Geography The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography
Book ” H.J. De Blij, Peter O. Muller, and Jan Nijman. The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography. 6th edition, Wiley.”
because the questions will be as multiple choose.
Sub Saharan Africa:
Which diseases cause the most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa?
What is land tenure?
What is regional complementarity?
Which colonial powers governed which large African countries?
What was the first African state to go through decolonization? When?
Which European country was the last to accept decolonization?
What are the major African rivers?
Who are Afrikaners? How has their history been unique?
Know the major physical features of the continent
What are the most densely populated countries?
What is Swahili?
Former American slaves founded what country?
What are the traits of the African Transition Zone?
What has happened in Somalia since the early 1990s?
What is the most populous country in the realm?
North Africa and Southwest Asia:
Understand the impact of the diffusion of Islam
Why was there a Shiite/Sunni split? Which group is more populous? Where are they located?
Who were the Ottomans?
What is the significance of the Aswan High Dam?
Who are the fellaheen?
What is the Nile Delta?
What is the significance of Darfur?
What/where is the Maghreb?
What is the significance of the Persian Gulf? What countries border the gulf?
What is Mesopotamia?
What happened to many of the Palestinians upon the creation of Israel? Where did they go?
When/why/how was Israel created?
What are the two wealthiest sheikdoms of the United Arab Emirates?
South Asia:
What is the caste system?
What are some of the major languages of the realm?
How long did the British rule India?
What happened to British India upon its decolonization?
Why do we no longer have an East and West Pakistan on the map?
What is the significance of Jammu and Kashmir?
What proportion of Indians live in cities?
Why has economic growth dramatically increased in the last couple decades?
What are the major rivers of the realm? How have they impacted development?
What are the Maldives?