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This form of family planning in India encouraged women and men to?: have their tubes tied and get vasectomies respectively
What was given as payment for getting a vasectomy in India: a Transistor radio
What were the two main programs India instituted after independence?: family planning and green evolution
What did the green evolution mean?: Hybrid crops..20 bushels turned into 60 bushels
Was the green evolution successful?: Yes. Very.
Major rice growing area in India?: Ganges River
Is rice grown widely across India?: No.
Longer Fiber in cotton means...: stronger cotton.
whats the name of the largest Indian car company?: TATA
how much does their car sell for?: 2000$
What is the main religion of India?: Hinduism
What is one of the main tenents of Hinduism?: reincarnation
Where is the largest cattle concentration in the world found?: on the banks of the ganges river
What is the ganges river called?: The holy river of India
What is cow poop used for in India?: plaster on houses of burning it for fuel
What nation has been identified as the #1 nation in the world whose government is likely to collapse?: Pakistan
Which nation has been described as hopeless economically?: Bangladesh
This nation has a very large population and no mineral resources: Bangladesh
This nation depends on a subsistence economy: Bangladesh
This nation has lots of cyclones including a horrible one in 1970: Bangladesh
Bangladesh cyclone of 1970: 110 MPH winds height of 11 ft
this hurricane in the US had 206 MPH winds: Hurricane Camille
Mountain range in afghanistan: Hindu Kush
US army has uses these in Afghanistan: armed pilotless drones
Soviets invaded Afghanistan in..: 1979, because the Shah got tossed out of Iran
Taliban led by a guy named...: Mulah Omar
What was Irans old name and when did they change it?: Persia, 1953
Iran is top 5 in world..: Oil reserves
Clerics overthrow the shah and install?: Ayatolla Khomeini
Who attacked the US embassy in Iran?: young people wanting to make a statement
How long were US hostages held in Iran?: 400 days
What was the Shah's brutal secret service called?: The Sabak
Three names for Iranian clerics?: Ayatollas, Immans, and Mullahs
Who controls the political decisions in Iran?: The clerics
Most toxic substance known to man?: Plutonium-239
Carcinogenic means?: it causes cancer
MAjority of iranian population belong to this sect of Islam: Shi'ite
4 countries with majority Shia populations: Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Bahrain
Shias worldwide are only __% of Muslims: 15
Blood relative of Muhammed?: Ali
Muhammed's right hand man?: Abu Bakar
People that followed Ali became...: Shia
People that followed Abu Bakar became...: Sunni
Patrick Noonan served as...: President of the Nature Conservancy
Patrick noonan organized...: a group of conservationists and businessmen
Patrick Nooned played an enormous role at..: Enchanted Rock
This is the 2nd largest Granite dome in North America: Enchanted Rock
Only granite dome bigger than Enchanted Rock: Stone Mountain, in Georgia
What is a big problem in China?: People stealing babies so they can have a son
What time was the Aponino earthquake in Italy?: 3 30 in the morning
How many killed in Aponino earthquake: at least 70..probably closer to 90
Moment of Magnitude of Aponino earthquake?: 6.3
How many people homeless after Aponino earthquake?: 100,000
What did Israel attack in 1967?: Golan heights in Syria, Gaza strip and the Sanai Penninsula in Egypt, and West Bank in Jordan
What did UN resolution 238 say?: Israel has to leave occupied territory
When did Israel pull settlers out of the Gaza strip?: 2 years ago
Who was the old Egyptian President?: Anwar Sadat
Oldest Abrahamic religion?: Judaism
2nd oldest Abrahamic religion?: Christianity
2nd most important prophet of Islam?: Jesus
Chapters in the Koran are called?: Suras
This religion is growing rapidly in Africa: Catholicism
Islam means?: Submission to God
Koran means?: recitations
Where did Muhammed receive revelations from God?: in a cave south of Mecca
Last islamic city in Europe?: Granada in Spain, fell in 1492
Salat means?: Prayer 5 times a day
When do you pray?: 1st sun rises 2nd late morning 3rd early afternoon 4th late afternoon 5th evening
Quibla means?: area of Mosque that faces Mecca
Zakat means?: sharing 2 1/2% of your wealth
Ramadan means?: A fast where you cant eat drink or sex during daylight hours
Hajj means?: Pilgrimage to Mecca
Muhammed born and died in?: 570 AD 630AD
Muhammed's mom died when he was?: 6
Shiite tend to be more _____ than sunni: Conservative
3 holy cities of Islam: Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
What percent of Egypts population live on 4% of its land: 96%
Nile river is called this: an exotic stream
The amazon is ____ miles shorter than the Nile: 200
Average rainfall in Cairo is: 1.5 inches a year
Hydrophite means?: it needs a lot of water to survive
This African country has long been a thorn in Americas side: Libya
Libyan dictator who took power in 1969: Khadafi
Khadafi shipped weapons to: Ireland Mozambique and Palestine among others
4 largest oil reserves in Africa in order: Nigeria, Libya Algeria and Gabon
Major ruins in Tunisia called?: Carthage
One of the US best friends in the Arab world: Morocco
Morocco is the worlds largest exporter of?: phosphates-detergents and fertilizers
What percentage of Africa is plateau?: 75%
these mountains are on the tip of Africa: Drakensburg
What is the highest peak in the Atlas mountains in Africa: 11,000 ft
What is Boxite?: The ore used to make Aluminum
worlds 2 largest producers of Boxite in order?: Australia, Guniea
4 isolated volcanic peaks in East Africa: Kilamanjaro, Kenya, Margharita, Elgan
Largest lake in Africa?: Lake Victoria
When was swine flu first diagnosed in pigs?: 1930s
When was there last a bout of swine flu?: in the 80s
Limestone is made up of?: Calcium carbonate
Puerto Rico is...: a commonwealth territory of the US
in 1898 the USS Maine: sunk, sow we went to war with Spain
Copper Canyon is significant because?: its 3 to 4 times bigger than the Grand Canyon
Tierra Del Fuego is?: The tip of South America. it has nothing to do with volcanoes. Argentina and Chile share it.
Largest drainage basin in the world?: Amazon drainage basin
Amazon drainage basin would cover ___% of the contiguous United States: 60%
Largest river in the world, not the longest: Amazon
How many cubic feet of flow per second does the Amazon River produce?: 7 million
How wide is the Amazon?: 2 miles
How deep is the Amazon?: 200 ft
How many tributaries does the Amazon have?: 11,000
Parana/Paraguay is the ___ largest river plain: 2nd
Highest waterfall in the world?: Angel Falls
Guiana highlands found in?: Venezuela and Guyana
The biggest coffee producer in the world?: Brazil
Highest mountain in South America? Where is it?: Mt. Acongagua, Argentina, 22,800 ft+
How many inches per year is South America drifting?: 18 inches
Incan civilization began in...: Attiplano
highest navigable lake?: Lake titticacca
Incas believe the first man and woman were placed on this island in lake titticaca: Isla del Sol
Pachamama means?: mother earth
Capital of the Incan empire was called?: Cuzco
Cuzco was referred to by the Incans as the?: Bellybutton of the Earth
Machu Pichu discovered in?: 1910
Saroche means?: Altitude sickness
Almost as many people in Bolivia as in this Texas city: Houston
65% of all what come from Brazil?: Gemstones
Biggest exporter of drugs in the world?: Columbia

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