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cultural literacy 42 Flashcards

1
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Sunnis’ core belief

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Abu Bakr (Mohammed’s friend) was rightful successor

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Shias’ core belief

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Ali (Mohammed’s cousin and son-in-law) was rightful successor

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guardianship of the just

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founding principle of Iranian theocracy

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Salafism

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another name for Wahabism

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the Takbir

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literally, the “magnification of God”, i.e. the proclamation that God is great (“Allahu akbar!”)

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to say the Takbir

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to say “Allahu akbar!”

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Ibn Saud

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founder and king of Saudi Arabia

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kings of Saudi Arabia (all sons of Ibn Saud) since Saud

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Saud, Faisal, Khalid, Fahd, Abdullah, Salman

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Mohammed bin Salman

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son of Salman and current crown prince of Saudi Arabia

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10
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omertà

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southern Italian code of silence

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cognomen

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nickname

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12
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RFID

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radio frequency identification

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13
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Hadoop

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a collection of software utilities that facilitates using a network of computers to solve problems involving massive amounts of data and computation

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cross faded

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drunk and high at the same time (slang)

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microtonal

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of a musical scale in which traditional distance between any frequency relationship is divided into more than 12 notes

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16
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Ivan Wyschnegradsky

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Russian composer of microtonal music who used the quarter tone scale (24 notes) and even a scale divided into 72 notes

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sleeve

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in construction/electronics, a protective cylindrical casing for pipes/wires

18
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James Cain

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author of Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice

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breech birth

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the birthing of a baby bottom first (instead of head first)

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FKK

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Freikörperkultur (nudist movement in Germany with beaches)

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pincer movement

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military maneuver in which flanks of the advancing opponent are surrounded and pinched by the attacked force

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