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World Cultures Mid-Term Review

World Cultures Mid-Term Review. Geography. What does interdependence mean? . Depending on other countries for goods, resources, and knowledge. What are physical features? . natural elements of the environment. What are political features? . Boundaries made by humans. What is culture? .

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World Cultures Mid-Term Review

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  1. World Cultures Mid-Term Review

  2. Geography

  3. What does interdependence mean? Depending on other countries for goods, resources, and knowledge

  4. What are physical features? • natural elements of the environment

  5. What are political features? • Boundaries made by humans

  6. What is culture? All things that make up a people’s way of life

  7. How does religion strengthen society? • Teaches values that all people accept

  8. What is ethnocentrism? Judging other cultures by standards of one’s own culture

  9. How have people used the environment over the years?     People have adapted to and changed the environment in which they live

  10. What is westernization? • The adoption of western cultures

  11. Europe

  12. What type of physical feature is the continent of Europe? Peninsula

  13. What are the three most important rivers in Europe • Thames • Seine • Rhine

  14. What are city-states? Small communities that valued their independence and were surrounded by farmland

  15. Define direct democracy Citizens participate directly in government rather than through elected officials

  16. How did the feudal system function during the Middle Ages in Europe? Everyone had a fixed place in society and was obedient to the class above them

  17. What was the effect of the bubonic plague? • Inspired Ring around the Rosie • Commonly thought of to be brought on by the Jewish community • Killed over 25 million Europeans within 5 years.

  18. What was the Renaissance? Rebirth of interest in the arts, education, and science

  19. What role did Martin Luther play in the history in Europe? He opposed many wrongdoings of the church, especially indulgences

  20. What caused the economic crisis in France in the 1700s? The middle and working class were the only taxpayers

  21. How did Napoleon change French society? • All men equal before law • Freedom of religion • Napoleonic Code

  22. What was the goal of the Congress of Vienna? Restore order in France after 25 years of war and revolution

  23. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? British textile industry

  24. What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain? Advanced security and defense, health, and trade

  25. What caused World War I? • Land disputes • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand • Build up of militaries

  26. How did Adolph Hitler come into power? He promised to restore order and greatness in Germany in light of the Depression

  27. Why was the policy of appeasement followed during World War II? Countries thought it was a fair price to pay for peace

  28. What was the Berlin Wall? A wall that was very hard to get past that divided Germany for almost 30 years

  29. Why was the Berlin Wall built? To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany

  30. What is the European Union? An institution of 27 European countries that share a commitment to peace and prosperity

  31. The Middle East

  32. What were the Christian holy wars (aimed at recapturing the Holy Land) called? • Crusades

  33. Why did Israel become a center of conflict after World War II? • Jews wanted to create an independent state there

  34. What Middle Eastern people establish a great empire along the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley? • Sumerians

  35. What did Muhammad write at the request of the Allah? • Koran

  36. What does OPEC stand for? • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

  37. What religion do 90% of Middle Easterners follow? • Islam

  38. What resource has made the Persian Gulf important? • Oil

  39. Which country held American diplomats hostage for 444 days in 1979? • Iran

  40. What is Zionism? The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish national community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel.

  41. What two groups fought fiercely over the Holy Land? • Israelis and Palestinians

  42. What area did the earliest of Middle East civilization settle? • The Fertile Crescent

  43. What was the main goal of the PLO? • Regain Palestinian territory and establish a Palestinian state

  44. What led to the United States getting involved in the 1991 Persian Gulf War? • Iraq invaded Kuwait

  45. Why did the French and the British fight over Egypt for in the 1880s? Both countries wanted to build a canal across the Suez

  46. What was the result of the United States and the Soviet Union supplying arms and aid to the Middle East for over forty years? • The militaries of these countries were strengthened, but the countries were unstable

  47. What are basic elements of Christianity? Jesus was the messiah, Jesus was the son of God, Belief in teachings of Jesus

  48. What are basic elements of Judaism? Passover, religion of Hebrews, Jews were the chosen people

  49. What are basic elements of Islam? •   The Five Pillars, the Koran, Praying towards the city of Mecca

  50. Africa

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