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Post Test Tri 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a person that flees one country to live in another due to poverty, war or natural disasters | refugee |
| a place in the desert where water can be found | oasis |
| Nile, Congo, Zambezi, and Niger | major rivers in Africa |
| An organization was developed within African whose goals were peace–keeping and developing the economies of countries within Africa | African Union |
| Location of Africa’s major lakes | the Great Rift Valley |
| illegal hunting, major issue in various parts of Africa and Asia | poaching |
| the process that causes fertile land in regions such as the Sahel to become too dry to farm | desertification |
| scarcity of food | famine |
| largest all–sand desert in the world in Saudi Arabia | Rubʿ al–Khali |
| Southwest Asia's more common name due to its location between three continents | Middle East |
| The triangular area of a river where sediment settles due to water slowing as it empties out into an ocean: ex. Ganges, Nile | delta |
| The religions of Christianity, Judaism, & Islam developed in this region | Southwest Asia |
| major religion within Saudi Arabia and Iran | Islam |
| name for people who practice Islam | Muslims |
| important natural resource in SW Asia that can decide how wealthy a country | petroleum |
| culture & religion combination common in SW Asia and North Africa | Arab & Islam |
| The Indian subcontinent drifted into the rest of Asia creating this physical feature | The Himalayas |
| main religion practiced within South Asia | Hinduism |
| country located in South Asia has the world's largest democracy | India |
| social structure within India | caste system |
| issues faced by the population within South Asia | High population density, High birth rate, Living in slums due to poverty |
| The U.S. & Europe send goods and services due to it being cheaper to produce and provide in those places | outsourcing example |
| Asian peninsula that's divided into two countries with very different government and economic systems | Korean |
| Changing Chinese policy that used to control its population size | one–child policy |
| Archipelagos in SE Asia | Philippines & Indonesia |
| wealthy island nation located at the southern tip of the Malaysian Peninsula | Singapore |
| country in East Asia that has a Communist, one–party system where the government cannot be challenged | China |
| winds that greatly affect the amount of precipitation at various times of the year in Southern Asia | monsoons |
| Two religions that are blended and practiced by many people in Japan | Shinto & Buddhism |
| large geographic feature off the east coast of Australia that is endangered due to pollution and warming waters | The Great Barrier Reef |
| region that surrounds much of the Pacific Ocean that contains many volcanoes and earthquakes | Ring of Fire |
| indigenous people of Australia | Aborigine |
| the sparsely populated & very dry region within central Australia that is also home to Uluru | Outback |
| Nile River flows through this country | Egypt |
| Ocean on Africa's east coast | Indian |
| Desert in Northern Africa | Sahara |
| country located in the Horn of Africa | Somalia |
| most populated country in Africa | Nigeria |
| the Congo River flows into this body of water | Atlantic |
| African country on the Mediterranean Sea | Morocco |
| largest country in SW Asia that is located on a peninsula | Saudi Arabia |
| Country to the east of Iraq | Iran |
| Country to the southwest of China | India |
| Country located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea | Israel |
| Country that is an island in the Indian Ocean | Sri Lanka |
| island that China still claims as part of their territory | Taiwan |
| landlocked country | Mongolia |
| island country southeast of Australia | New Zealand |
| region located in western China that would like to be independent due to cultural differences | Tibet |
| The Pacific Island region that contains the islands within the triangle formed by Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand | Polynesia |
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