1. Western Europe

2. Climate
What effect does the North Atlantic Drift have on Europe’s climate and thereby their economy?

3. European Union
Using the cartoons, describe the European Union’s strengths and weaknesses.

4. Industrial Revolution
Why did Europe’s population rise after the Industrial revolution?
What social impacts did the Industrial Revolution have on the people of Europe?

5. Eastern Europe/Russia

6. HEI
Describe how the Aral Sea and the Chernobyl accident are examples of failed Soviet Union policies

7. Iron Curtain
Using the chart and the images, what effects did the Iron Curtain have on Eastern Europe?
Country
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality Rate
Literacy Rate
GDP or GNP
Import/
Export
(billions)
# cars/1000
France (W)
 79
 4.8
 99
 1.373
 280.08/304.7
 437
Germany (W)
 77
 4.7
 100
 1,864
 587/610
 504
Romania (E)
 70
 20.5
 98
 87.4
 9.6/8.4
 106
Slovakia (E)
 73
 8.8
 45.9
 11.2/10.1
 185

8. Communism
Using the graphics and your knowledge, explain how the communist party and thereby the Soviet Union stayed in power for so long.

9. Latin America

10. Columbian Exchange
Name three things that were diffused during the Columbian Exchange and their lasting impacts on Latin America.

11. Panama Canal
Name one economic impact of the Panama Canal for the country of Panama, the region of Latin America and the world.

12. HEI
Explain some world-wide consequences of slash-and- burn agriculture of the Amazon Rainforest

13. Southwest Asia

14. OPEC
What is the key reason why OPEC can control world gas prices?

15. Desalinization
Explain why the process depicted below is critical to the Southwest Asia region.

16. Israel/Palestine What is the root of the Israel/Palestine conflict?
Territory promised to both of them

17. South Asia

18. Monsoons
Describe the positive and negative effects that monsoons have on the people of South and Southeast Asia

19. Outsourcing
Describe the reason why India is a popular place for American jobs to be outsourced to and what effects is has had on both countries.

20. Overpopulation in India
Describe the social, political and economic effects of overpopulation on India

21. East Asia

22. Ring of Fire
Describe and give two examples of the Ring of Fire’s effects on the people of East and South East Asia.

23. Population Policies
Why is a balanced population so important as evident by both Japan’s Angel Policy and China’s One-Birth policy?

24. Economics
Using the graphics, who are the Four Asian Tigers and who is working toward being a tiger?

25. Authoritarian Political Systems
Name some similarities between the political systems of North Korea and China.

27. Africa

28. Desertification of the Sahel
Using the map, explain the economic effects of the desertification of the Sahel region.

29. Colonization/Imperialism
Analyze the graphics, describe what they demonstrate about the lasting effects of European Colonialism

30. Apartheid
The political cartoon demonstrates what methodology used to end racial segregation in South Africa?