9th+Grade+final+2012


 * __ Name __**


 * African/Asian Final Exam Study Guide 2012-13 **

__Textbook Chapters: 15.1, 15.5, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3__
 * China**

__Know the location of the following countries, China, Cambodia, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea, Indonesia__
 * Geographic Features (Asia) **


 * Chapter 15.1 Geographic Setting **

__1. Give examples of cultural diffusion that took place as a result of trading.__

__2. What is the essential crop of Asia?__

__3. What are the effects of physical features on population distribution and patterns of life?__


 * Chapter 15.5 Roots of the Revolution **

__1.Opium War – What happened? Causes & Effects? Results?__

__2.Spheres of Influence (imperialism)__

__3. Treaty of Nanking__

__4.Boxer Rebellion-What was the goal of the Boxers? Results?__

__5.Reasons Europeans gained control in China__

__6. Chiang Kai-shek__

__7. Sun Yat-sen’s Nationalist goals failed. Why? What were his 3 Principles of the People?__

__8. The Long March__

__1. Mao Zedong__
 * Chapter 16.1 The People’s Republic of China **

__2. Why were the Communists successful in gaining control of China after WW II?__

__3. Hall marks of Communism__

__4. Land Reform__

__5. Communes/Collective Farms__

__6. The Red Guard__

__7.Great Leap Forward__

__8.Cultural Revolution__

__9. Propaganda (Posters, Little Red Book)__


 * Chapter 16.2 Economic Development __**


 * 1) Deng Xiaping


 * 1) Four Modernizations


 * 1) SEZ


 * 1) Tiananmen Square 1989-What happened? Results? New Social Contract


 * __Other Information__**:
 * 1) What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?


 * 1) One Child Policy


 * 1) Totalitarian Governments


 * 1) Taiwan


 * 1) Ethnocentrism

Textbook Chapters: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, & 6.2
 * __Africa__**


 * __ Geographic Features (Africa) __**
 * 1) Know the location of the following countries: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Liberia, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Somalia and Zimbabwe


 * 1) Know the location of the following Rivers: Nile, Suez Canal, Congo, Zambezi, Niger and Orange

1. Topography 2. Uneven distribution of Africa’s natural resources?
 * __ 3.1The Shape of the Land & 3.2 Climate & Diversity __**
 * 1) Subsistence Farming-


 * 1) Desertification-


 * 1) What are some negative effects of Africa’s tropical climate?


 * __ 4.1 Trading States and Kingdoms __**

2. The economy of the W. African kingdoms was based on what? 3. What W. African city was a center for Islamic law and thinking during the middle ages?
 * 1) Mali-What religion influenced this empire? Mansa Musa what brought him worldwide fame?

4. Cultural Diffusion-Define it. Examples during this time period.


 * __ 4.3 The Slave Trade __**


 * 1) Why was there a perceived need for slaves in the Americas?


 * 1) Middle Passage-


 * 1) Triangle Trade-


 * 1) What were the effects of the slave trade on Africa?


 * 1) How did racism lead to the growth of slavery?


 * 1) Atlantic Slave Trade. How did it work?
 * __ 4.4 Age of European Imperialism __**


 * 1) European’s knowledge about Africa prior to 1880.


 * 1) Explain the Berlin Conference of 1884


 * 1) European Motives-Reasons why Europeans invaded Africa during the 19th century (Why Europe wanted control of Africa) Define Imperialism.


 * 1) What is Indirect Rule and Direct Rule?


 * 1) African resistance-Types of resistance. Why did it fail? Did it succeed anywhere?


 * 1) “White Man’s burden” Explain it


 * 1) Possible Positives of European colonialism. Were they intended?


 * __ Chapter 5.1 Winning Independence __**
 * 1) What were some obstacles that many of the newly independent African nations faced?


 * 1) Jomo Kenyatta, Mau Mau. What did they do?


 * 1) Pan-Africanism


 * 1) Guerrilla warfare


 * 1) Nationalism.


 * 1) What made it difficult for Africans to gain a sense of nationalism towards their nation?


 * 1) How did World War II help the independence movements throughout Africa?


 * 1) How did the U.S. help to end imperialism in Africa?


 * 1) Was South Africa truly independent after independence was achieved?


 * __ Chapter 5.2 Steps Toward Development __**


 * 1) Most African nations are not economically strong. What are some reasons for this?


 * 1) List some of the challenges to nation building in modern Africa after independence.


 * 1) What are some devastating effects of civil war throughout Africa?


 * 1) What factors worked to divide Africans in their countries after independence?


 * 1) What 3 things did Africans expect to occur in their countries after independence was achieved?


 * 1) What are some economic goals of developing nations?


 * 1) Urbanization


 * __ Chapter 6.2 Republic of South Africa __**


 * 1) Apartheid. Origins, define it, When and why did it end?


 * 1) Leader of the ANC


 * 1) Nelson Mandela


 * __Other Information-You may have to do some outside research on your own:__**


 * 1) Blood Diamonds


 * __ Identify the following from the primary documents (poem, proverb, political cartoons, passage) __** :