- What are the most important natural resources in this region? What are the patterns of precipitation in this region?
- Where does the population live? What are the important rivers in this region?
- What is the ecological trilogy? Give examples.
- What is spatial diffusion? How did Islam diffuse? What are the ‘Pillars of Islam’? Who was Muhammad?
- What is the difference between relocation diffusion and expansion diffusion?
- What is the sacred text of the Islamic faith? Where is Mecca? Why is significant?
- What are the different forms of Islam? Where are these different forms located?
- Who is SayyidQutub? What is an Islamist? What is Jihad? What is a theocratic society?
- What is a stateless nation? Provide an example. What geographic factors contribute to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?
- Where do the Palestinian people live? Where is Jerusalem? Why is it significant? What are the ‘Occupied Territories’?
- Why is this region of strategic importance? What are choke points? Where are they found in the region?
- South Asia
- How is rural to urban migration affecting South Asia?
- Where is the Thar Desert? Where are the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau and why are they important?
- What is a monsoon climate? How is the monsoon developed?
- How big is India (population)?
What is RNI? What is doubling time? What is the dependency ratio? What is a population
- pyramid (age-sex diagram)? What does the shape of population pyramids tell about a population?
- What are the three major rivers in South Asia? Why are they important?
- Why is Ganga Ma sick? How does this situation affect people?
- What are the two dominate climates types in South Asia? Define them. What is significant about Cheerapunji?
- Why is South Asia called the subcontinent? What are the main natural hazards in South Asia?
- Who was Shah Jahan? Why is he important? What is the partition of India? Why was it significant?
- Where is Kashmir? Why is it significant? What is the line of control?
- What are the major religions of South Asia? What is the caste system?
- What and where was the Mughal Empire? Why is it important?
- What is the Grameen Bank? What is microcredit?
- What car is considered the world’s most inexpensive? Who makes it? Where is it made? Why is it being manufactured?
- Who is Gandhi? What is the Raj?
- Why are tigers on the decline in Asia?
- Australia & Oceania
- What is biogeography? What is the difference between native, endemic, and exotic species?
- What is the cause of the decline of Guam’s native birds? What is significant about the brown tree snake?
- How do animals adapt to life on isolated islands? Be able to give examples.
- Why is Hawaii considered the extinction capital of the world?
- What is the Wallace line? What are marsupials? What is the “Outback”?
- How did Australia control its rabbit populations? What is the rabbit-proof fence?
- What vegetation patterns dominate in Australia and New Zealand? What landform types dominate in Australia and New Zealand?
- What landuse patterns dominate in Australia and New Zealand?
- What is the most serious threat to Australia and New Zealand’s indigenous plant and animal species?
- What are the major environmental problems/issues in Australia/Oceania?
- What economic activities are dominate in Australia and New Zealand?
- What are the common characteristics between Australia and New Zealand?
- What was White Australia Policy? What is the Native Title Bill? Who are the Aboriginals and the Maoris?
- What are the trade patterns of Australia & New Zealand?
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