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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? desertificationAnd if over irrigation is causing this what might also be found in this water? FERTILIZER (CHEMICALS)
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What was a policy of complete separation of races? APARTHEID In what country? South Africa
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What is a group of islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia? OCEANIA
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Conflict between Arabs and Israelis over sovereignty of Palestine/ holy land is a result of… Creation of Israel in 1948
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Growth of cities and the changes that result is called… URBANIZATION
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What two major rivers are shown below? Tigris and Euphrates What is this area called? Fertile Crescent or ancient Mesopotamia What modern country are the rivers located in? IRAQIRAQ
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What is a seasonal wind in South, East and Southeast Asia that impacts agricultural activity? MONSOON
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In what kind of economic system does the government own the means of production and decide what is produced? COMMAND
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Group established to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products… OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
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Because Japan is 1. an island nation 2. has limited resources …it has a history of …. IMPERIALISM
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Landform which separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia… HIMALAYAS
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Why build a dam??? 1.Control Flooding 2.Hydro-electricity 3.Store Water ASWAN HIGH DAM ON THE NILE RIVER
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Social system supported by Hindu beliefs.. CASTE SYSTEM
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Flat treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Circle …. TUNDRA
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A country’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea. continentality
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What are the two most valuable resources in this region? OIL AND FRESH WATER
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An activity in which a family produces only the food, clothing and shelter they themselves need. Subsistence farming…
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Chinese Nationalists set up this republic in 1949, known as an economic tiger… TAIWAN
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Agricultural program designed to develop higher-yielding grain varieties and improve food production by new techniques.. Green Revolution
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Aaarg! Pirates are currently a problem off the coast of this lawless country…. Somalia
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Not a storm, but a giant ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic activity… TSUNAMI
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Dam built on Nile River to control flooding… Aswan High Dam
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2/3 of All people with this disease live in Africa. AIDS
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Results of colonialism in Africa… Separated tribes Changed tribal governance
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Temperate grassland in the Northern Hemisphere steppe
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Dry, unpopulated inland region of Australia. OUTBACK
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