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50 Cards in this Set
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What percentage of Quebec are French speaking? |
85% |
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What is the 2nd most commonly used language in the world? |
English |
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What is the most commonly used language in the world? |
Mandarin |
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What group started the English language and when? |
The Celtics around 2000 BC |
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Angles came from? |
Denmark |
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Anglesland is? |
England |
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In the 10th century, what group invaded N.E. England? |
Vikings |
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A regional variation of communication is? |
Dialect |
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Who purposefully developed the American accent? |
Webster |
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Pennsylvania came from? |
The midlands of Great Britain |
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Romanian language is from which family of language? |
Romance |
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Polish language is from which family of language? |
Balto-Slavic |
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Finnish language is from which family of language? |
Uralic |
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Pakistani language is from which family of language? |
Indo-Iranian |
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Danish language is from which family of language? |
Germanic |
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Frisian language is spoken where? |
Northern Holland |
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The American West dialect comes from? |
The Mid-Atlantic States |
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What is the official language of Ireland |
English |
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What is the official language of India? |
English |
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What is the worlds most commonly used family of languages? |
Indo-European |
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What are the four languages of Switzerland? |
German, Italian, French, Romansh |
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What Germanic language has changed the least in the last 1000 years, due to isolation, is? |
Icelandic |
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Australia's primary religion is? |
Protestant |
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The Middle East's primary religion is? |
Sunni |
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What is the least common Islamic sect, practiced mostly in Iran? |
Shiite |
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What is the primary religion of Latin America? |
Catholisicm |
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What is the primary religion of Great Britain? |
Protestant |
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What is the primary religion of Russia? |
Eastern Orthodox |
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What is the holiest city of Islam? |
Mecca |
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Who is Islam's prophet? |
Muhammad |
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What is the month called in which Muslims fast during the day? |
Ramadan |
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Hindu people of India wash away their sins in what river? |
The Ganges River |
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The term to promote and strive for the spiritual struggle for perfect faith and social justice is? |
Jihad |
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What is the holy book of Islam? |
Qur'an |
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What is the name of the veil worn by Muslim women? |
Chador |
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What empire controlled Jerusalem and the Middle East in 1517-1917 A.D.? |
Ottoman Empire |
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When did the Crusaders recover the Holy land? |
1000-1200 A.D. |
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What are the major rivers in Iraq? |
The Tigris and The Euphrates |
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What connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea? |
The Suez Canal |
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The pilgrimage to Mecca is called a? |
Hajj |
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The Shiite are __% of the Islamic world in Iran, and The Sunni are __% of the Islamic world in N. Africa and the Middle East. |
16% 83% |
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India's religion is? |
Hindu |
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What is the major religion of China and S.E. Asia? |
Buddhism |
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What is the major religion of Indonesia? |
Islam |
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What is the major religion of Japan? |
Shintoism |
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Which is the worlds third largest religion after Christianity and Islam? |
Hinduism |
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What is a prominent remnant of a Pagan structure aligned so the sun rises between the two stones on the solstice? |
Stonehenge |
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The tradition name of the "Pirate Coast" along Morocco is the? |
"Barbary Coast" |
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The Sahara Desert gets how many inches of rain annually? |
1" |
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The Nile River is located where? |
Cairo, Egypt |
