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| how does religion help to strengthen society? |
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| It helps to answer questions about the meaning of life. |
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| ------ refers to all things that make up a peoples way of life |
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| in what type of gov't do the ppl who choose leaders to represent them? |
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| what is an example of cultural diffusion? |
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| ideas from the usa going to other countries |
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| what is population density? |
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| average number if people per sq mile |
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| what is births+immigration minus deaths+emigration? |
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| population growth (how it is determined) |
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| in a market economy, major economic decisions are made by.... |
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| dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world |
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| average weather a place has for over 20-30 years |
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| movement of customs or ideas from one place to another. |
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| when studying another culture, loooking at things through their eyes and not ours |
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| why does the middle east have strategic importance? |
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| connects europe, asia, and africa. crossroads for trade. |
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| what 3 beliefs do jews and christians share? |
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| 1 god, importance of gods law, jesus was jewish |
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| migration of mohammad from mecca to medina |
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| a belief shared by islam christians and jews is |
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| a major cause of the growth of zionism was..... |
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| what did the balfour declaration do? |
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| announced its support for jews having a home in palestine |
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| in the 1994 oslo accord israel and the PLO agreed to |
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| recognize each others right to exist. |
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| immediate cause of the first persian gulf war? |
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| liberate kuwait from iraq |
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| what is the purpose of a middle eastern women wearing a veil? |
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| it is a symbol of a muslim womens posistion in society. |
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| being punished for your beliefs |
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| shrine to all gods worshipped, originally contained the black stone |
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| hatred against jews because these followers don't want jews returning to Palestine |
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| Leader of the Palestinian National Authority |
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| what geographic feature most isolates south asia from the rest of the continent? |
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| Himalayan Mountains and the Hindu Kush |
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| how is hinduism different from most other religions? |
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| no founder or formal church |
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| according to hinduism the goal of life should be to |
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| free the soul from the body |
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| what is an example of interdependence? |
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| the different caste systems in India having to rely on each other |
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| What was the result of the Sepoy rebellion? |
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| Britain took over India as a colony |
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| what is the refusal to obey unjust laws and who used this? |
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| Civil disobedience and Gandhi |
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| What did the Amritsar massacre result in? |
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| 2 causes of the rapid population growth in india? |
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| infant mortality rate went down and better healthcare is allowing people to live longer |
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| Why was Bangladesh created? |
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| Pakistanis in the east were being treated unfairly. |
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| what is a belief that buddhists and hindus have in common? |
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| when one group controls everything |
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| Indians fighting in the British army |
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| what are duties and obligations you must perform within caste? |
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| why did the chinese believe that they were the center of the universe? |
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| their location and bc their country is so large |
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| how did the chinese communists win power? |
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| they got the support of the peasants |
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| chiang kai-shek became the leader of what political party in china?? |
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| what did Deng Xiaoping do to improve China's economy? |
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| He used capitalist ideas for a chinese economy |
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| why were the mongols such effective fighters? |
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| they were skilled on horseback and they used siege warfare |
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| upper class owners of businesses |
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| turning a story around to make it look good for you |
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| low bow expressing unsuperironess and respect to an emperor |
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| groups who wanted to get rid of foreigners in china and get rid of the quing dynasty started this. |
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| what date was pearl harbor? |
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