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N. Africa, Asia, Middle East
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
11/07/2007

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What is an Arab?
Definition
A person who speaks Arabic
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Which 2 rivers flow through the Mesopotamia?
Definition
Tigris and Euphrates
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"Big Five" countries with oil reserves
Definition
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iran
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4 impacts of oil in middle East region
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1.  High incomes

2.  Modernization

3.  Industrialization

4.  Intra/Inter-realm migration 

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Where is 95% of Egypt's population?
Definition
Within a dozen miles of Nile River, banks, deltas
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What part of Sudan is Arabized and Islamic?  African and Christian?
Definition
North/ South
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Four countries that make up the Maghreb  
Definition
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
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Which 2 countries of the Maghreb have oil reserves?  
Definition
Algeria, Libya
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4 countries with Kurdish majority
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Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria
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What city is the Paris of the Middle East?
Definition
Beirut
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Country in Arabian peninsula with largest population
Definition
Yemen
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What is the official language of Pakistan?

 

Lingua franca of India and Pakistan? 

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English
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India is composed of how many states?
Definition
28
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Sikhs are dominant in state of...
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Punjab
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Which city dominates the eastern part of India?
Definition
Kolkata
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Which city dominates the western part of India?
Definition
Mumbai
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Where is China proper?
Definition
East
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3 provinces in Northeast China
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Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang
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Oceangoing ships can navigate on the Chang Jiang to which city?
Definition
Wuhan
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Where is the Three Gorges Dam located?
Definition
Northward bend of Chang River between Yichang and Chongqing
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Which country did Japan endow with infrastructure?
Definition
Taiwan
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What percent of the population lives in Indonesia and the Phillippines?
Definition
55%
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4 European colonizers of Southeast Asia
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Dutch, British, French, Spanish
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Dominant religion of mainland Southeast Asia
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Buddhism
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Vietnam divided into how many regions?
Definition
3
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Greatest river in SE Asia
Definition
Mekong
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Where does Indonesia rank in world population?
Definition
4th largest
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Which island in India has the most population?
Definition
Jawa
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Dominant religion of Indonesia
Definition
Islam
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What country was East Timor once a part of?
Definition
Indonesia
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How many islands are in the Philippines?
Definition
more than 7,000
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Main religion of the Philippines
Definition
Christian
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3 most populated countries in NASWA (Making 1/2 the population)
Definition
1.  Egypt, 2. Turkey, 3.  Iran
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What 3 countries consume oil massively
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USA, China, Japan
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Top 4 oil reserves
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KSA, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait
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Southeast Asia has a population of
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552 million, almost half the population of India
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Singapore's HDI
Definition
25 (#1 country in region)
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What does the Great Wall have a strong association with?
Definition
500 mm line
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