3. Final Jeopardy Question Africa SW Asia (Middle East) 100 Potpourri II East Asia Economics 500 400 300 200 100 200 300 400 500 500500500 400 300 200 100 Potpourri I

4. Africa is called this because it has low elevations along the coast that rise towards the center of the continent. Back Plateau continent

5. This is the largest lake in Africa and sits between two rift valleys. Back Lake Victoria

6. Back At this conference, Europeans met to decide how to divide up Africa. Berlin Conference

7. Back This is where an individual would be gazing at a wildebeest through tall grass. The Serengeti

8. Back This is the man that led a long struggle to end apartheid and eventually became the president of South Africa. Nelson Mandela

9. Back This type of desert results when moisture from soil evaporates and chemical salts remain. Salt flat

10. This is the name given to a nation of people without land to legally occupy. Back Stateless nation

11. This group tried unsuccessfully to establish a nation since the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Back Kurds

12. This is the strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River. Back West Bank

13. This branch of Muslims make up about 83% of all Muslims. Back Sunni

14. Back This is the fundamental economic problem. Scarcity

15. Back This economy is a system in which the major economic decisions are made by the central government. Command economy / Communism

16. Back Getting your hair cut at the barber shop is an example of this. service

17. Back In this economic system, people and businesses act in their own best interests to answer the basic economic questions. Market

18. Back 1.What to produce? 2.How to produce? 3.For whom to produce? These are the 3 basic economic questions.

19. The Three Gorges Dam is being built on this river. Back Yangtze

20. This volcano is the best known landform in Japan. Back Mount Fuji

21. Back This is the main reason China was safe from invaders in ancient times. Geography

22. Back This country does not recognize Taiwan as an independent land because its people fought a civil war against the ancestors of this country. China

23. Back This river is known for its deadly floods but it also irrigates crops that feed millions of people. It is located in the northern part of China. Huang He (Yellow) River

24. Back This is a policy that calls for a complete separation of the races, which was utilized in South Africa for many years. Apartheid

25. Back This is the name of the prophet who is considered to be the founder of Islam. Muhammad

26. Back This is a desert in Israel that produces crops through extensive irrigation. Negev Desert

27. Back This is the term for what causes the amount of goods/services your dollar is worth to decrease. The value of your money decreases as a result of this. Inflation

28. Back This is a very strict Muslim group in Afghanistan. Taliban

29. Back This person is known as the “Father of Communism” and saw history as a class struggle between those who own the means of production and those who work for them. Karl Marx

30. Back This is a depression in the land. Basin

31. Back The departure of native African professionals to Western countries is this. “Brain Drain”

32. Back This desert is the most famous in SW Asia and is also know as the Empty Quarter. Rub al-Khali

33. Back What is this country?

34. This is the name of the man who led the Nationalists in the Chinese civil war and lost, so he was forced to lead his people to Taiwan. Back Chang Kai-Shek