Questions

1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
 About 5,500 miles long
2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
Hushan, Liaoning in the east and ends at Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu in the west. It was built as a defensive system.
3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
vast deserts, high mountains, cold climates
4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
500,000 square miles, from northwest China into Mongolia
5) List two plains in Northern China.
Manchurian Plain and the North China Plain
6) Name three rivers in China.
Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang
7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
starts in Kunlun Mountains goes 3,000 miles and empties to the Yellow Sea
8) How long is the Chang Jiang?
3,900 miles
9) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
Xi Jiang
10) What are the natural resources of China?
petroleum, coal, natural gas, iron ore, tungsen, manganese, molybdenum, magnesite, lead, zinc, copper, water
11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
Korea needs oil. Japan needs oil and coal and other resources.
12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
The trade will heighten with other countries.
13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
A tropical storm that occurs in western Pacific
14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
Equal and opposite
15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
West central
16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
small strip of land along China's southeastern coast
17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
Hurricane and in China means Great Wind

1.) What are the five sub-regions of Africa?
West, North, East, South, and Central Africa
2.) Why is East Africa known as the cradle of humanity?
Thats where the first fossils of human were found.
3.) What were some early civilizations of East Africa?  What was their economy based on?
Kiliwaa and Aksum, they major economy was trading.
4.) What was the Berlin Conference?  Why - particularly - did it happen?
It divided Africa into sections for resources without war, no African leaders had a say in the conference.
5.) How did colonization cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?
It caused governmental instability, combined enemies and separated groups.
6.) Why are Liberia and Ethiopia important?
Those were the only two countries that remained free from colonization.
7.) What are some cash crops of East Africa?
Coffee, tea, and sugar
8.) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem?
AIDS and HIV
9.) Name two ancient empires of North Africa?
Egypt and Carthage
10.) What practices did the world acquire from Ancient Egypt?
Geometry and medicine11.) What North Africa countries have had the economies transformed by oil?
Alergia, Libya, and Tunisia
12.) what is Rai?
urban music changed to be used more as a rebellion
13.) Changes roles of woman in North Africa.
they can get a divorce, no more prearranged marriages, more equal rights
14.) Why is Goree Island important?
Major port for the slave trade.
15.) List three trading empires of West Africa?  What did the trade?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all traded gold and salt
16.) What is a stateless society?
society that relies on family government rather than traditional modern government
How has West Africa's traditional stateless societies caused problems after colonization?
Because the Berlin Conference took away the stateless society power, and combined enemies and separated families.
17.) What are some roadblocks to economic development in West Africa?
Colonialism, just export without import to the African colonies.
18.) Discuss West African music.
It's a mix of Jazz, Blues, and Reggae.19.) What is Bantu important?
It helped produce the diversity of language and culture in Africa, linking various places.
20.) What was Sao Tome established for?
It was another slave trading port on an island off the coast of Central Africa
21.) Who was King Leopold II?  Why was he important?
King of Belgium, first showed interest in Africa (Congo) starting the Berlin Conference22.) What are the lasting effects of colonialism in Central Africa?
Problems for ethnic groups, government instability, and lack of resources.
23.) What major problems does Central Africa have in education?
Lack of teachers and secondary schools, and the different languages used at home and school.
24.) Who ended the apartheid in South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
25.) How does modern Johannesburg reflect the problems created by the apartheid?
It is split in half like two cities (nice and ghetto)

Main Ideas

1) What form of government did ancient Egypt have?

•  the pharaoh ruled-- monarchy 

2) What practices did the ancient world acquire from Egypt?

• Medicine, geometry to set up boundaries in farming

3) How did Muslims gain control of North Africa?

• military conquest

4) What countries make up North Africa?

• Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia

5) How has North Africa's economic base evolved?

• it started from agriculture to now present day oil

6) Why has the oil industry failed to benefit local workers?

• Their lack of training and education forces oil companies to hire foreign workers

7) How are prices set for products sold at souks?

• Bartering and haggling between buyer and seller; marketplaces

8) How has rai music changed since its beginnings?

• Rai has changed to a rebellion genre of music, rai was once a kind carefree and centered around topics for youth.

9) What was the traditional role for North African women?

• Stay at home, eat and pray apart from men

10) What gains have Tunisian women made outside the home?

• They hold professional jobs, sit in Parliament, and run businesses