World Regional Studies Semester 2 Final

What were the South African laws that systematically segregated the country?

Apartheid

What is the name for someone who is from the Arabian Peninsula and speaks Arabic?

Arab

What is the name for a large group of islands?

Archipelago

What is the country with the world's driest desert, where is has never rained? And what is the name of that desert?

Atacama Desert / Chile

What is the river used for transportation in China?

Chiang Jiang

Why has El Salvador not been able to make much progress over the last 30 years?

Civil War / Natural Disasters

What is the name for the Spanish heritage and culture shared by Puerto Rico and the Dominican in the Caribbean?

???

What is the primary export of Nigeria?

Oil

Why is Tokyo's unfortunate location potentially catastrophic for the global economy?

On a fault line / Unable to manufacture goods needed by other countries

What is the main agricultural product of the Golden Triangle?

Opium

What is the name for the extensive treeless plains in South America?

Pampas

What is a disease that spreads worldwide called?

Pandemic

What was the name of the Chinese Nationalist's new government?

Republic of China

What is the name of the only port in the world that rivals Singapore in amount of trade?

Rotterdam

What is the name for the coastal Chinese cities that operated with capitalistic principles, even though China is officially communist?

SEZ

What is unique about Malaysia's geography?

Split up in both the mainland and insular region

What is the only Dutch speaking South American country?

Suriname

Where was the Republic of China located?

Taiwan

What is the Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan?

Taliban

What is Sri Lanka's major export?

Tea

What did the Aztecs call their capital city? What is it called now?

Tenochtitlan / Mexico City

Why is Brazil rapidly developing and combining their two largest cities?

They are expected to host the World Cup and the Summer Olympics in the coming years

What was the world's largest engineering project?

Three Gorges Dam

What two rivers surround Mesopotamia?

Tigris and Euphrates

What is the key trading port inside Africa prior to the colonial period?

Timbuktu

Why are there 4 million Afghan Pashtun refugees living in Pakistan?

To flee the civil war with Bin Laden within Pakistan with the soviets.

What is unique about Costa Rica's Economy?

Tourist Based

Why would Pakistan be hesitant to fully support the US in the WAR of TERROR?

Trouble choosing sides

What Middle Eastern country has promoted itself as a tourist attraction in recent years?

United Arab Emirites

What factors have wrecked Cuba's economy over the last 2-3 decades?

United States Embargo, Soviet union stops funding

What makes the Amazon the largest river in the world?

Width

What is the only country in the Western Hemisphere whose population growth is actually impacted by HIV?

Haiti

What was once called the "Paris of the Caribbean" but now is in shambles after the fall of the soviet union?

Havana, Cuba

What makes insect-borne diseases in Africa more common than other places around the world?

Heat increases the lifespan of the disease

What is the highest mountain chain in the world?

Himalayas

What is the most unique physical characteristic of Africa's geography?

Its location is squarely on the equator

What country was dominant militarily and economically in the 20th century?

Japan

What is the North Korean term for self-reliance?

Juche

What type of government has ruled Myanmar for the majority of its existence since it changed from Burma?

Junta

What was the type of government instituted in Myanmar after Suu Kyi was "elected" in 1990?

Junta

What is the name for non-aran sunni who are strong minorities?

Kurds

Why is Iraq more dependent on oil pipelines than other oil-producing Middle Eastern countries?

Lack of a Usable Port

What is the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Lagos, Nigeria

What kind of government does Bhutan have? And why is this unique?

Monarchy / Only monarchy in Southeast Asia

What is a person of mixed black and european descent?

Mulatto

What is the name for the international trade agreement that Mexico entered into with the US and Canada in 1992?

NAFTA

What are the 5 modern-day countries that once made up the Union of Central American States?

Nicaragua, El salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Hondura

What is the name of the land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland?

Agroforestry

What is the leading cause of death in sub-saharan Africa?

Aids

What is known as the "Venice of the East" because of its canals?

