1) Why did Shi Huangdi build a wall in northern China?
to keep invaders out 
2) How was China governed in its early history?
by multiple dynasties
3) What are some achievements China made in its early history?
they built the great wall,
4) When did Europeans begin exploration of China?13th century
5) How was Europe able to gain access to Chinese markets in the 19th century?
china had weak military and inefficient government
6) Which political group has held considerable power in China for the last 50 years?
communists 
7) What did the Communist party want for China's economy?
they wanted to modernize the economy.
8) Where does China get the resources that fuel the industrial economy?
shang hai
9) What item is especially popular as an export to the U.S.
tiles
10) Name two important Chinese inventions?
paper gun powder
11) What are the predominant religions of China?
budhism, teoism, configurisim
12) What is China's population?
about 1.34 billion

1) How long is the Great Wall of China?
about 5000 miles
2) Why was it built? And where does it run from and to?
to keep Mongolia invaders out, 
3) What are three natural barriers that have limited people's movement in East Asia?
mountains deserts and arctic zones
4) How large is the Gobi Desert?
 A 500,000 square miles
5) List two plains in Northern China.
 the gobi desert, and north china plain 
6) Name three rivers in China.
Hang he, Chang jiang, Xi jiang 
7) Where does the Huang begin and end?
started in kulan mountains, ends in yellow sea
8) How long is the Chang Jiang?
3,900 miles
9) What is the southernmost of the three great river systems of China?
The west river, Xi jiang
10) What are the natural resources of China?
coal, gold, copper, natural gas, silver
11) Which countries in East Asia would need to import coal or oil?
south and north korea, also mongolia
12) What effect might natural resources have had on the development of East Asia?
 it made it become self sufficient 
13) What is a typhoon and where does it occur?
a tropical storm and occurs in western pacifica 
14) What two words best describe the climates in the higher latitudes of East Asia?
cold and very dry
15) Where are most deserts found in East Asia?
takilimakan and gobi desert
16) Where are the tropical zones of East Asia found?
island of hunan and strip of land along china
17) What does typhoon mean in Chinese?  What other type of storm is a typhoon most like?
taaaifuing, graet wind storms.

1) What form of government did ancient Egypt have?
There were controlled by monarchs or pharos 
2) What practices did the ancient world acquire from Egypt?
Farming, building cities, and writing language.
3) How did Muslims gain control of North Africa?
 they had an army that swept through, lower egypt and then used there trading and bond zones to gain control.
4) What countries make up North Africa?
Alegria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia found there    
5) How has North Africa's economic base evolved?
Its gaining help from oil whichs has increased its money.
6) Why has the oil industry failed to benefit local workers?
 Lybia cannot meet the demands of the oil due to inexperienced workers.
7) How are prices set for products sold at souks?
They are high priced but require haggling
8) How has rai music changed since its beginnings?
Its now a form of rebellion against islamic fun.
9) What was the traditional role for North African women?
look after the kids and clean the house.
10) What gains have Tunisian women made outside the home?
20% of woman hold a set in parliamentary

1) What were some early civilizations in East Africa?  Why were these civilizations important?
The aksum and kikawa, both of these were important traders
2) What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
it was used to give rules on how Africa was divided
3) What African countries managed to remain free of European control?
Ethiopia and libera
4) How did colonialism cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?
it managed to creat cultural division before europeans divided everything.
5) How did Ethiopia manage to defeat Italy in 1896?
they used weapons given from the french.
6) What are some cash crops of East Africa?
tea sugar and coffee
7) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem.
theres a huge problem with aids
8) Research the Rwanda massacre (genocide?) and briefly discuss what happened and why.
there was a slaughter between the tutsi and hutu due to economical problems almost over 800,000 were killed.

Ch 16 section 1

History of expansion
Birth of an empire
1) Russia state was started between the Black and Baltic sea's
2) Russia was under raids by mongols until Ivan the great came and stopped them
3) The empire was soon able to expand and allow more people and cultures
Russia lags behind Western Europe
1) As Russia expanded it forgot to expand and develop in technology and science
2) peter the great tried changing this by moving capitol to St. petersburg
3) industrialization resulted in cruel conditions and poor pay which made every one angry at emperor czar
Rise and fall of Soviet union
1) during ww1 people revolted again czar and turned communism while being led by V.I Lennin
2) Soviet union left Moscow after that
3) cold war started due to US and USSR tension
4) Mikhali Goberchev ended cold war and communism and gave political and economic freedom

Building a command economy
An economic dream
1) people followed karl marx and it led to shared wealth and homes
A harsh reality
1) central government makes all important economic decisions
2) the government also decides what factories produce
3) Collective Farms - large teams of laborers would work together, it also  confirmed power over the countryside

A rich culture 
ethnicity and religion 
1) Russians make up 80% of Russia's population but 70 other groups of people live there too. 
Artistic genious
1) the golden age began when people mixed artistic ideas with others from the west.
2) Authors such as Aleksandr Pushkin and Feodor Dostoyevsky created dramatic scenes 
3) Socialist Realism promoted Soviet ideas 
Tradition and change in Russian life
more open society 
1) you can get movies, food, clothes, from all over
2) Russian Tradition still lives on, through food and other cultural ideas 
Dachas and Banyas
1) 30% own home in country for sum   mer
2)Banya - bathhouse with a dry sauna, steam bath, and a plunge into icy water
Summary 
Russia started out small but then slowly started growing under a viking rule. Its economy started out bad due to government. Now its slowly trying to better its self and is becoming more open to ideas.

