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32 Cards in this Set
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A terrorist organization called the PLO
attacked the Israeli team during the Olympic games in ____ Germany. |
Munich
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___ ___ economies produce rising
standards of living and an expanding middle class, which produces growing demands for political freedoms and individual rights. |
Free Market
(capitalism) |
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The 20th Century conflict in N. Ireland
was over political power between ____ and ____. |
Catholics / Protestants
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The main 20th Century conflict in the
Middle East was over political power between ____ and ____. |
Arabs / Israelis
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The Israeli leader who led Israel to
victory in the Yom Kippur War was ___. |
Golda Meir
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The Egyptian leader who took over the
Suez canal and built the Aswan High Dam. |
Nasser
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Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of ___.
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Buddhism
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The Koran is the holy book of ___.
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Islam
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Reincarnation, karma and dharma
are parts of the religion of ____. |
Hinduism
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Most Hindus live in ____.
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India
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Most Buddhists live in eastern ___.
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Asia
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The Torah is the written record of the religion of ___.
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Judaism
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The Eightfold Path to Nirvana (Enlightenment)
is part of the religion of ___. |
Buddhism
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The British "Mandate" which became
the state of Israel was called ___. |
Palestine
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The ___ Empire was divided into "Mandates"
following World War I. |
Ottoman
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In 1947, Britain's Raj became the
independent states of ____ and ___. |
India / Pakistan
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South Asia is also called
the Indian sub-_____________. |
continent
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Bangladesh gained its independence from _____.
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Pakistan
(former East Pakistan) |
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The independent island state located
off the southern coast of India is __ ___. |
Sri Lanka
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The Hindu leader of Indian independence
that supported western-style industrialization was ___. |
Nehru
(associate of Gandhi) |
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Who led the violent struggle for
independence in Kenya? |
Jomo Kenyatta
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Who led the long fight against "apartheid"
in South Africa? |
Nelson Mandela
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The most important leader of India's
struggle for independence was ___. (used non-violent civil disobedience) |
Gandhi
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The superpower rivalry of the Cold War Era
developed at a result of which war? |
World War I I
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man-made canal
built by Nasser |
Suez Canal
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Name of this
British Mandate (until 1948) |
Palestine
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Name of nation created
here by the UN in 1948 |
Israel
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Where Jacques Cartier sailed
to establish French claim |
5 Canada (Quebec)
(New France) |
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Monroe Doctrine prohibited
European colonization here |
1 - Americas
(Central and South) |
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Where Pol Pot committed
genocide - millions killed |
4 - Cambodia
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Seat of power in the former
Soviet Union |
6 - Moscow
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Where Christian Protestamtism
first appeared |
3 - Germany
Central Europe |
