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| Gorbachev | (cold war) soviet leader who started to give more economic and political freedoms to the soviet union -> calliopes of the soviet union and cold war
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| czar | emperor -> peter the great was ____ of russia from 1682-1725 tried to empathize science and technology
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| Lenin | leader of communist party; took control of the government
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| Stalin | Leader of the soviet union during WWII wanted to spread communism; fought against the german natiz
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| Valdimir Putin | russian president (2000)
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| outback | an unpopulated island of austrilla
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| Lagoon | Salt water separated from the sea by coral reefs
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| Artesian Wells | a deep well where water is pumped upward
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| Krakota | island that was blown up when a volcano; erupted and created huge tsunamis
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| rabbits in Austrila | no noatural predators=infested austrilla and ate all their crops; still struggling with this issue
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| low lands | formed by coral reefs
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| high lands | formed by volcanos; have soil and support agriculture
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| Atoll | island with lagoon in the middle
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| Vietnam war | US became involved; over communism (Book has more details)
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| Major food source in Vietnam | rice
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| europeans settlement of Australia | colonized in 1788 as a place to send prisoners; gave brittan more pacific naval bases; had violent conflicts w/ many people came
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| good effects of tourism in Oceania | spend money= supporting infrastructure
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| bad effects of tourism in Oceania | require hotels, streets, roads and vehicles; also a threat to environment and traditional way of life
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| Aborigines | orignal inhabitants of Australia; lived off of hunting gathering and did not harm their land
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| Population location of Australia | along the (east) coast
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| Devolpment of Antarctica | used for scientific research; governed by the UN (united nations)
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| Religous influrences in SE Asia | Spanish->christianity to Philipense
missioonaries and colonism-> christianity widely spreading
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| North Korea | CCC- Communism, Command Economy, China= ally
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| South Korea | DDU- Democratic, Demand Economy, US= ally
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| Isolationism in china | mountains
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| Development of Japan | lack of natural resources; industrial leader of East Asia
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| Imperialism | authority of an empire or nation over forge in countries
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| Spheres of influence in China | method of dividing forigen countries
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| 3 gorges dam | dam began in the late 20th century to help control flooding, generate power and allow ships to sail further into china
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| Japanese homes | small; one or 2 rooms; build up and not out/wide to take up less space
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| Tiananmen Square | fight broke out and government tried to hide it
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| Ring of Fire | chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Ocean
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| Chinese Economic Zones | developed by government to increase foreign trade
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| Population location in China and Japan | east coast
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| Hong Kong | thriving trade; reunited with china in 1997
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| Cyclone | violent storm w/ fierce winds and heavy rain; most extreme weather pattern of South Asia
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| Tsunami | Very destructive; many in Japan; giant ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruption
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| Pacific Rim | economic and social region
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| Daoism | THE WAY
harmony; government should not get involved
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| Confucianism | importance of oder, education and higharcy in a well ordered society
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| Buddism | enlightment; 4 noble truths; 8 fold path; nirvana; rebirth
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| Economic Triggers | strong economy with cheap labor; high technology and exports
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| Typhoons | tropical storm that occurs in the Western Pacific
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| India Modern Problems | overpopulation- lack of basic needs; religion and ethnic division
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| Kashmir | territory where Pakistan and India have fought many wars
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| Division of South Asia after it split up | religious and ethnic groups
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| why is the indus river important to Pakistan | good soil; brings water throughout region; very HOLY; very polluted with daed organisms; irrigation
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| Indo-Gangetic Plain | most densely populated area where most people live; lots of rain and good soil
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| Bangladesh | young country; believes in large families; broke away from Pakistan; poor, muslim, large population
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| Cyclone of 1970 | created Bangladesh; killed hundreds of thousands of people; 80% of rice was gone; 70% of ships were wrecked
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| Winter Monsoons | very dry winds; south west winds
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| Summer Monsoons | very wet north east winds
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| Population density in South Asia and where do they live | near the east coast and along the ganges river; info gangetic plain
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| caste system | social classes; certain moral duty, dharma
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| Brahmans | priest and scholars
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| Kshathyas | rulers and warriors
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| Sudras | artisans and labors
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| Vaisyas | farmers and merchants
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| Religious Conflict in South Asia | Pakistan(islam) and India(Hinduism) don't get along
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| Himalayan Mountians | Mountain range including mt. Everest
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| Hinduism | Belief in many gods; reincarnation; karma; caste system
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| Aswan high Dam | created to stop flooding of the nile river in Egypt and Sudan gives farmers regular supply of water
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| ancestor worship | worship sports of relatives from the past
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| animism | non human organisms have sports; souls
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| aids | hiv disease that plagues Africa
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| desertification | an expansion of dry expansion into most area that are next to deserts
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| Africas physical geography | irregular coastline- low then flattens; natural harbors
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| F.W. de Klerk | president of apartheid in South Africa
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| Berlin Conference | determined by european nations on how african countries should be divided; no african leaders could attend; didn't separate ethnic groups
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| Culture of North Africa | simmular to SW Asia
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| African rivers | can't be used bc of caderacks
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| farming in africa | not done well; methods that ruin soil and main part of economy
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| European colonization of Africa | natural resources
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| factors making development in african counties difficult | lack of infustrucure
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| escarpment | a steep slope with nearly flat plateau onto
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| nigeria | oil and help from other countries
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| nelson mandela | south african leader
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| sahara | largest desert in the world; streches from atlantic to red sea
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| the sahel | fertil land south of sahara; slowly getting smaller due to overarming
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| rift valleys | land that sanks to form long thin valleys or continental plates pulled apart
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| wadi | dry riverbed
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| natural resources in SW asia | oil
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| bedouins | nomadic desert peole
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| jerusalem | heart of 3 major religions
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| major religions of SW Asia | Islam, Judaism, Christianity
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| Creation of Israel after WWII | Jewish got israel and kicked out the palatines
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| fertil cressent | valley around tigris and euphrates river and wraps along the nile river
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| muhammed | messenger of islam; prophet
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| kurds | stateless nation
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| Zionism | the movement of giving jews a homeland
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| climate regions of SW Asia | largest dessert(arid) semiarid and Mediterranean along the coast
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| Theocracy | governed based on religion
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| dictatorship | country led by a dictator or someone with complete rule over a country
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| areal sea | begining to shrink bc officials are using it for irrigation of cotton fields and kara kum canal
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| on going tensions in russia | eastern Europe; split not based on religion
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| Collapse of the USSR | Gorbachev
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| result of the 1917 revolution russia | communism
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| location of natural resources russi | petrulium in the caspian; leading in oil and natural gas
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| religious distribution russia | book not split by religions when deciding land
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| Caucasus mountains | mountain range between black sea and caspian sea
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| russias access to the Mediterranean | black sea
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| russias population distribution | west most people live
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| communism | government holds most of the political power and means of production
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| USSR becoming republics | 1922 communist party organized different groups of people
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| climate regions russia | humid continental and subartic climates; effect of distance from the sea- continentality= amount of precipitation and temp
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| vegetation regions russia | tundra
forest
steepe- chromosome(soil)
dessert- kara kum and kyzyl kum
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| Ural Mountains | mountain range separating eroupe and asia
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