White - World History 1 Flashcards

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The first caliphate was called what?

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Rashidun Caliphate

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2
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What country was oil discovered in

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Persia

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3
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The house of saud affirms to what sect of islam

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Wahhabbism

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4
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What civilization was first in the middle east

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sumerians

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What are the 2 sects of islam that split up

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Sunni and Shi’a

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6
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what created the power vacuum that caused the rise of ISIS

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US invasion of Iraq

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7
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What year did decolonization start

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1946

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8
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Who overthrew the shah in Iran

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ayatollah khomeini

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9
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who promised the arabs independence

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Britain

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10
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Who won the Yom Kippur war

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Israel

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11
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How long does China date back to?

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4,000 years

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12
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China invented what 3 thing?

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Compass, Printing, and Gunpowder

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13
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Where was Ancient Egypt located?

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Just off the nile river

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14
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Who buried their kings with gold and other riches?

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Ancient Egyptians

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15
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What did the Incas come up with?

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Roads and walls

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16
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Which civilization had a variety of languages?

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The Incas

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17
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What are the spread out towns in Greece with their own governments and armies called?

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City-States

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18
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How many dynasties has China been through

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13

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19
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What were China’s 3 original religons?

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Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism

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20
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The first written language was what?

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Sumerian

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21
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What was the name of the tower that Christians built to be closer to God?

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Tower of Babel

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22
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What are the 5 lromance language?

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Spanish, French, Portuguse, Italian, and Romanian

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23
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What branch did English come off from?

24
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How much languages are there?

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How much forms of English are there?
160
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How much percentage languages are endangered?
0.43
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Which one of these languages are endangered? English, Chinese, or Irish Gaelic?
Gaelic
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What is the most known language?
Mandrin Chinese
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What was the first discovered weapon?
Axe
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What was the Greeks verison of a flamethrower?
Greek fire
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What was Americas most used bolt action rifle?
Springfield 1903
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A MG 08 was worth how many men?
90
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What was the Germans first verison of a flamethrower?
Kleif
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Americas most used Semi automatic rifle is what
M1 Garand
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The Mg 42 was nicknamed what?
Hitlers Buzzsaw
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Thompsons were brought into the war by what American group?
Gangsters
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What is the name of the main catergoey of tanks now used?
Battle tanks
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What Nukes are used for its fallout?
Dirty Bomb
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The terrorist event in Iraq, where 244 people died after being trapped in a burning cinema.
The Cinema Rex Fire
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The terrorist event in Iraq cities where four suicide bombers detonated buildings and killed 796 people
The 2007 Yazidi Community Bombings
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The terrorist event in Russia where children were kidnapped from a public school. This included over 1,100 hostages and 330 deaths.
The Beslan School Seige
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The terrorist event in Columbia where a series of murders was committed by anti-Marxists, the drug cartel, and members of the police force.
The Massacre of Trujillo
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The terrorist event in the United States, known for being the worst terrorist event in history at almost 3,000 deaths
44085
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The town that became a tourist attraction after 9/11, when the population of 10,000 was tasked with protecting 6,000 stranded passengers for five days
Gander, Newfoundland (Canada)
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The priest who was most notable tortured and killed during the Massacre of Trujillo
Father Tibero Fernandez
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A Mario Kart arcade game was exposed for having images from THIS terrorist event in its database
The Beslan School Seige
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The intelligence group that was blamed for the events leading up to the Cinema Rex Fire
SAVAK
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Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
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When Did the US first land on the moon?
1969
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What was the space race a competition of?
Spaceflight capability
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When was the first woman put in space?
1963
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Who won the space race?
The US
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Why was the space race important?
It showed which country was superior.
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When was the first space walk?
1965
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How many years did the space race last?
20
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When did the first animal orbit the earth?
1957
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When was the first earth satellite put in space?
1957