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What 2 civilizations rose up in this region 5,000 years ago? |
Egypt Mesopotamia |
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What is a city- state? |
A city that acts as an independent Political unit. |
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What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism? |
Monotheism- the worship of 1 god Polytheism- the worship of many gods |
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What is theocracy? |
Goverment controlled by religious leaders. |
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Who are the kurds? Where do they live? What is their dream? |
The kurds are an ethnic group. They live in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, etc. Their dream is to create a kurdish nation. |
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Explain the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iraq. |
Overthrow Irans shah (king) Islamic public now enforced strict laws |
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Define Terrorism: |
The use of violence against civilians to reach a political goal. |
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What is al-Qaeda and who formed it? What happened on 9/11/01? |
al-Qaeda is a muslim terrorist group formed by Osama Bin Labin. They wanted to remove American and European influences from the muslim world. On 9/11/01 al-Qaeda attacked the twin towers in New York City. |
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Know the differences between Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt and highlights of each civilization. |
Mesopotamia Egypt Cuniform Hyroglyfics Tygris+Euphrates River Nile River Hammurabi (code of law) Pharohs |
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What is the difference between the word muslim and the word Islam |
Islam- Religion muslim- followers of Islam |
