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What area of teh ancient world was blessed with some of the best crops and animals?
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Fertile Crescent
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How many cattle are in the U.S. alone
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100 million
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How did humans acquire measles? flu? small pox?
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Measles from cattle, the flu from pigs through chickens and ducks and smallpox from domestic animals.
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What other animals besides the pig did Europe have?
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cow, sheep, goat, horse, buffalo, camels
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What animal is used in South Asia as work animals
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Elephants
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Of the 148 different species of wild plant eating terrestrial mammals that weigh over 100 pounds, how many have been successfully used to farm?
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14
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What is the technology that transformed the world
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Development of steel
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What do any two points of the globe that share the same latitude autmatically share?
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Length of the day and similar climate and vegetation
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What first developed in a part of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent?
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Agriculture
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What was the only large domestic animals in the New World?
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Llama
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Name three things that all great civilzations have in common?
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advanced technology
large populations well organized workforce |
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This is teh way crops are changed by human interference
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domestication
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What were the first animals to be domesticated?
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goats and sheep
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What four inventions helped the spread of writing?
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paper, ink, moveable type and the printing press
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What was the name of the disease that would eventually kill millions in the Americas?
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Smallpox
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What two cereal grasses grow in the Middle East?
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Wheat and Barley
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Whatis the estimated number of indigenous people that died due to diseases?
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20 million
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What percentage of people in the New World were killed by diseases?
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95%
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This word can be translated as "total burning"
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Holocaust
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This was proven forgery which claimed that there was an international Jewish consprracy to take over the world
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The Elders of Zion
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This made it illegal for JEws, Gypies, and Blacks to intermarry with Germans in Germany
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Numerberg Laws
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THese were surrounded by barb wire or brick walls
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Ghettos
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These were Nazi centers or murder or extermination sites. Jews and non Jews were brought to them to be put to death
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Death Camps
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These defined Jews, excluded Jews from German society and removed all their civil rights
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Numerburg Laws
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THe systemicatic, bureaucratic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regimes and their collaborators
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Holocaust
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The cyanide gas made of prussic acid which was used to kill Jews in the gas chambers of Auschwitz
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Zylomb
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SS mobile killing units attached to the German Army whose primary purpose was to seek out and slaughter Jews in Eastern Poland and Russia
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Einsatz
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Senior government official discussed the details of their plan for carrying out the "Final Solution."
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Wannsee Conference
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Prejudice against Jews
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Anti-semitism
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Night of broken glass
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Kristallnacht
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Holocaust
He/she said that Judaism was our religion, but we were Hungarian |
Alice
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Holocaust
Of the five characters, the only one experimented on |
Irene
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Holocaust
Only Holocaust survivor to be elected to the U.S. Congress. |
Tom
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Holocaust
Saw people thrown into fire pits. |
Renee
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Holocaust
She/he was at Cachua when the camp was liberated and saw some German soldiers being torn apart. |
Bill
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Holocaust
This character blames man not God for what happened during the Holocaust |
Renee
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Holocaust
Three friends that had agreed to sacrifice their lvies for each other |
Bill
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Holocaust
Name 4-5 rights taken away from Jews after Kristallnacht |
public schools
businesses closed public parks museums theaters driver's license lost radios and telephones taken bank accounts closed beaten |
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Holocaust
Besides Jews name at last five other groups targeted during the Holocaust |
Gypsies
Communists Gays Jehovah Witnesses Trade Unionists Mentally and physically disabled |
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Japan
Japan is also known as this |
Land of the Rising Sun or
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Japan
Name the four main islands |
The islands are Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu.
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Japan
Japan is about the size of |
Japan is just a little smaller than Montana
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Japan
Name the Japanese code of conduct |
Bushito
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Japan
What Japanese group, throughout history, has never feared death? |
Suma ??
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Japan
Japanese word for Japan |
Nippen
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Japan
What is Japanese population? |
Japan has 125.9 million people
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Japan
What percentage of Japanese live in the cities? |
80%
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Japan
Name Japan's three largest cities |
Tokyo Yokohama,Osaka
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Japan
Fencing with bamboo poles is called |
Kendo
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Africa
What is the most common cause of famine? |
Drought
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What 3 African countries have the largest land area?
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Sudan, Algeria,and Democratic Congo Republic
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Which African country has the lowest life expectancy?
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Zambia
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Which African country has the lowest literacy rate?
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Niger
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Founder of the Mali Empire
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Sundiata Keita
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This was used by the ancient Egyptians as a set of instructions for the afterlife.
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Book of Death
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What are Africa's most populated cities?
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Lago in Nigeria
Cairo in Egypt |
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Which country has the higest infant mortality rate?
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Liberia
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Which country was the first and last to be involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
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Portugal
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What were the motives for enslaving the Africans?
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1) War
2)Destitution 3)Crime 4) Debt |
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What was the preferred age group for slaves to be kidnappedd?
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Early teens to mid twenties??
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French slave ship where eveyone temporarily lost their eyesight
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???
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Depending on weather, how long was the normal trip across the Atlantic?
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six weeks
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What was the biggest killer of Africans on board the slave ships?
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dysentery
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What is cobalt used for?
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high grade steel in aircraft and industrial engines
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What African country is the world's leading cocoa producer?
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South Africa
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What are the 3 physical obstacles to development of Africa
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Sahara desert
Great Rift Valley Mountains |
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A protein deficient diet that can lead to starvation
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Diet of carbohydrates that most Afreican eat only one meal a day
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What country borders both the REd and Mediterranean Seas?
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Egypt
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What percentage of Africans are Muslims?
