ARAB CULTURE 2

Question 1

Where is Syria Located?

Answer 1

Middle-East ( Asia)

Question 2

What Countries Border Syria?

Answer 2

North- Turkey, East- Iraq, South- Jordan and Israel, West- Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea

Question 3

Whats the Highest place in Syria?

Answer 3

Mount Hermon

Question 4

Name Two important Rivers in Syria?

Answer 4

The Euphrates, The Orontes

Question 5

Capital of Syria?

Answer 5

Demascus

Question 6

When did Syria become independent from Syria?

Answer 6

April 17th, 1946

Question 7

Syria Government?

Answer 7

Form of Government- Military Republic
Islam is the state religion
Head of state- President- Bashar al-assad of the Al- Baath arab socialist party. 
Oppositions are banned or silenced
Voting- universal at 18.

Question 8

Syria- Urban vs Rural?

Answer 8

Urban- 52 % Rural- 48%

Question 9

Name 5 of the largest cities in Syria.

Answer 9

Damascus, Halab(Aleppo), Homs, Latakia, Hama

Question 10

Whats Maaloula

Answer 10

City 60 km north of damascus the only toen in the world where, Aramaic the 3000 year old language of christ is still spoken by the population. Its 8000 residents refer it as the Land of Aramia. - some of the oldest chruches in Christendom

Question 11

Syria- Ethnic Groups

Answer 11

Arab- 90%, Kurd, Armenian, Assyrian- 10%

Question 12

Religious Affiliations

Answer 12

Sunni Muslims- 73%, Alawite (in control of the state) 8%, Ismailis, Shiites and other Muslims 4%, Christians- 10%, Druze- 3%, Bedouins (340,00)- 1%, Jewish-1%

Question 13

Syria Womens Rights?

Answer 13

enshrined but not fully enforced.- Women- get free education, equal pay, more job opportunities. Girl forced by father to get marry at a young girl. When spouse commits adultery the punishment would be twice as bad if your a women who committed it. If she asks for a divorce she might lose custody of her kids- son at 9 and daughter at 12. 55% of married women are beaten by their husbands. 24% of divorced women and 15% single or widowed are beaton by male members of their family

Question 14

Syria poets?

Answer 14

Nizar Qabbani, Adunis

Question 15

Syria Singers?

Answer 15

Asala , Sabah Fakhri

Question 16

Languages

Answer 16

Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, French ( Widely understood)

Question 17

Syria Literacy?

Answer 17

total 80.5%, Male: 87%,Female 74%, 97% literacy among children in primary schools

Question 18

Sufis,Derviches

Answer 18

originally christians, mystic moslems who engage in a dance rituals that symbolize mystical ectasy and aims at union with the divine.- The sufis dance and jump, Derviches turn timelessly and effortlessly and whirl

Question 19

Druze

Answer 19

Moslems - human souls never die, reincarnation- mostly live in lebanon, syria and isreal

Question 20

bedouins

Answer 20

the original arabs- started off living in Saudi Arabia the began settling in different parts of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. many live in homes that resemble beehives others are nomadic who travel with their family and livestock through the syrian desert, the eastern desert of egypt and the middle-east. different then the berbers

Question 21

Education in Syria

Answer 21

Closely Governed by the Government. School divided into- 6 years of compulsory primary education.- 3 years of lower secondary education and 3 years of upper secondary education.

Question 22

Universities in Syria

Answer 22

University of Demascus, The University of Aleppo, Tishrin University and Al Baath University.