Marzo Flashcards

1
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What city is sacred to Jews Muslims and Christians

A

Jerusalem

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2
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Most people living in Syria,Lebanon and Jordan are..

A

Arab

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3
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The climate of most of Israel Jordan and Syria is

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Deserted

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4
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Israel two official languages

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Arabic and Hebrew

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5
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What minerals sources are produced by Syria Jordan and Israel

A

Phosphorus mineral salts

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6
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Capital of Israel

A

Jerusalem

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7
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Capital of Syria

A

Damascus

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8
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What is the diaspora

A

The dispersal of Jewish population

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9
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Fit in Hebrew is the term for food allawed under Jewish dietary laws

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Kosher

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10
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3 bodies of water found in the narrow waterway that separates Europe from Asia

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Dardanelles Bosporus and Sea of Marmara

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11
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What makes the Dead Sea so unique

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It’s high quantity of salt

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12
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Name 2 deserts found in the area

A

Syrian desert and Negev

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13
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Where’s the Syrian desert located

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Most of Syria and Jordan

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14
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What was the first empire to invade eastern Mediterranean region

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The Roman Empire

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15
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He was known as father of the Turks

He was first president of turkey

A

Kemal ataturk

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16
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Turkeys largest city

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Istanbul

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17
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Religion is separate from the government

18
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Capital of turkey

19
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What was Russian delicacy from a fishery on the Caspian Sea

20
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The most important industry in the urals region

21
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What kind of government Russia has

A

Russian federation they are ruled by a prime minister

22
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What year did the Soviet Union collapsed

23
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Name of the 2nd Soviet leader that was a brutal dictator

A

Joseph Stalin

24
Q

The majority of the Russians are descendants from the :

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Capital of Azerbaijan
Baku
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Capital Armania
Yerevan
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Capital of Georgia
Tbilisi
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Who were the Rus
Viking traders from Scandinavia
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Who were the Bolsheviks
A radical Russian communist group
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Why Ivan 4 was called Ivan the terrible
He was a cruel and savage ruler
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Who eat the leader when Russia first became a communist country
Vladimir Lenin
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What was the Cold War
A period of the sign between US and Russia while the Soviet Union was fighting against Germany
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Religion of Russia
Russian Orthodox cristianity
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Who were the czars
Emperors
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What are the Ural Mountains
Mountains in which Europe and Asia meet
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What is Russia climate
Cold
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Caucasus:
Armania Georgia and Azerbaijan
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What is a taiga
A vast forest of evergreens
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What valuable resource is in the Caspian Sea
Oil
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A form of the Greek alphabet
Cylliric