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| What group is Southwest Asia is both an ethnic and religious group? |
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| Name the 3 prominent religions in the Middle East? |
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| Christianity,Judaism, and Islam |
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| Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live? |
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| What are the 2 major groups of Muslims. |
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| What modern country is home to those who call themselves Persians? |
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| What is the holy book of Judaism? |
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| The belief that there is only 1 God. |
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| What is the largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia? |
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| What basic belief made Christianity different from Judaism? |
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| Christian believe Jesus is the Messiah (savior of man). |
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| Judaism,Christianity and Islam are similar because each is a |
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| Name the 5 pillars and explain why do Muslims follow them? |
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Faith,Prayer,Alms,Fasting, and pilgrimage
They do it because they are obligate to do so. |
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| What issues led to the split between the Sunni and Shia Muslims? |
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| They didn't know who should be the new leader. |
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| Explain what a theocracy is and give an example of a country we discussed that is theocratic. |
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Theocracy-Religious leaders make laws
Ex. the Islamic republic of iran |
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| Who makes the most important governmental decisions in an oligarchy? |
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| Small group of powerful leaders. |
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| Which Southwest Asian country has a democratic system of government? |
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| A leader of a parliamentary system is often called the |
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| Saudi Arabia is ruled by a |
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| Iran's government is called a __________ by both an elected parliament and powerful religious leaders. |
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| In a theocracy who makes the laws? |
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Which type of government is represented
*laws are influenced by a few select leaders
*a few powerful people take part in government. |
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| What is an example of increased political freedom? |
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| A rule ending internet censorship. |
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| What is the name of the government system in which the central government holds the power? |
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| This describes a system in which centralized government is weak because states voluntarily join the government. |
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| _________ describes the type of government in which different government levels share power. |
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| _______ is the government system in which a dictator hold all power. |
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| __________ is the type of government that the head of the government is the prime minster? |
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| OPEC and the league of Arabs states are examples of a ________ government system. |
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| Groups identified on the basic language,religion,race or national origin are ________ group |
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| __________ is the ethnic group which lives in the mountains of Turkey,Iraq,Iran and Syria. |
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| What characterizes a federal government system? Give at least 2 examples. |
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*Different levels
*Parsley self governing states |
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