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Islamic and Buddhist regions are examples of regions that are unified by _________. - ANS religion What language is the unifying force in Latin America? - ANS Spanish The Wheat Belt and the Rust Belt are examples of ____________ regions. - ANS economic Regions divided by state or national borders are known as ___________ regions. - ANS political Plants struggle to grow here because there's little sunlight - ANS forest floor A darker and more humid layer with plants that have large leaves to catch the little - ANS understory Top layer where trees photosynthesize - ANS emergent San Diego is well known for its low humidity and moderate temperatures year-round, which is why people settled the area in the first place. If low humidity and moderate temperatures are why people gravitate towards San Diego, what factor makes San Diego most desirable? - ANS It's climate Regional landscapes are influenced by the cultural and political characteristics of their inhabitants. This is seen prominently in the Muslim world, where people model how they live, what they eat, and how they settle disputes by following Islamic Law. Islamic Law is known by what other name? - ANS Sharia Law Mojave Desert - ANS Southern California and Nevada Sahara Desert - ANS North Africa Gobi Desert - ANS China and Mongolia Hinduism - ANS India, Malaysia, and other parts of Southeast Asia Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - ANS Started in the Middle East but is now practiced all over the world Buddhism - ANS China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula Ethnic heritage can bring people together, but it can also divide them. In Southern Europe, Bosnians, Serbs, Croats, and many other groups were grouped together in one nation without regard to their cultural and ethnic characteristics. Because of this, the groups eventually came into conflict. In 1992, each of these ethnic groups received their own nation when ____________ was broken up. - ANS Yugoslavia Nations that primarily have a single ethnicity? - ANS Japan and Korea Sunni and Shi'a - ANS Islam Jerusalem - ANS Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Pakistan and India - ANS Hinduism and Islam Northern Ireland - ANS Catholics and Protestants