Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia

The _____ Desert covers northern China and a large portion of Mongolia.

Gobi

What was the political and economic situation in China following Mao Zedong's death?

Moderates won power, and China adopted capitalist and free market ideas.

Aung San Suu Kyi led a pro-democracy movement

Myanmar

The world's longest river is the

Nile River

Sinhalese-dominated government fought the Tamil insurgents

Sri Lanka

An economic system based on free enterprise rather than governmental control

capitalism

Western European nations generally are ___________ economically and __________ politically.

capitalistic democratic

Which rivers did the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations begin on?

tigris Euphrates

What was the purpose of the Great Leap Forward?

to transform China into a developed, industrial nation

Asia is the largest continent in the world.

true

Europe is the world's second smallest continent.

true

European Coal and Steel Community

1951

European Economic Community

1957

European Community

1967

The United States, Australia, and New Zealand signed the ___________ mutual defense agreement in 1951.

ANZUS

the Taliban seized control in 1996

Afghanistan

The world's largest coral reef is the Great _____ Reef in Australia.

Barrier

Mount ________ is the highest mountain on earth.

Everest

A massive earthquake and tsunami disrupted Mongolia's economy in 2011.

False: Japan

What two nations held the greatest number of African colonies?

Great Britain, France

A warm ocean current that starts in the Caribbean Sea and flows through the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida before heading up the eastern coastline of the United States.

Gulf Stream

The ____________ Mountains form the southern edge of the Plateau of Tibet, and the ____________Mountains form the northern edge.

Himalayan kunlun

Australia is located in the _______ Ocean, south of Indonesia.

Indian

a mob seized the U.S. Embassy in 1979

Iran

In addition to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Iran, the nations of Southwest Asia include:

Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Syria Turkey Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

What is the dominant religion of North Africa?

Islam

a Jewish nation in the Middle East

Israel

Africa touches Asia at the ________ and nearly touches Europe at the .__________

Isthmus of Suez Strait of Gibraltar

Communist regime in Cambodia that brutally seized power in 1975 and controlled the country until 1979.

Khmer Rouge

The __________ were very brutal Cambodian Communists.

Khmer Rouge

was invaded and occupied by Iraq in 1990

Kuwait

The Muslim nation of __________- was formed at the time of India's independence.

Pakistan

Several of Asia's mountain ranges branch out in all directions from a region in Central Asia known as the .

Pamir Knot

Ferdinand Marcos ruled from 1965 to 1986

Philippines

The Baltic Sea borders which nations?

Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Russia Sweden Finland and Germany

The head of state in Australia is _____.

Queen Elizabeth II

The ________ Desert is the world's largest desert.

Sahara

The vast plains of Central Africa are called the

Savana

Apartheid was a policy of racial segregation in ______ that began in 1948 and was abolished in the 1990s.

South Africa

In addition to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, the nations of Southeast Asia include:

Thailand Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Brunei Philippines

Europe has mild weather because of the warming influence of the bodies of water which surround it.

True

Europe's longest river is the____________- , which is located in ____________

Volga, Russia

A policy of racial segregation in South Africa that began in 1948 and was abolished in the 1990s.

apartheid

The common characteristic of Switzerland, Andorra, Iceland, Norway, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, and the Holy See is that they ________ part of the European Union.

are not

During the Cold War, many African nations were governed either by military rulers or by ______.

dictators

Europe's tallest peak, Mount Elbrus, is located in the Alps on the border of Austria and southern Germany.

false: southern russia

Which rivers did China's ancient civilization begin on?

huang he Yangtze

What lake found in Africa is the world's second largest freshwater lake in terms of surface area?

lake victoria

Which of the following issues have created tensions between North Korea and other nations, including South Korea and the United States?

nuclear weapons program development of long-range missiles

Australia is the world's ________ continent.

smallest

Refers to a person or political party that holds to the ideas of socialism.

socialist

One of the accomplishments of the European Union is the establishment of a single currency, which is shared by eighteen member nations.

true