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to expand their empires.

During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African countries experienced what? ? Political Independence from the European Powers

Governments 10, 000 A form of government in which the power is in the hands of a few persons or small group. What is an Oligarchy?

In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called? DESERTIFICATION

Governments 7, 500 A system of government where the power is split between the central and local governments. What is a Federal system?

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through which county? Iraq

Governments 2, 000 A system of government where the central government possess much of the authority and law making power. What is a Unitary system?

Geography again 7, 500 What is Indonesia?

Religion again 10, 000 This religion celebrates life and the beauty of nature. What is Shintoism?

What modern day country is the home to those who call themselves the Persians? Iran

What is the largest sect/branch of Islam? Sunni Muslim

According to the Islamic Religion, who is the prophet? Muhammad

What modern day country is the home to those who call themselves the Persians? Iran