The countries of eastern Eurasia were at one time referred to as the Orient, from the Latin word for facing the east or facing the sunrise.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Despite a fast growing population, urban growth has remained slow as few Africans choose to leave the rural areas.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Some experts have dubbed our current century, the Asian Century for the profound impact that this region will have on the world throughout this century.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4As a region, Africa has the fastest growing population and the largest youth bulge in the world.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5North Africa is ethnically diverse, while Sub-Saharan Africa is predominantly Arabs and Berbers.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6Although there has never been permanent human habitation on Antarctica, it is still subject to environmental pressures.How have the waters around Antarctica been mismanaged, and what action has been taken to protect Antarctica's natural resources until 2048?
Question 7One of the largest issues of contention between Australia's indigenous people and the white majority is land rights.Describe how the Native Title Bill and Wik Case expanded aboriginal rights to land.
Question 8List four of the seven major economic enterprises in Oceania.
Question 9Colonization has resulted in ethnicstrife in the former British colony of the Solomon Islands.Explain how the actions of 1942 led to ethnic violence in 1999, and how the violence was settled in 2003.
Question 10European exploration decimated the Pacific islanders and disrupted their culture in numerous ways.What did the explorers seek to gain from the islands, and what negative impacts did they introduce?
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