Geography Final

What term describes the influence of India beyond the Indian subcontinent?

Greater India

What is the most widely practiced religion in Southeast Asia today?

Islam

Indonesia is the world’s … largest country by population

4th

What is the most populous Islamic country in the world?

Indonesia

What percentage of global trade routes pass through the Strait of Malacca?

25%

What was Myanmar’s former name?

Burma

Islam spread into SE Asia in…

The 12th Century

The population of Southeast Asia is the most dense on …

Java

What is the largest religious monument in the world?

Angkor Wat

What percentage of Singapore is of Chinese descent?

75%

What does ITCZ stand for?

Intertropical Convergence Zone

What island had a peaceful expulsion from Malaysia?

Singapore

What does archipelago mean?

A chain of many islands

Why does Brunei have such a high GDP?

Oil

Who is the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Myanmar?

Aung San Suu Kyi

2nd highest population density?

Singapore

What kind of government does Thailand have?

Constitutional Monarchy

Who colonized Vietnam?

France

Which countries aided North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Soviet Union and China

What country has an economy significantly more developed than its neighbors?

Malaysia

What is a military “Junta”

a government led by a committee of military leaders, often seizing power after a coup.

What political ideology did the Domino Theory concern?

Communism

Where was Vietnam divided/partitioned?

17th Parallel

What was the only country not colonized by a European power in SE Asia?

Thailand

What is akin to Singapore’s expulsion from Malaysia?

The Velvet Divorce

What religion are the Rohingya?

Muslim

Most populous Muslim country?

Indonesia

The largest lake in Africa is

Lake Victoria

Who was the rebel leader of Zimbabwe?

Robert Mugabe

What contributed to Nigeria’s economic development?

Large oil reserves

Rates of urbanization in Africa are very high

True

What is Sahel?

Transition between desert and grasslands

What countries remained independent during the Scramble for Africa?

Ethiopia and Liberia

Large oil reserves in the Gulf of Guinea contribute to economic…

Development

Nelson Mandela was instrumental in the history of which country?

South Africa

About how many people were killed in the Rwandan Genocide?

800,000

Mega-cities are …

Those with populations greater than 5 million

What is the pretext for war between Ethiopia and Eritrea?

Border conflicts

What type of minerals are considered “conflict minerals”?

Coltan, Cobalt, Tin, Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Diamonds

How many members are in the African Union?

55

What region has the lowest life expectancy?

Sub-Saharan Africa

What large country has invested heavily in Sub Saharan African infrastructure?

China

What Nigeria-based group seeks to overthrow the current Nigerian government?

Boko Haram

When did HIV/AIDS originate in Africa?

Early 20th Century

Which Sub-Saharan African nation has the lowest corruption?

South Africa

Is Ethiopia landlocked?

Yes

The median age for Africa is

Young, 18

Where was the African Union based?

Ethiopia and South Africa

The most prevalent religion in Africa is?

Christianity

How much of Africa was under the European cartel?

90%

What desert is the 3rd largest in the world?

Sahara

Which 2 countries were not under European control after the Scramble for Africa?

Ethiopia and Liberia

Which African country is the largest by population and GDP?

Nigeria

Which modern day African nation was once called Rhodesia?

Zimbabwe

What plate does the horn of Africa reside on?

Somalian Plate

What separates the Somali Plate (Horn of Africa) from the Nubian Plate?

East African Rift

Of the 140 million Swahili speakers, how many are native speakers?

5 million

In Africa, most countries achieved independence between what time?

1950s-60s

What three countries does Lake Victoria border?

Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya

Who performed the South African Apartheid system?

Nelson Mandela

What country has the largest oil reserve in the Gulf of Guinea?

Nigeria

Africa appears…on maps due to map projection distortion

Smaller

Which European Power controlled West Africa

French

Besides North Africa, there is a strong Islamic influence along what coast of Africa?

Eastern

Lake Victoria feeds into which of the following rivers?

Nile River

What is the lingua franca in Africa?

Swahili

How many city-states and kingdoms were in Africa before European colonization?

175

The Scramble for Africa was the transition from … to …

imperialism to colonialism

An area where surface water converges to a certain point

Drainage Basin

What language is most prominent in Latin America?

Spanish

What is the population of Latin America?

670 million

The Native American people of Mexico and Central America

The Maya

What country did Portugal used to have

Brazil

Which was the first Latin American country to gain independence?

Haiti

What caused the Andes Mountains?

subduction

Two overseas territories of South America

French Guinea and Falkland Islands (UK)

Cape Verde Islands are claimed by which country?

Portugal

What is the largest city in Brazil?

Sao Paulo

Which countries were the most powerful defeating nations of the 15th century?

Spain and Portugal

How many Venezuelans have migrated?

7 million

Who had the largest land empire in the americas?

Inca

During periods of … global temperature, sea levels drop and water turns to ice

Low

What is the capital of Brazil?

Brasilia

What river does not have a delta?

Amazon River

Who formerly held Brazil?

Portugal

French Guinea is still part of France

True

This group of people were located in Mexico and Central America

Maya

This group of people were located in the Western Andes Mountains

Inca

Which languages are derived from Latin?

Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian

Which treaty settled a dispute at the midpoint between Cape Verde and Cuba/Hispaniola?

Treaty of Tordesillas