READY? What countries make up South Asia? Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives READY? What was a constant threat during the Cold War? What was it all about anyway? Tension between the US and USSR over political and economic ideas. Always the threat of nuclear war.

What do these things have in common…… Apartheid Jim Crow Kim Jong Il Joseph Stalin Pol Pot Tsar Nicholas Mao Zedong Kurds Cherokees Palestinians North Africa Indonesia Bangladesh Vietnam War Korean War Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strait of Malacca Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Panama Canal Forestry Mining Fishing Agriculture Pakistan Lebanon Syria Jordan Israel Cyclone Hurricane Typhoon Italy Russia Japan North Atlantic Drift Himalayas Equator Tiananmen Square Bloody Sunday Fall of the Berlin Wall Indus Ganges Yellow Tigris Euphrates Germany Rwanda Cambodia

And if over irrigation is causing this What country did Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan belong to in 1960? U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union What is a good term that describes what is happening? desertification And if over irrigation is causing this what might also be found in this water? FERTILIZER (CHEMICALS)

In what country? South Africa What was a policy of complete separation of races? APARTHEID In what country? South Africa

What is a group of islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia? OCEANIA

Conflict between Arabs and Israelis over sovereignty of Palestine/ holy land is a result of… Creation of Israel in 1948

Growth of cities and the changes that result is called… URBANIZATION

What is this area called? What two major rivers are shown below? Tigris and Euphrates What modern country are the rivers located in? IRAQ What is this area called? Fertile Crescent or ancient Mesopotamia

MONSOON What is a seasonal wind in South, East and Southeast Asia that impacts agricultural activity? MONSOON

In what kind of economic system does the government own the means of production and decide what is produced? COMMUNIST OR COMMAND

OPEC Group established to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products… OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

IMPERIALISM Because Japan is 1. an island nation 2. has limited resources …it has a history of …. IMPERIALISM

HIMALAYAS Landform which separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia… HIMALAYAS

Why build a dam??? Control Flooding Hydro-electricity Store Water ASWAN HIGH DAM ON THE NILE RIVER Why build a dam??? Control Flooding Hydro-electricity Store Water

CASTE SYSTEM Social system supported by Hindu beliefs.. Karma Dharma Reincarnation Social system supported by Hindu beliefs.. CASTE SYSTEM

Flat treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Circle …. TUNDRA

A country’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea. continentality

What are the two most valuable resources in this region? OIL AND FRESH WATER

Subsistence farming… An activity in which a family produces only the food, clothing and shelter they themselves need. Subsistence farming…

TAIWAN Chinese Nationalists set up this republic in 1949, known as an economic tiger… TAIWAN

Green Revolution Agricultural program designed to develop higher-yielding grain varieties and improve food production by new techniques.. Green Revolution

Aaarg! Pirates are currently a problem off the coast of this lawless country…. Somalia

TSUNAMI Not a storm, but a giant ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic activity… TSUNAMI

Dam built on Nile River to control flooding… Aswan High Dam

2/3 of All people with this disease live in Africa. AIDS

Separated tribes Changed tribal governance Results of colonialism in Africa… Separated tribes Changed tribal governance

Temperate grassland in the Northern Hemisphere steppe

Dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia. OUTBACK