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geography
40 cards·by cupcakes1o1
most accurate way to show Earth's continents is with a?
map
pacific plates edge called?
ring of fire
pangea is a name used for:
the theory of a supercontinent
three largest countries in North America?
mexico, us and canada
which two Caribbean countries share the same island
haiti and dominican republic
liberia was settled by
freed united states slaves
how many peninsulas make up Europe?
4
the korean peninsula extends southward about 600 miles from?
east africa
japans four home islands are...
hokkaido, shikoku, honshu and kyushu
largest islamic country in the world is...
Indonesia
castes are?
herediary classes of the hindu society
what is the Olduvai Gorge?
one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world.
define Sirocco
a hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the Mediteranean to Europe.
Moors
Muslim North Africans
Outback
Austrailia's inland region
Sultan
The surpreme ruler of a Muslim country
Dynasty
a ruling family that passes power from one generation to the next
Mosiacs
Islamic houses of worship
Apartheid
The South African government policy of seperation of races
Theocracy
a government ruled by religious leaders
Shamans
Shinto priests
Sanskrit
an early language form in South Asia
Bedouins
Nomadic herders in the deserts of Egypt and Southwest Asia
Pharaohs
Anceoent Egyptian kings
Zionism
The movement to establish a Jewish country in Palestine
Samurai
warriors who seved Japanese lords
caste system
a system in which people's position in society is determined by what group theyre born into
casbah
the old fortress and centeral part of some north african cities
kimchi
chinese cabbage that has been spiced and pickled
pagoda
buddhist temple
reincarnation
the belief in your soul being reborn into another body
matrial law
military rule
sacred text is torah
Judiaism
belief in jesus and bible
christianity
belief in mohammed
islamic
oldest religion in the world
hinduism
beliefs are summarized by the four noble truths
buddhist
cardinal direction used traveling from antartica to greenland
north
interediate distance traveled from india to austrailia
southeast
intermediate direction used to go from south africa to mexico
northwest