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23 Cards in this Set
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What rivers are like twin rivers flowing through Turkey and Iraq?
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Euphrates and Tigris
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What narrow waterway is an important shipping channel for oil?
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Strait of Hormuz
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What are latitude an longitude of a point called?
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Coordinates
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What are groups identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin?
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Ethnic Group |
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What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq?
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Kurds
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What group is both an ethnic and religious group?
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Jews
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What are three prominent religions in the Middle East?
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Where do almost all the Middle Eastern Jews live?
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Israel
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What are two major groups of Muslims?
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Sunnis and Shiites
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There is usually a high correlation between the standard of living and what?
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The literacy rate
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The state of Israel was established when?
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1948
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Prejudice against Jews is known as what?
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Anti-semitism
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Which two countries divided the Middle East into countries after World War 1?
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France and Britain
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A major conflict in the Middle East is between Arab states and who?
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Israel
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During World War 2, six million Jews were killed in what is called the?
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Holocaust
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The movement to unite displaced Jews and settle them in Palestine was called what?
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Zionism
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Who wanted to rid the world of "its Jewish problem"?
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Hitler
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What large empire broke up after World War 1?
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Ottoman Empire
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True or False: Christians converting to Islam is a punishable offense in Iran?
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False. Christians converting to Islam is not a punishable offense in Iran. However, Islam converting to any other religion may be punishable.
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True or False: The majority of Arabs in the Middle East are Muslims?
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True
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True or False: The oldest religion in the Middle East is Judaism?
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True
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True or False: Christians believed Muhammad was a profit?
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False. Islam believes Muhammad was the final profit, but Christians deny Muhammad the status of a profit
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True or False: As Jews migrated further throughout the world, their desire for a homeland lessened?
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False. Zionism is the movement to re-establish the Jewish homeland. |
