Eastern Cultures Final Exam Review

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Eastern Cultures Final Exam Review:

Multiple Choice Section: 100 questions, 20 from each Unit. 5 Units. Topics to be knowledgeable about…

South Africa has a lot of…	African countries and independence	Poaching
Other name for the Niger River	Savanna	General climate in Africa
Desertification	Why is French spoken in the Sahel?	1994 South African election
“urbanization” in Africa	Population distribution in Africa	War in Africa today…
The Sahel	Subsistence Farming	Mountains in Africa
Motives for European colonization	Cash Crops	European colonial rule in Africa
Location of Kalahari Desert	Apartheid	Pakistan’s main religion
Tallest mountain the world	What Hindu’s believe is sacred	Non-violent resistance
South Asia’s earliest civilization	South Asian employment	Disputed area in South Asia
Gangetic Plain	Role of Himalayan Mountains	Pakistan and Bangladesh conflict
India’s main religion	Monsoons	Siddhartha Gautama
General physical geography of South Asia	Sepoy Rebellion	Religions started in South Asia…
A “subcontinent”	Massacre at Amritsar	Population distribution in East Asia
Economies of East Asia	East Asia’s tectonic plates	Unique about Mongolia?
Where East Asians live	Yin and Yang symbolize…	Archipelago
Typhoons	“One-Child Policy”	Opium Wars and the consequences
Samurai and shogun	U.S. role in Korean War	Historical changes in the Chinese Govt.
Japan’s empire in the 1940’s	The first ruler of Communist China	Early interactions between U.S. and Japan
The “Han”	Japanese ethnicities	Ring of Fire
Colonization in Southeast Asia	Mekong River	Government in Vietnam
OPEC and Southeast Asia	Insular	General geography of SE Asia
Southeast Asian “City-State”	Who controlled Philippines in 1898?	Cultural influences on Vietnam
Khmer Rouge	Causes of Vietnam War	Buffer state in SE Asian history
Muslim population in SE Asia	Colonizer of “Indochina Peninsula”	Flora and fauna
East Timor and Independence	Indigenous species	Mainland and Island country?
Srivijaya Empire	Recent “coup” in a SE Asian country…	Atolls
Australian climates	Strine	Aboriginal Culture
First European settlers in Australia	Copra	Threat to Australian flora and fauna
Freshwater in Australia	Lagoon	Doldrums
New Zealand climate	Australia’s mineral resources	Mountains affect on rainfall
3 major indigenous groups of Oceania	South Pacific Region Independence	Variety of languages in South Pacific Region
Dominant economic activity in area	European affect on Aborigines	Most islanders live…

Essay Section: These are the general topics of the questions. You will have to answer 1 out of the first 5 options. There will be a second essay question you have to answer as well. My expectation will be that these essays will be a solid 2-4 paragraphs each, depending upon the question that you choose. The 2^nd essay question is a mystery.

South Asia major religions and their impact on both the history and the current day culture of the region.
Is/Will China be a world superpower? What are some of the issues in China’s past, as well as current day issues, that affect China’s ability to develop into a world power?
How has conflict impacted the development of nations and their cultures in Southeast Asia? Be able to discuss different types of conflict that have affected the region.
What impact has the physical geography and environment had on the development of life and culture in Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica?
Africa South of the Sahara: Discuss the diversity that can be found in all aspects of life in this region of the world.

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