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Flashcards by paul.schneider, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by paul.schneider
about 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| How does the Sahel Zone move from deserts to grassland climate zones? | Periodic Droughts, along with overgrazing and firewood cutting |
| What Mali emperor took his Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324? | Mansa Musa |
| Who did the United States support in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Cold War? | A military dictator, to keep production up of minerals |
| Where is HIV on the World Health Organizations list of the most global deaths? | 3rd Main Cause |
| Why is Sudan excluded from this lesson? | The Nile River links Sudan to Egypt and the north |
| How much of the land in Botswana is the Kalahari Desert? | 70% of the country |
| What are Shantytowns? | Slum areas, it is the housing for 70% of urban population |
| What kind of vegetation is the major kind in Australia? | Several species of eucalyptus |
| What geographic features are created allow the shield rocks and Great Dividing Range? | Murray-Darling River system in the south and the Great Artesian Basin in the north |
| What do Micronesian and Polynesian mean? | Micronesian - "small islands" Polynesian - "many islands" |
| How did the Oceania's island towns begin? | As colonial ports, and then as political capitals after independance |
| How was the Australian capital dispute resolved? | Sydney and Melbourne each wanted to be the capital, but created the new capital of Canberra |
| What is the largest island besides Australia and New Zealand? | Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (part of Indonesia) |
| What country has the highest per capita income in the region? | Nauru |
| What is the Antarctic Treaty? | It created nonmilitary scientific cooperation, environmental safeguards and international control. |
| What is the Antarctic Treaty System? | The governing body for Antarctic research, prohibits military use or weapons testing |
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