FINAL EXAM REVIEW

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FINAL EXAM REVIEW

• STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!

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Russia the republics

• Vladimir Putin current president of Russia
• Nicholas Romanov last czar of Russia
• Peter the Great czar who expanded Russia and
  built St. Petersburg
• Karl Marx German economist who introduced the
  socialism adopted by the Soviets

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• no food lines, more personal, economic, and
  religious freedom
• the boundary between Europe and Asia
• personal freedoms
• the 1st leader of Soviet Union believed that
  all business industry should be owned and
  controlled by the government
• peoples desire for consumer goods
• lack of business and management training

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SOUTHWEST ASIA

• Ariel Sharon current prime minister of israel
• Kurds non-Arab Muslims who live in northern
  Iraq, Iran, western Turkey
• Mecca most holy city of Islam
• Mohammad founder of Islam
• OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting
  Countries cartel that works to control price of
  oil throughout the world

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• Saddam Hussein former President of Iraq
• West Bank territory occupied by Israel but
  claimed by Palestinians on west bank of the
  Jordan River
• Yasser Arafat President / Chairman of
  Palestinian Authority
• West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza
• has not increased employment ( jobs require
  more education than many Arabs have )

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• you read it right to left
• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Sunni Shia
• Judaism, Christianity, Islam
• declaration of faith almsgiving (charity) pray
  5 times a day pilgrimage to Mecca fasting
  during Ramadan
• better social services for all citizens
• soil salinization

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• Jerusalem
• water and irrigation
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
• Government take-over by Islamic extremists making
  Iran a theocracy
• Turkey

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AFRICA

• Kush ancient African kingdom known for
  ironworking and trade
• Nile River longest river in the world
• Sahara largest desert in the world
• Suez Canal connects Mediterranean and Red Seas
• desert steppe humid tropical

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• Created landlocked countries, ethnic tension
  some separated between countries others pushed
  together into one
• Oil, gold, diamonds, platinum
• Neighborhoods are still segregated, but most
  racial tension is between members of different
  tribes
• South Africa world pressure and economic
  sanctions
• African trade language

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• Arab Islamic
• Nigeria
• lack of money for investment health education
• Hutus Tutsi
• Europeans
• drought and civil war
• to help them recover from drought and civil war
• lack of government experience among blacks in
  leadership

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EAST ASIA

• 4 Dragons 4 rapidly industrializing countries
  in East Asia
• Chaing Kai-shek leader of Nationalist Chinese
• Dalai Lama religious leader of Tibetan
  Buddhists, currently living is exile
• Mao Ze Dong 1st leader of Communist Chinese
• Chinas economic policy for Hong Kong

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• rice
• urban crowding pollution
• defense against invaders from the north
• anti-Communists who left mainland China for
  Taiwan when communists took over
• same culture background creates better
  understanding good relations between employer
  and employee good work ethic, well educated in
  world economies
• mountains

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• little arable land, most farms are no larger than
  2 ½ acres, must use terrace farming to increase
  production
• economy centered on making products for sale to
  other countries
• communist democratic

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SOUTHEAST SOUTH ASIA

• Green Revolution widespread introduction of
  high yield grains to farmers of India
• Khmer Rouge Communist government of Cambodia
• Mohandas Gandhi leader of Indian independence
  movement introduced concept of non-violent
  non-cooperation
• PolPot leader of Khmer Rouge who was
  responsible for thousands of Cambodian deaths

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• government corruption, economic crises, civil
  unrest and rioting
• high foreign debt, high unemployment, government
  corruption
• Indonesia
• most islands cross the equator
• Pacific Ring of Fire
• North Vietnam overran South Vietnam, reunited the
  country and created a Communist government

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• hardwoods such as mahogany, teak, and ebony are
  found there
• soil erosion water shortages
• to prevent the spread of Communism in Asia
  supported South Vietnam
• the northern part of the country became communist
  but the southern part did not want this type of
  government so they split along the 17th parallel
• growing rapidly

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• are vegetarians consider all life sacred
• since all life is sacred and no one should be
  harmed, people protested, boycotted, fasted but
  refused to use any form of violence even in
  self-defense British government could not fight
  back without looking bad in the eyes of the world
  so it granted independence
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Highest peak in the world found in the
  Himalayas ( Nepal )

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• Kashmir
• monsoon
• Pollution toxic waste sewage dumped in it
• it is sacred people bathing in the river or
  drinking from it receive a blessing

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AUSTRALIA, OCEANEA, ANTARCTICA

• Maori 1st inhabitants of New Zealand
• Kiwi flightless bird who is the national symbol
  of New Zealand
• most live in urban areas in poverty, substandard
  housing, high crime areas, many suffer from
  alcoholism, and the average life span is 20 years
  less than other Australians
• kangaroos, koalas, platypus, spiny anteater

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• tourism ( too much ) and oil spills
• interior is mostly desert
• continent is completely south of the equator
• Trade deficits and rapid acculturation
• Contains more than 90 of the worlds fresh
  water, averages over one mile in depth
• Six months of daylight ( summer ) six months of
  dark ( winter )

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• The weight of the ice sheet causes it to flow
  slowly off the continent. When it reaches the
  sea, parts break away and float north.
• scientific researchers
• climate environmental research