World Geography Final STUDY GUIDE 2012-13
1.Two major rivers of West and Central Africa
2.Desertification of the Sahel
3.Vegetation: south of the Sahara
4.Animals found in the tropical rain forest
5.Define dual economy
6.Define sorghum
7.Challenges facing West and Central Africa
8. Which of the following is not true about West
and Central Africa's dual economy?
9. Giraffes, lions, and wildebeest: immune to ?
10. Define Gum Arabic
11. Define ivory
12. East Africa's current challenges?
13. Major rivers in Southern Africa?
14. Mountains located in South Africa?
15. Why did Dutch want to settle in south Africa
16. Year that South Africa held open elections
17. Country exports vanilla
18. Africa's fastest growing economies
19. Define sisal
20. Define apartheid
21.Why are children ill in southern Africa?
22. Life expectancy declining in southern Africa?
23. India Exports?
24. Thar Desert
25. Deccan Plateau
26. Kashmir Valley
27. Ganges River
28. Define Pongal
29. Jainism
30. Buddhism
31. Hinduism
32. British East India Company
33. India's leading export
34. India's movie industry
35. India's current problems
36. Define jute
37. Sri Lanka
38. Define storm surge
39. Define typhoons
40. Thar Desert
41. Bangladesh's paper industry
42. Define informal sector
43. Define cottage industries
44. Major environmental issues facing China
45. mountains located in northern part of China
46. Red Basin
47. Taiwan climate
48. Valuable export for China
49. China's rice bowl
50. Three Gorges Dam
51. Deng Xiaoping
52. Define tsunamis
53. South Korea’s economy
54. North Korea’s economy
55. Japan’s climate
56. Define Mumbai
57. Define double cropping
58. Define Yangtze
59. Define export economy
60. Define shogun
61. Define armistice
62. Define subsidiaries
63. Define communes
64. Define partition
65. Define veld
66. Russia spreads across which continental plate(s)
67. Northern coast of Russia is what biome
68. Muslim region of Russia
69. The transition out of communism causes what…
70. Important industries in Siberia
71. Countries on the Arabian Peninsula
72. Why can’t countries in the Persian Gulf
desalinize water?
73. What is the Fertile Crescent?
74. Why is Mecca so important to Muslims?
75. What is unique about the Kurds
76. The Shia imams are influential and important to
whom?