Ch 15 section 3

The Shrinkng Aral Sea
a) between 1960and the present, the aril sea lost about 80 percent of its water.

A disappearing lake
a) the aril sea receives its water from the amu darya and the syr darya rivers
b) it loses most of its water by irrigating cotton fields.

Effects of agriculture
a) Agriculture practice is a problem because cotton growers use pesticides
b) runoff= rain fall not absorbed by the soil that runs into the stream and rivers.
c) of the 24 species of fish once found in the seas none are left now
d) retreating water led to pesticides and salt being free and then picked up by windstorms which harm  near by populations

saving the aril
a) to save the lake you would have to remove 9 out of the 18 million acres surrounding it.

The Russian Winter
Coping in siberia
a) more than 32 million people make there home in Siberia
b) temparatures have ranged from minus 90 to 94 in summer--- a span of 184 degrees
c) After the winter almost huge clouds of bugs come into the summer and attack the civilians
d) another problem is that the grounds start to unfreeze and sink taking any building or structures with them.
Crosssing the wild west
a) trans siberian railroad, used to make transport safer and easier for travel in siberia and wild west.

An enormous project
a) built a railroad that crosses 5,700 miles of land
b) had to clear almst 100,000 acres of forest to make the project

resource wealth in siberia
a) used the railroad to increase population and get more resources
b) by 1914 there was almost five million settler/farmers who lived in siberia.
c) made a lot of profit from discovered coal and iron ore deposits.

summary
despite the aril sea depleting slowly due to cotton fields the people are still living there using what ever resources they can. Siberia how ever seems to be growing quite nicely with the creation of an extensive rail system. Now siberia has a great economy despite the wealth being a set back.





























1) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain.
Klev, Saint petersburg, and Moscow
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
75%
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form? 
Russia and transcaucasia 
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
aral and caspian seas
5) How long is the Volga River?
2,300 miles long
6) Why is Lake Baikal important?
it contains 20% of the worlds freshest water
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
iron, coal, timber, natural gases
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?
Its cruel climate makes transporting goods difficult, also the permafrost makes it a challenge to get oils.

1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost?
80%
2) Why has this water been lost?
water was being taken for irrigating the cotton fields
3) What other environmental problems affect the area?
 pesticides and chemicals from cotton growers that get carried away towards the lakes.
4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level?
limit the amount of chemicals allowed and try to at least move the cotton farms further away from lakes.
5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video?
its become a pure water supply thats trying to be protected from large tourisms, rich russians, and chemicals from a plant near it. but it is home to a land of seals and other wild life.
6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded?
-94 in winter too 90 in summer 184 temp span
7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)?
it was so cold that the invading forces couldn't stand the temperature resulting in a retreat
8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking?
its about 5,700 miles and crosses 7 time zones
9) Research and find a major city in Siberia.  What is its population and major attractions? 
Krasnoyarsk, 1,035,528 people
atttractions Krasnoyarsk museum holding close to 480,000 items. Also has a national preserve.

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
Its a bunch of small peninsulas that are not far apart from each other
2) Where does the Danube flow?
Cuts through heart of Europe from west to east, starts from black sea, and touches few countries like Belgrade to Vienna.
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
The northern European plain 
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal and iron deposits
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
They burn is and use for fuel.
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
it protects from cold tot warm the land, but makes it harder for transportation
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
A current of warm water from the tropics that flows near Europes west coast.
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
france, greece, spain,
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
the lands usually permafrost
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
40%
11) Why did Venice grow?
refugees used the inhospitable lands to make towns.
12) What problems face Venice today?
Polution in the water has caused erosion to affect venice's foundation to
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
trees being cut down for fuel and acid rain.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
had that first democracy 
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
left many religions and languages 
16) What were the crusades?
A bunch of wars that involved taking the holy lands
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII?
the economy swapped from agriculture to industry
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
 They are the largest and have best access to trade and resources .
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
roman and german languages evolved from normal languages in history.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down?
It was used to separate east and west germany and separate capitalism and communism. it came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region?
mediteranean, western, northern, also eastern.
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
started with vikings doing hit and run attics on villages that scattered them throughout the land.
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
Britain 
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
  cultural tension
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
outdated technology, racism, 
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
led to christens branching off and making protestant churches.