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SWANA Flashcards

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Arabic

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The most widely spoken language, the official language in all North African countries and most SW Asian countries

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Persian (Farsi)

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2nd most spoken language (predominant in Iran)

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Turkish

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3rd most spoken (Turkey)

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Hebrew

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80% of Israelites

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English

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Mainly taught in upper class countries because of business

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Arabs

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Largest ethnic population

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Three most culturally diverse countries

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Iran
Turkey
Iraq

All have Kurds

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More than half of the nations in this country is…

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Islam

More Sunni than Shia

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5% of the total population in this region is…

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Christianity

Christianity is more the same as Islam than different

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44% of the worlds Jewish population that lives in ISRAEL is…

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Judaism

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Spread of Islam

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Cultural diffusion of Islam started in Saudi Arabia and spread to the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe

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CORE BELIEFS

Faith

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Faith: all believers must testify to the following statement of faith: There is no God, but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah

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CORE BELIEFS

Prayer

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Prayer : five times a day, Muslims face toward the holy city of Mecca to pray

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CORE BELIEFS

Charity

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Charity: Muslims believe they have a responsibility to support the less fortunate by giving money for that purpose

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CORE BELIEFS

Fasting

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Fasting: during the Islamic holy month Ramadan, Muslims do not eat or drink anything between sunrise and sunset

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CORE BELIEFS

Pilgrimage

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Pilgrimage: all able Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca at least once during their lifetime

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HOLY CITIES

Mecca

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Mecca: site of the Grand Mosque and the Kaaba - the most sacred site of Muslim worship. Considered MOST HOLY CITY for Muslims

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HOLY CITIES

Medina

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Medina: site of the Prophet’s Mosque, one of the 1st mosque built by Muhammad, also location of his tomb. Muhammad died in Medina. Considered SECOND most holy city

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HOLY CITIES

The Kaaba

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Kaaba: a building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque, Al-Masjid Al-Haram, in. Mecca Saudi Arabia

-it is a sacred site and holiest shrine to Islam
-Muslims pray 5 times a day towards the Kaaba and make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba once in their lives

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SCHISM OF ISLAM

What was the root cause of the division

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The death of the prophet muhammad of a disagreement of who takes over

Sunni: Muhammad was his best friend
Shia: Muhammad was his son in law

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What countries are in the Shia Crescent

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Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria

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Define gender inequality

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Acknowledges that men and women are not equal and that gender affects on individuals lived experience

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How is gender inequality experienced differently?

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It depends on the culture

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VOCAB

Patriarchal

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System that favors power to males and elders, given males legal and economic power over his family member. Overall male dominated society

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VOCAB

Conservative

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Favor traditional views of culture and religion and the desire to pass that along to future generations

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VOCAB

Liberal

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Favor increased freedom among individuals and loosens moral code

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VOCAB

Advocate

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A person who publicly supports a policy or idea

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Define Empowerment

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Ability of women to achieve improvements in status

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Where is there more gender inequality and why?

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South West Asia and North Africa

Because of religion

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What country has the highest % of seats held by women in National Parliaments?

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The U.A.E

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What are environmental challenges in the Middle East?

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Water scarcity, arable lands

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Key resources in the Middle East

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Religious distribution

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More Sunni than Shia

More Jews than Christians

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What is the significance of the Suez Canal

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Lots of global trades are taken through the canal and saves 6,000 miles traveling from Mumbai to Liverpool

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What happened with the ‘Ever Given’

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The ‘Ever Given’ got wedged in the canal due to a sand storm.

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What is significant about the Dead Sea

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There is lots of salt which means there isn’t a lot of life

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What does Saudi Arabia need to do to survive without oil

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They need to find different energy sources and have an abundance of sun. Solar power and solar farms

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How did the Sykes - Picot agreement divide up the Middle East

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They took all of the land a part of the Ottoman Empire and drew a line splitting the North (French ruled) and South (British ruled)

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What is Zionism

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The movement to get Jews to come back to their homeland

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How does Jerusalem have a significance to Abrahamic faith

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A very holy city where the religions orginated

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How did Arab countries react when Israel became a state

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They had the Arab-Israeli war
Israel won

The six day war
Israel won

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PLO - who are they? Function?

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Palestinian liberation organization
They help the Palestinians get more freedom and rights

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Who is Hamas

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Extremist, militant group that is political party and controls the Gaza. West designated them a terrorist group.

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Results of conflict on the map from 1947 to today?

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Israel got more land and after the six days war, they gave up part of their land.

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Islam, Christianity, Judaism

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The religions that trace back to Abraham

46
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Holy cities

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Kaaba and Mecca

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5 pillars of faith

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Pray five times a day
Charity
Go on the hajj
Fasting
There is only one God, Allah

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What happened to the Jews in the Diaspara

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They dispersed

49
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Title of the leader overthrown?

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The Shah

Itola Kumanni

50
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Hostage crisis

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They wanted the Shah back

Students wanted money in return for the hostages

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Operation eagle claw

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A failed plan to get the hostages freed

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Operation Ajax

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Methods to effect the fall of the Massadegh government; to replace it with a pro-western government under the Shah’s leadership

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Who are the Kurds

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Located in Kurdistan
Stateless nation

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What are the challenges in freedoms in this religion?

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Government controls the freedoms
Freedom of speech

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What type of rule is an absolute monarchy

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Authoritarian

56
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Difference between human and civil rights

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Human rights because your a human being
Civil rights from your government

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What is blasphemy

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Saying something disrespectful or insulting about a religion or its Gods.

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What is apostasy

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Abandoning your religion

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