A | B |
None | Acres of rainforest left in 2050 at present deforestation rate. |
equator | most of the world's rainforests are found near this |
hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian writing |
Darfur | Region in Sudan experiencing genocide |
Mt. Killimanjaro | Tallest mountain in Africa |
Nelson Mandela | First Black President of S. Africa |
apartheid | racist system once found in S. Africa |
Osiris | Egyptian god associated with mummification |
Nile | River that was center of Egyptian civilization |
Sahara | largest desert in Africa and world |
Forum | Center of ancient Rome |
Berlin Wall | Its fall meant the end of communism in East Germany |
Republic | majority vote rules in this govt. |
Zeus | ruler of Greek gods |
Sparta | Greek city-state proficient in war |
Athens | Greek city-state known for philosophy |
Leonidus | Leader of Spartans at Thermopylae |
Brutus | Former friend who helped murder Caesar |
fall of Rome | attacking barbarians, empire too large, depleted treasury led to this |
Alexander the Great | spread Greek culture by bringing philosophers, teacher, and builder to spread Greek civilization |
interdependence | caused by expansion of global trade |
cultural diversity | a variety of cultures in the same area |
communism | Govt. owns all property and controls your life. |
habitats | What is destroyed when environment changes? |
ethnic group | group of people sharing a common ancestry and culture |
geographers | they study the world on local, regional , and global levels |
false | environment is one of the 5 themes of geography-true or false |
temperate climate | sunny warm summers, mild wet winters |
renewable resource | grain is a renewable or non renewable resource? |
southeast | region of Asia that is primarily Buddhist |
Mt. Everest | Highest point in Asia |
archipelago | type of landform Japan is |
Great Wall of China | built to protect people from Mongols |
Indonesia | region devastated by tsunami in 2004 |
India | country with more English speakers than USA |
rioting | form of protest Ghandi would never do |
Saigon | what city did people flee from because the North Vietnamese were winning the war |
China | country whose GDP will pass US by 2050 |
India | Country that could pass China in population by 2050 |
Lake Victoria | Origin of the Nile |