Cultural Literacy

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Having extreme political or social views that are not shared by most people

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Radical

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To believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same

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Stereotype

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Arabian prophet

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Muhammad

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Religion based on the teachings communicated by Muhammad; believe in obeying the will of God or Allah, religious observations such as prayer, fasting, and giving gifts to the poor are central to Muslim faith; once in their lives they make a pilgrimage to Mecca

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Islamic

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Person who believes in the Islamic religion

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Muslim

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Sacred book of Islam and contains the rules and ideas that Muslims follow

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Koran

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The birthplace of Muhammad and thus the holy city of Islam

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Mecca

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Physical struggle for justice or a struggle to defend Islam

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Jihad

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Muslim place/house of worship

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Mosque

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Religion based on the teachings of the Jewish bible or Old Testament, especially the Torah of which their laws and ideas “remember the sabbath day to keep it holy”

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Judaism

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People who follow Judaism

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Jews

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Men’s of Jewish faith’s headgear/hat

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Kippa/yarmulke

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Symbolizes the idea of universal enlightenment and used to celebrate the Festival of Lights-Hanukkah

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Menora

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Consist of religious writings sacred to Judaism; five Books of Moses

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Torah

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Jewish house of worship (temple)

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Synagogue

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A fundamental Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Rabul and set up an Islamic government, “the Taliban enforces a strict Muslim code of behavior”

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Taliban

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Terrorist network that was headed by Osama bin laden

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Al Qaeda

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Small oil rich country in the Middle East

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Kuwait

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Oil rich Arabic speaking country in the Middle East

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Saudi Arabia

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Great political and spiritual leader in modern India; used nonviolent methods; assassinated in 1948

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Gandhi

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A country in Western Asia, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean sea

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Israel

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In certain societies, such as imperial china, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status

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Concubines

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Majority of the islamics

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Sunnis

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Minority of islamics

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Shiites

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People who are originally from the Arabian peninsula

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Arabs

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A veil that covers the head and chest, which is particularly worn by a Muslim female

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Hijab

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Used in Judaism to describe food ritually pure according to Jewish laws

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Kosher

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Jewish festival that occurs each December for 8 nights to commemorate the victory of the Jews over the Syrians in the second century

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Hanukkah

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Of or relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society

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Cultural

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Knowledge that relates to a specified subject

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Literacy

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The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, cultures, races, etc.

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Diversity

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Mutual defense alliance among nations promoting international peace

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United Nations