Bangkok, Thailand

What country is most vulnerable in terms of population to the effects of sea levels rising?

Bangladesh

What was the country created out of Pakistan territory 24 years after Pakistan's Independence?

Bangladesh

What is the most common family of languages in sub-saharan Africa?

Bantu

Which Latin American nations have a predominantly pure European ancestry?

Belize, Argentina, Uruguay, Suriname, and Guyana

What was meeting called where European countries divided Africa with no regard for previously unified areas or neighboring hostile societies?

Berlin Conference

What is the significance of Mecca?

Birthplace of Islam

What is the name for Dutch immigrant farmers who were the first to settle in Africa?

Boers

What makes the Pakistani-Indian rivalry unique?

Both Nuclear capable

What is a name for raw material that is traded?

Commodity

Why does Lebanon have a higher percentage of Christians than any other Middle Eastern country?

Crusades

What is the name for Mao Zedong's policy to improve the state of China?

Cultural Revolution

What is the DMZ?

De-Militarized Zone between South and North Korea

Who was the Chinese ruler responsible for the one-child policy?

Deng Xiaping

What is the process of arid conditions spreading to moist areas?

Desertification

What country do Cuba and Puerto Rico share a common culture and history with?

Dominican Republic

What is Hispaniola?

Dominican Republic / Haiti

What is the technique of watering in the desert through special pipes that allow only a certain amount of water out?

Drip Irrigation in Israel

What is the newest country in Asia?

East Timor

How did African Slave trade develop?

Europe established formal colonies that needed people to work. Coastal people would capture able-bodied men from the interior populations and trade them as slaves to the Europeans

What is the name for the shantytowns on the outskirts of large cities in brazil called?

Favelas

What makes Haiti so interesting historically?

First Black republic / First slave led rebellion

What advantages does Argentina have over the rest of Latin America?

Human and Natural Resources

How was Pakistan distinctively different geographically at the time of its independence in 1947 than today?

Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan

What are India's main concerns when it come to the Kashmir area?

India was heavily invested in the infrastructure in Kashmir.

What is the most populous Muslim country?

Indonesia

What is the terms for a country's buildings, roads, etc.?

Infrastructure

Does the mainland or insular region of Southeast asia have a larger population?

Insular

What is the first country to produce oil in mass quantities?

Iran

Which Middle Eastern country is made up almost entirely of Shiite Muslims?

Iran

What is the predominant religion in Chechnya?

Islam

What is the name for the vast tropical grassland plains situated to the east of the Andes in Columbia and Venezuela?

Llanos

What are Pakistan's main concerns when it comes to the Kashmir area?

Majority of Kashmir is Muslim. Also the Indians get control of the Indus river which is needed in Pakistan

What is the British authority exercised over foreign countries?

Mandate

What is the name for manufacturing/export plants on the US/Mexico border?

Maquiladoras

What is the name for the time in the late 1800's when Japan pulled itself out of isolation?

Meiji Restoration

What is the word for increasing the wealth of the mother country by extracting resources from colonies?

Mercantilism

What is a person of mixed European (Spanish) and Indian descent?

Mestizo

Who is the world's leader in production of silver?

Mexico

What is the drought prone tropical steppe south of the Sahara?

Sahel

What are the two largest cities in Latin America?

Sao Paulo / Mexico City

What were the laws designed to put native Saudis in jobs previously held by immigrant workers?

Saudization Laws

How has oil changed the middle East?

Shifted workforces to immigrant workers

What was the religion called that was designed to be a bridge between Islam and Hinduism?

Sikhism

What is the southeast Asian port city that rivals rotterdam as the world's busiest port?

Singapore

What is Palestine?

The believed territory of the Jews.

Why did the region of Kashmir become part of India instead of Pakistan?

The leader of Kashmir was Hindu

What is the Line of Control?

The militant controlled border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

What has changed about the Russian economy since 2000?

The technology to drill through Siberian permafrost and reach oil has become more readily available

What are the tents in Mongolia called?

Yurts