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World Geography
Final Exam
32
Geography
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2013

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Term

 

 

Ganges

 

Definition

 

 

The sacred river of the Hindus

Term

 

 

Water

Definition

 

 

What caused the topography of the Badlands?

Term

 

 

Alluvium

Definition

 

 

Deposits of sand, gravel and soil by rivers is called...

Term

 

 

Hindu

Definition

 

 

What religion was Buddha born into?

Term

 

 

Cotton

Definition

 

 

The main product that brought India into the global economy in the late 1800s was...

Term

 

 

Plantations

Definition

 

 

The British set up _______ to grow tea, rubber, and coconuts on Ceylon. 

Term

 

 

True

Definition

 

True or False:

The towns that grew into administrative centers under  British rule in India were those that were on railroad lines. 

Term

 

 

True

Definition

 

True or False:

Pakistan has more ethnic diversity that Bangladesh.

Term

 

 

Khyber

Definition

 

 

Many invasions from the northwest came to South Asia through the ______ Pass.

Term

 

 

Buffer State

Definition

 

Afghanistan was set up by the British in the late 1800s to be a ______ between the British Indian Empire and the expanding Russian empire

Term

 

 

Egypt

Definition

 

 

The largest Arab (by population) country is...

Term

 

Culture,

Economy,

& a dry environment

Definition

 

 

Unifying elements in Northern Afreica and Southwestern Asia include...

Term

 

 

Phosphate

Definition

 

 

Morocco's most important nonagricultural primary emport is...

Term

 

 

False

Definition

 

True or False

The completion of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River solved Egypt's water problems.

Term

 

 

Europe

Definition

 

 

The common Term "Middle East" for Northern Africa and Southwest Asia reflects the worldview of...

Term

 

 

The Ottoman Empire

Definition

 

 

Before World War I, Southwestern Asia was ruled by...

Term

 

  • Wars between Arabs and Israel,
  • The cold War between the Soviet Union
  • and the huge demand in the world for oil

 

Definition

 

 

After WWII, Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa achieved strategic importance because of...

Term

 

 

Qu'ran

Definition

 

 

The holy book of Islam is called the...

Term

 

 

the Suez Canal

Definition

 

 

The global choke point that Egypt controls is...

Term

 

 

Harappan

Definition

 

The early culture in the Indus River valley was the...

Term

 

 

Muslim

Definition

 

 

Asa result of trade patterns in medivevaltimes, the Maldives are...

Term

 

 

Rice

Definition

 

 

The ____crop was neglected in colonial Ceylon.

Term

 

 

critical resource

Definition

 

 

For most South Asians, water is a _____ _____.

Term

 

 

True

Definition

 

True or False:

In the summer, storms similar to hurricanes and typhoons form inthe Bay of Bengal.

Term

 

 

Delhi

Definition

Which of the following was not an early trading post of the British East India Company?

 

* Mumbai * Chennai * Delhi * Kolkata

Term

 

 

Barbary

Definition

 

 

The coast of Northern Africa became known as the _____ Coast after 1200.

Term

 

 

Berbers

Definition

 

 

The predominant ethnic group in Northern Africa is the...

Term

 

 

True

Definition

 

True or False:

The most important art form in Islam is calligraphy.

Term

 

 

True

Definition

 

 

Many of Northern Africa's modern cities surround enclaves of old trading and agricultural centers.

Term

 

 

Libya

Definition

 

 

The country of Northern Africa that has a labor shortage and needs immigrants is...

Term

 

 

False

Definition

 

 

True or False:

The majority of Muslims are Shite.

Term
  • rain and snowfall feeding rivers
  • underground reservoirs that accumulated millennia ago.
  • Delsalination 
Definition

 

 

Water supplies in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia include:

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