Latin America | Europe | Unit 5- N Africa, SW Asia & C Asia | East Asia | SE Asia and Oceania |
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Where is the Amazon?
The largest rainforest in the world is this rainforest
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What is Peninsula of Peninsulas?
A nickname for the continent of Europe
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What is 90%?
The amount of Egypt's population lives in the Nile Delta or along the Nile River
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What is the Huang He?
The river that is also known as the Yellow River
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What are wats?
Indian-style temples
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What are rivers and coasts?
South Americans live near and along these bodies of water
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What are the Ural Mountains?
These mountains separate Asia and Europe running through Russia
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What is the Dead Sea?
Bathers can float in the highly salty waters of this body of water
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Who is Confucius?
The ancient Chinese leader who gave rules of moral conduct & discipline
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What is Singapore?
The world's most well known free port is located in this country
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What is cattle ranching?
The leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
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Who are the Ancient Greeks?
The concept of democracy was introduced by these people
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What is Islam?
The primary religion of the Middle East and North Africa
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What is the demilitarized zone?
The area in Korea found at the the 38th parallel
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What are monsoons?
These winds create the dry and rainy seasons of SE Asia's mainland countries
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What is a primate city?
Mexico City is an a example of this type of city because it is the largest, political, cultural & economic center of the country
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Where is Great Britain?
The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
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What is the Caspian Sea?
The largest inland body of water
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What is Mt. Fuji?
The tallest active volcano in Japan
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What is Land of the Long White Cloud?Th
Aotearoa
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Who are mestizos?
People whose ancestry includes indigenous & Spanish heritage
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What is Lake Baikal?
The lake that holds 1/5th of all the unfrozen freshwater found on earth found in Russia
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What is Mesopotamia?
The area that is known as the "land between the rivers"
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What are the Himalaya?
The mountains that separate China from South Asia
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What is the Antarctica treaty?
This treaty has ensured that Antarctica does not belong to any one country
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