| Question |
Answer |
| Machines designed for war were mass produced for the first time for |
World War I |
| Groups formed to bargain with factory owners for workers rights are |
Unions |
| Main goal of the Marshall Plan |
help rebuild Europe after WWII |
| Leader responsible for the Holocaust |
Adolf Hitler |
| World War II ended when |
the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan |
| The Truman Doctrine |
plan to support countries fighting communism |
| The euro is |
a currenct of the European Union |
| policy that discouraged attack by threatening nuclear war |
deterrence |
| country once split into democratic and communist parts but now reunited |
Germany |
| Four regions of the United Kingdom |
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
| 80% of France's energy comes from |
nuclear power plants |
| In Belgium, tensions arise |
between Walloons and Flemings |
| drained lands that have rich farming soil |
polders |
| Poland's farmers grow more of this than any other country in Europe |
potatoes and rye |
| Bulgarians vacation at resorts on the |
Black Sea |
| Russia is the |
largest country in the world |
| under communist rule |
the government controls the economy |
| Who was the Czar-Liberator that freed the serfs in 1861 |
Alexander II |
| dictator of the Soviet Union from the late 1920's until after WW II |
Joseph Stalin |
| Ivan III made Muscovy stronger by driving out the |
Mongols |
| first Russian civilization |
Kievan Rus |
| Communist leaders control the economy using |
five year plans |
| The Cold War |
was between the Soviet Union and the United States |
| "Venice of the North" |
St. Petersburg |
| Russian stories passed down orally through generations |
skazki |
| Only ice free Russian port |
Kaliningrad |
| Russian troops fought rebellious ethnic groups called |
Chechens |
| Judiasm was first practiced by |
Israelites |
| Mesopotamian civilization developed in |
the Fertile Crescent |
| Christians celebrate the day Jesus rose from the dead |
Easter |
| Muslims call God |
Allah |
| Holiest Jewish day |
Yom Kippur |
| Muslims must fulfill |
five pillars of faith |
| Christians believe the Messiah is |
Jesus |
| Yom Kippur is the |
"Day of Atonement" |
| The Nile River begins in east Africa and flows to |
the Mediterranean Sea |
| Egypt's main economic activity |
agriculture |
| 1990's, Libya's pipelines carried water |
from the desert to the coast |
| First known people of North Africa |
Berbers |
| Algeria has large deposits of |
Oil and natural gas |
| What nation of Southwest Asia has land in both Asia and Europe? |
Turkey |
| The largest desert in Saudi Arabia |
Rub' al Khali |
| Most industrialized country of Southwest Asia |
Israel |
| Law of Return |
increased Jewish population in Israel |
| Istanbul once called |
Constantinople |
| Most of West Africa's farmers grow crops on |
their own small plots of land |
| Nigeria's major mineral resource and largest export |
oil |
| short grasses of the Sahel used for |
grazing animals |
| first country of West Africa to gain independence in 1957 |
Ghana |
| Nigeria village markets run by |
women |
| tropical tree with roots above the water |
mangrove |
| First African Nobel Prize for Literature |
Wole Soyinka |
| Gorillas live in the dense rain forests of |
Rwanda and Burundi |
| one of the world's largest wild animal populations is in |
Tanzania |
| Fossils of early human ancestors found in |
Great Rift Valley |
| Ethiopa suffered famines from |
lack of rainfall |
| Thought to be world's origianl home to coffee |
Ethiopia |
| White Nile and Blue Nile join in |
Khartoum |
| 50% of Angola's people practice |
Roman Catholic religion |
| South Africa's three largest ethnic groups |
Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa |
| Island country of southern Africa with plants and animals found nowhere else in the world |
Madagascar |
| South Africa language created and spoken by European groups |
Afrikaans |
| British settlers went to South Africa in the 1800's because of |
gold discovered |
| African National Conference founded in 1912 to |
gain power for black South Africans |
| main economic activity of the Maldives |
tourism |
| Bangladesh gained independence from |
Pakistan |
| Sri Lanka famous for |
rubies and other gemstones |
| India second largest producer of |
rice |
| Pakistan and Bangaladesh are mainly |
Muslim |
| Once called "Hidden Holy Land" |
Bhutan |
| Language for business and government in India |
English |
| China's communist leader that made China a more open country |
Deng Xiaoping |
| China's "one country, two system" is |
communism and capitalism |
| 1200s, Mongols joined together under |
Genghis Khan |
| Great Wall of China was built |
to keep out northern invaders |
| Chinese thinker whose beliefs attracted writers and artists |
Laozi |
| China's society and government influenced by |
Kongfuzi |
| 1989 protest in China was led by workers and |
students wanting political reforms |
| Japan has earthquakes because |
it lies on the Ring of Fire |
| Japan modeled their way of life after |
China |
| Japan has few |
raw materials |
| Korean War started when |
North Korea attacked South Korea |
| North Korean government owns |
and runs farms and factories |
| Korean War ended in 1953 |
with no victory or peace treaty |
| One of the world's most densely populated nations |
Indonesia |
| Indonesia was once a colony of the |
Dutch |
| Philippines once ruled by |
Spain |
| Country once called Burma |
Myanmar |
| Australia is called the "Land Down Under" |
lies in the Southern Hemisphere |
| New Zealand's most important agricultural resource |
sheep |
| 75% of New Zealanders live |
on North Island |
| Aboriginies came from |
Asia |
| Great Barrier Reef lies |
off the northeast coast of Australia |
| New Zealand sits on molten rock so it is rich in |
geothermal energy |
| Under Antarctica's huge ice cap is |
highlands, valleys, and mountains |
| The United States and Japan fought many battles during WW II on |
the islands of Micronesia |
| Geographers study three major island groups in the Pacific Ocean called |
Oceania |
| Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are |
territories of the United States |
| Antartica's huge ice cap contains |
nearly 70% of earth's freshwater |
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