Section 1 and 2 of Chapter 27

1.) How long is the Great Wall of China?
Over 5000 miles

2.) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?To keep Mongolian invaders away, and it runs from the Gobi Desert to the Yellow Sea.


3.) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
Mountains, Rivers, and seas


4.) How large is the Gobi Desert?
500,000 square miles


5.) List two plains in Northern China.
North China Plain and the Manchurian Plain


6.) Name three rivers in China.
The Huang He (Yellow River), the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River), and the Xi Jiang (West River)

7.) Where does the Huang begin and end?
Starts in the Kunlun Mountain and ends in the Yellow Sea

8.) How long is the Chang Jiang?
3,900 miles

9.) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
The Xi Jiang (West River)

10.) What are the natural resources of China?
Agriculture, forests, natural gas and minerals, and hydropower

11.) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
Japan

12.) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
It allowed the region to industrialize quicker than other countries.

13.) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
A tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific

14.) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
Very dry and severely cold

15.) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
Western China


16.) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
southeast coast of China, island of Hainan, and southern tip of Taiwan


17.) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
Typhoon in Chinese means "great wind" and its similar to a hurricane

Review Questions

1.) What are the five sub-regions of Africa?

West, North, East, South, and Central Africa
2.) Why is East Africa known as the cradle of humanity?

Thats where the first fossils of human were found.
3.) What were some early civilizations of East Africa?  What was their economy based on?

Kiliwaa and Aksum, they major economy was trading.

4.) What was the Berlin Conference?  Why - particularly - did it happen?

It divided Africa into sections for resources without war, no African leaders had a say in the conference.
5.) How did colonization cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?

It caused governmental instability, combined enemies and separated groups.
6.) Why are Liberia and Ethiopia important?

Those were the only two countries that remained free from colonization.
7.) What are some cash crops of East Africa?

Coffee, tea, and sugar
8.) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem?

AIDS and HIV
9.) Name two ancient empires of North Africa?

Egypt and Carthage 
10.) What practices did the world acquire from Ancient Egypt?

Geometry and medicine11.) What North Africa countries have had the economies transformed by oil?
Alergia, Libya, and Tunisia
12.) what is Rai?
urban music changed to be used more as a rebellion
13.) Changes roles of woman in North Africa.
they can get a divorce, no more prearranged marriages, more equal rights

14.) Why is Goree Island important?

Major port for the slave trade.
15.) List three trading empires of West Africa?  What did the trade?

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all traded gold and salt
16.) What is a stateless society?

society that relies on family government rather than traditional modern government 

How has West Africa's traditional stateless societies caused problems after colonization?

Because the Berlin Conference took away the stateless society power, and combined enemies and separated families.

17.) What are some roadblocks to economic development in West Africa?

Colonialism, just export without import to the African colonies.

18.) Discuss West African music.

It's a mix of Jazz, Blues, and Reggae.19.) What is Bantu important?

It helped produce the diversity of language and culture in Africa, linking various places.
20.) What was Sao Tome established for?

It was another slave trading port on an island off the coast of Central Africa
21.) Who was King Leopold II?  Why was he important?

King of Belgium, first showed interest in Africa (Congo) starting the Berlin Conference22.) What are the lasting effects of colonialism in Central Africa?

Problems for ethnic groups, government instability, and lack of resources.

23.) What major problems does Central Africa have in education?

Lack of teachers and secondary schools, and the different languages used at home and school.
24.) Who ended the apartheid in South Africa?

Nelson Mandela25.) How does modern Johannesburg reflect the problems created by the apartheid?

It is split in half like two cities (nice and ghetto)

North Africa

1.) What form of government did ancient Egypt have?
Monarchy

2.) What practices did the ancient world acquire from Egypt?
Medicine and geometry

3.) How did Muslims gain control of North Africa?The invaded from southwest Asia and spread their language, culture, and religion to north Africa.

4.) What countries make up North Africa?
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia

5.) How has North Africa's economic base evolved?
The regions economy was originally based around agriculture, but now center around oil production and cash crops.

6.) Why has the oil industry failed to benefit local workers?
Because many of the local workers uneducated and lack the necessary skills to actually work the jobs,   so the they have to import foreign workers.

7.) How are prices set for products sold at souks?
Prices are much higher to encourage the sport of haggling.

8.) How has rai music changed since its beginnings?

It went from being a free care music centered around topics of youth, to being a form of rebellion of Islamic fundamentalists.


9.) What was the traditional role for North African women?
To be wives and their jobs centered around the home. (few held actual jobs)

10.) What gains have Tunisian women made outside the home?
Now 20% of the parliament is female and many women now manage businesses around Tunis. 

1.) What were some early civilizations in East Africa?  Why were these civilizations important?
Aksum, now Ethiopia, was a major city in E. Africa primarily for trade with Egypt and eastern Roman Empire.


2.) What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
European countries made rules of how Africa would be divided. 


3.) What African countries managed to remain free of European control?
Liberia and Ethiopia


4.) How did colonialism cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?
The countries were not prepared to govern themselves, and the new cultural boundaries created more internal conflicts. 


5.) How did Ethiopia manage to defeat Italy in 1896?
With Russian and French weapons, also a better knowledge of the geography of the land. 


6.) What are some cash crops of East Africa?
Coffee, sugar, and tea


7.) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem.
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and HIVS (human immunodeficiency virus)


8.) Research the Rwanda massacre (genocide?) and briefly discuss what happened and why.
It was a genocidal act of killing 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu in a hundred days. This genocide killed off 20% of the country's population and 70% of the Tutsi population.