Geog 100 SG 3

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Which religion was founded by Siddhartha, focuses on self-knowledge, and has Four Noble Truths?

Buddhism

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in which SE Asian country?

Cambodia

What is Egypt's capital city?

Cario

SRI LANKA Capital

Colombo

What is the territorial state morphology of Cambodia?

Compact

What is the territorial state morphology of Philippines?

Fragmented

Which colonial sphere controlled Vietnam?

France

What program that began in the 1960s developed higher-yield, fast growing varieties of grains in developing countries through modern agricultural techniques?

Green Revolution

What is the capital of Vietnam?

Hanoi

Which mountain range dominates the country of Afghanistan, dividing it into three environmental zones (northern plains, central highlands, desert southern plateau)?

Hindu Kush

The Caste System is a strict social stratification of people practiced in what religion?

Hinduism

The Dravidian Family Langauges are primarlity spoken in which South Asian Region today?

India

Which country is the largest secular federal democracy in the world?

India

Which is the largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population?

Indonesia

The Mesopotamic Culture Hearth was located in what present-day country?

Iraq

The majority of people in Bangladesh adhere to which religion?

Islam

PAKISTAN Capital

Islamabad

What resource reserves are of economic importance to many of the North African / SW Asian states today?

Oil and gas

What is the territorial state morphology of Indonesia?

Perforated

What is the capital of Cambodia?

Phnom Penh

What is the territorial state morphology of Thailand?

Protruded

MOROCCO Capital

Rabat

On what basis was South Asia partitioned into India, East Pakistan, and West Pakistan when they gained independence from Britain?

Religion: Hinduism and Islam

Islam's 5 Pillars of Faith

Repeated expressions of creed Frequent prayer Alms giving Month of daytime fasting Pilgrimage to Mecca

SAUDI ARABIA Capital

Riyadh

The centrifugal forces in Sri Lanka resulting in civil war from 1983 to 2009 were between which two groups?

Sinhalese and Tamils

Which colonial sphere controlled the Philippines?

Spain

Which SE Asian country has a bi-polar arrangement with 2 strong cities anchoring different regions (Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the South)?

Vietnam

What are the features of the tropical rainforest (humid equatorial) climate?

Warm-hot; wet all year

Which colonial sphere controlled Malaysia?

Britain

The historic spreading of Islam around the world in its earliest stages illustrates the spatial diffusion geographic concept of what?

(spatial) Diffusion

Afghanistan Capital

*Kabal

Which Hindu Tenet embodies the concept of non-violence?

Ahimsa

ALGERIA Capital

Algiers

TURKEY Capital

Ankara

What is the name of the dam located on the Nile River that served to increase Egypt's irrigated land and hydro-electric power production?

Aswan High Dam

IRAQ Capital

Baghdad

What is the capital of Thailand?

Bangkok

Which physiographic region in South Asia has the highest population density?

Bangladesh

LEBANON Capital

Beirut

What is Pakistan's primary legal economic industry?

Cotton-based textile industry

Middle East: What is the capital of Syria?

Damascus

BANGLADESH Capital

Dhaka

Is the ethnic make-up of Afghanistan relatively homogeneous or diverse?

Diverse

The theory that indicates that destabilization in one area will eventually effect surrounding areas is called what?

Domino Theory

What are the three main climates of the SW / North African realm?

Dry arid desert, semi-arid steppe, Mediterranean

Cattle are sources of what 3 things in India?

Dung fuel, milk products, and animate labor

Which colonial sphere controlled Indonesia?

Dutch (Netherlands)

What is the territorial state morphology of Vietnam?

Elongated

What is the capital of Malaysia?

Kuala Lumpur

What is the capital of Indonesia?

Jakarta

What three world monotheistic religions emerged in SW Asia?

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

India and Pakistan have been fighting over what territory since the partition of South Asia?

Kashmir

NEPAL Capital

Kathmandu

SUDAN Capital

Khartoum

Islam came to India through which Hindu Kush Mountain pass in the 8th through 10th centuries AD?

Khyber Pass

SE Asian River: Mekong

Location

What is the name used to refer to the countries of Northwestern Africa?

Maghreb

What is the capital of the Philippines?

Manila

Name the 3 large river systems on the Southeast Asian mainland that were identified in lecture.

Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Irrawaddy

What is the major economy of Bengaluru (Bangalore), India?

Mod info-tech software

SOMALIA Capital

Mogadishu

The seasonal reversal of winds (offshore flow in winter, and onshore flow in summer) is indicative of what climatic pattern?

Monsoon climate

The Southeast Asian Insular (Island) physiography is dominated by what?

Mountains

The people who practice Islam are called what?

Muslim

What desert in Southern Israel is where modern agricultural technology has resulted in an increase in food production?

Negev

INDIA Capital

New Delhi

One of the reforms that Ataturk made in Turkey was replacing the usage of the Arabic alphabet to what alphabet?

Roman

What environmental problem is confronting the Maldives?

Sea level rise

What is the Film, Stop the traffic, about?

Sex industry in Cambodia

What territory did Egypt lose to Israel in 1967 but gained back through later peace agreements?

Sinai

Which country is considered an economic tiger and has the highest developmental statistics in the SE Asian Realm?

Singapore

Which country has experienced a conflict in its Darfur Province?

Sudan

IRAN Capital

Tehran

BHUTAN Capital

Thimphu

LIBYA Capital

Tripoli

What is shifting cultivation and where has it been practiced in SE Asia?

Tropical rainforest hills: slash and burn shifting agriculture

TUNISIA Capital

Tunis


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