WG Benchmark 2 Spring

African countries gain independence?

• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

Different valuable minerals found in Africa?

• Calcium, iron, Silver

• Lumber, Hydroelectricity, Shipping

• Diamonds, Gold, Platinum, Chromium

• All of these

Pandemic in Africa, especially in South Africa Region

• HIV/AIDS

• Flu

• Small Pox

• Bubonic Plague

Dam Built in Egypt

• Hoover Dam

• Buford Dam

• Panama Canal

• Aswan High Dam

Place where Europeans met to divide Africa in 1870s

• New York

• Paris

• London

• Berlin

Type of Government in China?

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Communism

• Theocracy

Why did Boxers Rebel in China?

• They needed more food

• They wanted Europeans out of China

• They wanted a democracy

• They wanted to create a capitalistic economy

Lowest Place on Earth?

• Death Valley

• Dead Sea

• Mount McKinley

• Mount Everest

Horn of Africa, lots of early man fossils found here

• East

• Central

• South

• North

Economic Tigers of East Asia

• Japan, China

• Taiwan, South Korea

• Mongolia, North Korea

• All of the above