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Question | Answer |
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What family of laugages was spoken centuries ago throughout India, but today is mostly spoken in the southern part. | Dravidan |
Who was the leader of Mongals who invaded China in 1206. | Gegas Khan |
Who are highly nationalist moutain people who live in mant nations, such as Iran,Iraq, Labonan,Syria,and turkey | Kurds |
The _______ establish a great empire centaries ago in Cambodia | Khmer |
What word means where one place is in comparison to another place? | relative location |
Who was a communist leader of Vietnam's independence movement against France? | Ho Chi Minh |
What is a three-day festival that marks the beginning of spring in Vietnam? | Tet |
What part of social studies is the study of people, places and the environmenet | Geography |
Europeans first established trade with China by traveling the | Silk Road |
What was the ancient Egypt systm of picture-writing called | Heiroglyphics |
What was the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Isreal | Egypt |
What is the chinese philosphy that is based on finding harmony with the way of nature | Taoism |
In ancient Egypt, pyramids were built as burial places for _______. | Pharaohs |
Who were the first settlers in New Zealand | Maori |
What word means the exact spot on Earth where a place can be found? | absolute location |
Who are the highly nationalistic mountain people who live in many nations, such as Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey | Kurds |
The Egyptian sun god was _____? | Re |
What was the vast empire that included what is now Turkey and parts of Northern Africa, Southwest Asia, and Southeast Europe? | Ottoman Empire |
This movement begun in 1966 was intended to remove all opposition to the Communist Party in China. | Cultural Revolution |
Hinduism was originally based on the social practices of the | Aryans |
In 1949, he became the leader of Communist China. | Mao Zedong |
What is the seasonal wind that blows over the northern part of the Indian ocean | monsoon |
Nauru, Palau, and the Marshall Islands are all located in which region | Micronesia |
The modernization of Japan took place in the 1800s during a period known as the | Meiji Restoration |
Which is a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean | typhoon |
Before the Europeans arrived in Africa, huge trade netwoks were built based on the need of sub-Saharan Africans for | salt |
Who was the Mesopotamian ruler responsible for a code of strict laws | Hammurabi |
Who was India's first woman prime minister | Indira Gandhi |
The leader of Mali during its golden age was | Mansa Musa |
Most of the crops grown on plantations owned by Europeans in Africa were | cash crops |
Hinduism was originally based on the social practices of the | Aryans |
Australia and New Zealand are both members of what group? | Commonwealth of Nations |
________ is a religion that emphasizes the principles of karma and reincarnation | Hinduism |
Which revolt began in 1900 and was intended to rid China of all foreigners? | Boxer Rebellion |
What is the name for recent developments in agriculture that use new seeds, fertilizers, and chemicals | Green Revolution |
In western and central Africa, society is generally based on | extended family |
Who was the leader of the Mongols who invaded China in 1206 | Genghis Khan |
The ancient Egyptians made writing material out of a plant called _______. | papyrus |
What is the study of how people manage their resources? | economics |
What is the mountain range that stretches 1500 miles across south central Asia? | Himalayas |
Which term refers to a person's ancestry being traced through the mother's family? | matrilineal society |
The _____ extends more than 1,200 miles off the northeast coast of Australia. | Great Barrier Reef |
The Sahel region of Africa is best described as | semiarid land |
What term refers to agriculture practiced mostly to feed one's household? | subsistence farming |
Nauru, Palau, and the Marshall Islands are all located in which region | Micronesia |
What is the Chinese philosophy that is based on finding harmony with the "way of nature"? | Taoism |
Long ago, what was the traditional Southeast Asian system of government with a ruler at the center of each region? | mandala |
The earliest monotheistic religion that developed in the area around Jerusalem was _______. | Judaism |
The people who came to South Asia around 1700 B.C. spoke _________. | Sanskirt |
What word means a measure of distance north or south of the Equator? | latitude |
A _________ is an inherited social class. | Caste |
Who was the founder of Islam? | Muhammad |
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe that | there is only one god. |
Which is a theme in the study of geography | movement |