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Cards in this set: Term What language and ways of life did the Roman nobility of the 1700s adopt? Definition they adopted the french language and other western European ways of life Term What threatened the Soviet Union after it's fall? Definition Ethnic complex and seperatest movements Term What group are Ethnic Russians part of? Definition They belong to larger groups called Slabs Term Who was the 1st crowned Czar of Russia? Definition Ivan the Terrible in 1533. Term What is important about Lake Baikal? Definition Holds 1/5 of the worlds freshwater Term Name 3 Russian major trading parts. Definition United States, Japan, European Union Term What is the Volga Valley the center of? Definition  Major manufactoring and industry Term What is the way of life for people living in the steppe climate zone called? Definition Pastoralism Term What is the infrostructure of many cities like Africa? Definition Falling apart, full of disease and poverty, can't support their people Term What is the major enviornmental debate in the Palestinian Israeli conflict? Definition Scarcity of water Term What 2 things are making population grow? Definition Improved health care & a high birth rate Term How are most governments in North Africa, Southeast Asia, & Central Asis united? Definition They are all ruled by Monarchs Term What percent of the world's oil is found in North Africa, SE Asia and Central Asia? Definition 67% Term What's wrong with the Caspian Sea & the Aral Sea? Definition Have the most serious enviromental problems Term Why is tourism popular? Definition Area has religious amnd cultural importance Term What are petro-chemicals? Definition Products derived from oil and natural gas Term What country uses canals to transport from the Jordan River? Definition Israel Term What is an oil reserve? Definition An available supply of oil Term What are the most abundant resources in South Asia? Definition Minerals and water Term What are the Ethiopian Highlands? Definition Part of the Eastern highlands Term What is Sahel? Definition The steppe south of the Sahara Term What does the Great Rift Valley include? Definition Volcanoes and large lakes Term What is Lake Volka? Definition Human made lake Term What did the slave trade increase? Definition When the Europeans needed more workers for Americas Term Why is the population of Africa south of the Sahara unevenly distributed? Definition Because of land and climate Term Where do most people in Africe, south of the Sahara live? Definition Along the West African coast and East coast of Southern Africa Term What influenced African music? Definition American Jazz music Term Primary farming done in Africa? Definition Subsistance Term Where are most mineral deposits found in Africa? Definition Along the Atlantic coast and South of the Equator Term What E-Commerce done? Definition Inable some Africans to sell their products directly over seas Term What are games reserves for? Definition Is one way to protect wild animals in Africa Term What did Africa do to preserve the rainforests? Definition The leaders of 6 Central African coutnries agreed to protect forests Term List some products of India's forest. Definition Timber, rubber, sandlewood, redwood, etc Term What do the Himalaya Mountains do? Definition Separate South Asia from the rest of Asia Term Describe the Indus River Definition It flows through Pakistan and empties into Arabian Sea and is a cradle of ancient Indian civilization Term How many square miles is Maldiva made up of? Definition 38,000 Term What feeds Northern Indian rivers? Definition By snowmelt from Himalaya, Monsoons, water from 400,000 square mile basin Term Are windmills used in Africa? Definition No Term What's unique about Sri Lanka? Definition It is an island that brome away from original Indian land mass Term What is the world's largest alluvial plain? Definition The Ganges Plains Term What does Islamabol mean? Definition A religion Term What types of governtment fo Nepal and Bhutan have? Definition Both have a monarchy form of government Term What do Hindus believe in? Definition That most people are reborn as another living thing Term What group do most people in Pakistan belong to? Definition Muslims Term How are the people of Bhutan and Napal different? Definition By appearance becasue ancestors came from Mongolia Term Who was Mohandas Gandhi? Definition An Indus, Beloved, Nonviolent, Political, Spiritual Leader Term What languages do they speak in Bangladesh? Definition Bengail Term Who is India's largest religious group? Definition Hindus Term What does Karma do? Definition influence each person's future lives Term What makes up South Asia's farming? Definition Subsistance farming and cash crops Term What is the problem with Kashmir? Definition That both Pakistan and India disagree about it's politcal borders Term What is India'smain light industry? Definition Taxtiles Term What was India's grew revolution? Definition an effort to increas and diversity crop yields in India Term What is Hokkaido? Definition Northern most of the major japanese islands Term What are East Asia's dry highlands and grassland?   Definition In the North and West Term Name China's main waterway systems Definition Yellow River, Xi River, Yangtze River, Grand Cancal Term What's Unique about Mongolia? Definition Only country in East Asia that is land locked Term What part of East Asia has a humid subtropical climate? Definition South Eastern Quarter of East Asis Term What was Confucius system based on? Definition Disipline and moral conduct Term What did the Japanese Empire look like? Definition Made up of Kprea, Pacific Islands & Taiwan Term Definition