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1
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In Islam there is also another controversial belief/practice:

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jihad

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an ancient building at the center of Islam’s most
holy mosque in Mecca

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Ka’bah

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3
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Fast from dawn to dusk each day during the month of

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Ramadan

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The Five Pillars of Islam:

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  1. The Profession of Faith
  2. Daily Prayer
  3. Fasting
  4. Almsgiving/charity
  5. Pilgrimage
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5
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Muslims believed that the leader should come from
Muhammad’s original tribe

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Shia

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6
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Muslims thought that any worthy Muslim could rule

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Sunni

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the second most holy scripture in Islam

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Hadith

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Islam “Bible”

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Quran

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9
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Muhammad was born in

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Mecca

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10
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Origin of Islam
Founder:

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Muhammad

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three major monotheistic religions:

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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

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Saudi Arabia

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Largest and most influential country in the Middle East. Birthplace of Islam

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a strict ultra-conservative sect of Sunni Islam

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Wahhabism

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Women’s Rights

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Forbidden to drive until 2018. Public dress must cover everything beneath the neck except hands and feet. Marital rape is not illegal

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15
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Yemen

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The least developed country in the Middle East

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16
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Biggest cash crop in Yemen

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a addictive stimulant thats leaves are chewed

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17
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an Islamic terrorist group
founded by Osama bin Laden

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Al-Qaeda

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18
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Emirates of the Persian Gulf
Four countries:

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United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and
Kuwait

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19
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Largest state in UAE

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Abu Dhabi

20
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Largest city in UAE

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Dubai

21
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Richest country in the Persian Gulf region thanks in large part to
their oil reserves

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UAE

22
Q

In 1960 it joined Saudi Arabia and other oil exporting countries of the
region to form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)

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Kuwait

23
Q

led Iraq invaded Kuwait claiming
both that it had exceeded OPEC production limits and that it was a
territory that rightfully belonged to Iraq

A

Saddam Hussein

24
Q

A coalition of nations led by the US responded to Saddam Hussein

A

Persian
Gulf War

25
Q

most important rivers in the Middle East,

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Tigris and Euphrates

26
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an ethnic group divided
amongst several countries which has long fought for independence

A

Kurds

26
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took over in 1979 and until the invasion of Iraq by the
US in 2003, brutally persecuted any who opposed his government

A

Saddam Hussein

27
Q

The US pulled out of Iraq in 2011 but the country soon fell into
civil war between Sunni and Shia Islamic groups and various
insurgency groups waged war against the newly installed
government forces

A

Did not pursue Saddam Hussein

28
Q

Eventually one of these insurgency groups gained control of more
than ⅓ of Iraq, brutally “cleansing” Iraq of both Western and
non-Islamic influence; this group was called

A

ISIS (Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria)

29
Q

The people of Iran are Persians not Arabs

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(it was called Persia until
1935)

30
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an ancient pagan religion
of the Persian Empire

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Zoroastrianism

31
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overthrew a Western-established
monarchy and installed an Islamic theocracy

A

Iranian Revolution of 1979

32
Q

Iran has often expressed the desire to wipe ___________off the map
and has shared similar sentiment toward the US

A

Isreal

33
Q

Turkey is often called

A

Asia Minor

34
Q

The father of modern Turkey

A

Kemal Ataturk

34
Q

was the capital of both the Byzantine and
Ottoman Empires

A

Istanbul

35
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NATO

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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

36
Q

The land southeast of Turkey along the eastern Mediterranean is
called

A

Levant

37
Q

France and Britain shared took Ottoman Empire

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France and Britain then took over these territories

38
Q

the oldest continually inhabited city in the world

A

Damascus

39
Q

“elected” in a one man race in 2000

A

Bashar al-Assad

40
Q

Israel officially became a sovereign nation

A

1948

41
Q

Every Israeli citizen must serve in the military, 2 yrs for women and 3 yrs for men

A

Military requirements

42
Q

West Bank and Gaza Strip regions of
Israel

A

Palestine region

43
Q

Israel, the US, the UK, and several others do not recognize
this claim; most UN countries do

A

Claim of Palestine area

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