Semester Exam Part 2

The slave trade in Central Africa provided workers for _________________ in the Americas.

What was a problem in Russia after the end of the Soviet Union?

What is a scarce natural resource in Asia?

The government of the Soviet Union fell apart after

What is the serious health issue affecting economic development of South Africa?

Dams, including the ___________ High Dam, control flooding of the Nile.

Morocco claims ownership of the Western ____________.

The British once controlled what canal?

Iraq's invasion of ______ triggered the first Persian Gulf War.

Farms in ___________ are small and clustered around oases.

Yemen shares a coastline with the __________ and Arabian Seas.

Many people have string ties to _____________ groups in East Africa.

What area means "land between the rivers" in Greek?

Alexander's Empire included the Persian Empire and part of __________.

Since WWII, many European nations have become

What is the largest lake in Africa?

What mountains generally mark a border between Europe and Asia?

Pop music from the United States has many fans in __________ Europe.

What is the opening in the mountain range between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Farms in what country are small and clustered around oases?

___________ and conflict have been major causes of hunger and poor nutrition in East Africa.

____________ and Thebes are two cities in both Alexander's empire and the Roman empire.

What is the largest country in the world by area?

What style of music is the style of the Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Profit for the controlling power is an important goal of_______________.

What sea dominates the coast of Southern Europe?

Pop music from the United States has many fans in ___________ Europe.

WWI was triggered by the assassination of archduke from _____________.

Slash and burn agriculture may have increased the expanse of ___________ in Africa.

Turkey, Syria Lebanon and __________ all have coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea.

In most North African countries, women have a __________ literacy rate.

The Sahara desert covers much of _____________ Africa.

After what war did the  Soviet Union create communist governments in East European countries?