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History 1110 - Study Guide for Map Quizzes Overview Knowledge of geography is essential to understand of World history. After all, what is the meaning of learning about Chinese history without knowing where it is? You will also see during this course that geography has played a crucial part throughout history. You are asked to learn the place-names and locations of the earth’s major physical features as well as contemporary nation-states. Though political entities come and go through history, if you know the locations and place-names of modern nation-states you will have a solid foundation of political geography to understand both history and current events. To locate places use a current map or atlas (The world map found in your textbook is not recommended). You will need to use both a political map and physical (topographical) map. If you can’t find certain item, use index in the atlas. If after trying you still cannot find all the features, ask your instructor for assistance. If you don’t know the commonly used geographical terms such as “peninsula” and “isthmus”, look them up in a dictionary. ###############################
AFRICA
Be able to locate the following points on the test map and to answer MC, T/F, or matching questions based on the “Basic Geography Review (Asia)” list below. A. Countries (current boundaries)/ Islands
B. The following cities and geographical features
Part II : Basic Geography Review (Africa): Students are expected to be familiar with these information. 1. Africa is the second largest continent in the world. The large area north of equator is covered by a great desert, called the Sahara. (This word itself means “desert” in Arabic) 2. The Nile River is the longest river in the world. Its source stems from Lake Victoria and pours into the Mediterranean through 3. The Suez canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, allowing ships to travel between Asia and Europe without having to circumnavigate the African continent. Constructed in the 19th century under French supervision, the canal was controlled by the British until the mid 20th century. 4. By 750 CE, North Africa had been conquered by Islamic forces. The region has remained a stronghold of Islam ever since. Islam spread southward into West Africa through the trans-Saharan Trade (trade across the Sahara). 5. The Sahel is a semi-arid region immediately south of the Sahara, stretching from 6. The Niger is the major river system in West Africa. The river runs though the Sahel region of West Africa and pours into the Gulf of Guinea through 7. The Horn of Africa is an area in which countries such as 8. Highlands cover much of 9. Control of Africa was split among the European powers during the late 19th to early 20th centuries (New Imperialism). There were only two exceptions to this European domination of Africa; 10. The Congo River runs through Central Africa, supporting the rainforest of Congo Basin. 11. The current political boundaries of most African nations largely reflect the boundaries of the colonial period, which started in the late 19th and early 20th century. Most African nations gained their independence during the 1960s. 12. The Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly known as 13. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, 14. East Africa has been part of the Indian Ocean Trade network throughout history. Since the Arabs were the principle agents of trade, a mixture of Arabic and African cultures, known as Swahili (“coast” in Arabic), emerged in East Africa. Today, the Swahili Language is widely used as a Lingua Franca of East Africa. The Gujarati people from northwest 15. 16. Since the 17th century, the moderate climate of #################################### ASIA
Be able to locate the following points on the test map and to answer MC, T/F, or matching questions based on the “Basic Geography Review (Asia)” list below. A. Countries (current boundaries)/ Islands
B. The following cities and geographical features
Part II : Basic Geography Review (Asia): Students are expected to be familiar with these information.
1)
Ural mountains are usually considered
as the boundary that separates Asia
and Europe. That means while
the majority of 2) The Russian cold region east of the Ural Mountains all the way to the Pacific is known as Siberia. The area is covered with Tundra (i.e. lichen and moss) and Taiga (subarctic, evergreen coniferous forest). 3) Caspian Sea, in spite of its name, is the largest LAKE in the world. 4) Lake Baikal found in South Eastern Russia (Siberia) is the largest freshwater lake in the world and also the deepest lake in the world.
5)
The Huang (Yellow)
River is found in northern
6)
Chang (Yang-tze)
River is the longest river
in
7)
One
of the earliest civilizations flourished in Mesopotamia, which literally
means “the area between the two rivers.” These two are the
Tigris and Euphrates
rivers and found in presently
8)
9) Most of the Arabian Peninsula is covered by desert and sparsely populated.
10)
Mecca is the Holy City
of Islam, and is located in 11) The principle population groups of the Middle East (Southwest Asia) include 1) Arabs 2) Persians 3) Turks and 4) Kurds.
12)
The
area in which modern day
13)
The
area in which modern-day 14) Both the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are products of plate tectonics and therefore are the direct result of the collision between the Indian subcontinent and the Eurasian landmass. The Himalayas include nine of the world's ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest.
15)
Five
nations in South Asia,
16)
One
of the world’s oldest civilizations flourished in the Indus Valley. Today the Indus
River is found in
17)
The Strait of Malacca is found between the Malay
Peninsula and Sumatra (one of the major
islands that constitutes
18)
As
Arab traders took an active role in the Indian Ocean
trade network, Islam spread throughout the world. Today, the largest
Muslim country, in terms of population, is 19) Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, found south of the Caucasus Mountains between The Black Sea and Caspian Sea, are known as the Caucasus states.
20) After the collapse
of the Soviet Union in 1991, five nations emerged in Central Asia; ############################### EUROPE
Be able to locate the following points on the test map and to answer MC, T/F, or matching questions based on the “Basic Geography Review (Asia)” list below. A. Countries (current boundaries)/ Islands
B. The following cities and geographical features
Part II : Basic Geography Review (Europe) Students are expected to be familiar with these information. 1. Most of languages spoken in Europe belong to the Indo-European linguistic family. Major branches of this language family include 1) Romantic (Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, etc) 2) Germanic (German, English) and 3) Slavic (Russian, Polish, etc.)
2.
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