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40%
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Approximately how many ethnic groups are there in Africa?
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more than 100
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Approximately how many people live in Africa?
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more than 900 million
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About what proportion of the land mass of African is taken up by the Sahara?
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25% or 1/4 of Africa
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What percentage of Africans on slave ships died of smallpox?
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More than 50% ???
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Gathering of 14 European nations to lay down rules for dividing up Africa
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Berlin Conference
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In what country does the Blue Nile begin?
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Ethiopia
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What is the mouth of the Zambezi River
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The Zambezi Delta before it flows into the Indian Ocean.
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In what country does the Niger River begin?
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Guinea
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Near what large body of water does the Nile start?
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Lake Victoria
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Where is the mouth of the Congo River?
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Atlantic Ocean
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The only country named for a desert
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Nambia
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In what country is the Kalahari Desert?
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Botswana
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What body of water separates Madagascar from the continent of Africa?
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Moszambique Channel in the Indian Ocean
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What is the RPF?
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Rwandan Patriotic Front-group that ended the genocide in Rwanda
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What did the Hutus do for a lving?
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agriculture
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The Tutsis were traditionally
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nomads
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Why did the Belgians choose the Hut?
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?????
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What event triggered the genocide in Rwanda?
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Rwanda got its independence,
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What were the civilian death squads called in Rwanda?
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Interahamwe ???
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The Great Royal wife of Ramesses the Great
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Nubkhaes
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National religion of Benin
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Voodoo
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South African ethnic group of 10 million people
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Zulu
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Egyptian god of life, death, and fertility
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Osiris
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Ancient Egyptian concept of law, morality, and justice
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Ma'at
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OLdest and only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the World
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Pyramids
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Largest mud brick or adobe building in the world
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Great Mosque of Djenne
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God of the sky depicted as a falcon
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Horus
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Sister and wife of Osiris
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Isis
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This words means separatism in Afrikaans and was a system of racial segregation in South Africa
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apartheid
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This term refers to belief in souls
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animism
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Why is AIDS considered an epidemic
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The number of AIDS cases in Africa continues to rise as it is passed from one person to another?
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What is the single biggest cultural influence in North Africa?
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Arab
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What is the Swahili word for lion?
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simba
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What is the Swahili word for friend?
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rafiki
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He saved 1238 Rwandans
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Paul Rusesabagina
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Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa that escaped this
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Slave trade?
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extreme and long term shortage of food
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famine
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Five countries that tested nuclear weapons since 1945
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US
Russia Inda Pakistan North Korea |
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What is Hibakusha?
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Survivor of the bombings in Hiroshima or Nagaski
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What does enryo mean?
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exercising restraint or let others go first
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Two texts that never lie are the Bible and timetabls
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Father Kleinsorge
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Who became known as the A-Bomb minister?
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Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto
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Which of the six characters said goodbye to his wife because he thought he would die?
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Dr. Fujii ???
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Which of the six characters died by 1977?
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Dr. Fujii
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What motivated the Japanese government to change their policy toward hibakusha?
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??? Japanese are not as enryo as they were toward the survivors. They have stopped testing them now that they are old
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WHo changes her name to Makota Takakura?
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Father Kleinsorge
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Holy place in Tokyo dedicated to the spirits of all the Japanese that died in wars against foreign powers
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Yasukuni Jinjya
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How many classes of poeple were eligible for financial support from the Japanese government?
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???
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A Muslim must pray how many times a day?
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five
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Holy shrine in JErusalem which houses the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven and where Jews beleive Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac to God.
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Great Mosque or Temple Mount in Jerusalem
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A strict Muslim group in Afghaistan that has imposed rigid rules on society
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Taliban
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An Iraqi Christian
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Assyrians
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When did Muhammed receive his first revelation and through whom?
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Muhammed was 40 years old and received the revelation from the archangel Gabriel
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Muslims rever and respect what leader
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Muhammed
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Besides pork and pork byproducts and other animals, what else are Muslims prohibited from consuming?
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Alcohol
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Durning Ramadan, Mustlins abstain from sex, drink, and what else?
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smoking
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Jello comes from what part of a pig?
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collagen in pig's bones, hooves, and connective tissue
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How many times did the Prophet Muhammad go around the Ka'aba?
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Seven times
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ONe of the two main branches of Islam comprising about 83 percent of all Muslims
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Sunni
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Salat is the Arabic word for what?
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Daily ritual prayer
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Arabic word for head scarf
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hijab
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Arabic word for pilgrimage
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hijj
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5 daily prayers are midday, evening, sunset, late evening and when else?
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dawn or sunrise
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The place of Muhammed's tomb
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Medina in Saudi Arabia
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33% of Muslims in US are from what ethnic group?
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African American??
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This is celebrated the 9th month of the Islamic Lunar calendar
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Ramadan
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What Asia country has the largest population of Muslims?
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Indonesia
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What book has the sayings and actual practice of the prophet Muhammad?
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Quaan
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City in Southwest Asia that has holy places for 3 major religions?
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Jerusalem
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In ancient times what city was considered the center of the Muslim world?
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Medina
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Arabic word for charity or poor due?
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zakah
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Most memorized book in the world
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Quran
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What is the name of the world's oldest civilization?
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Chinese
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What percentage of the Muslims world wide live in the Arab world?
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20%
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What percentage of their income do Muslims give directly to the poor?
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2.5%
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Women are told to cover their .....attractive qualities
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Hair??
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HOw many classes of people were eligible for financial support from the Japanese government
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NO answer??
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The French slave ship where everyone temporarily lost their eyesight
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No answer??
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