Vocabulary
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Central Asia
Persian Gulf Region
Eastern Mediterranean
100
resign
abdicate
100
Who was the first czar of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
100
What is the most common religion in Central Asia?
Islam
100
What is Islam's holiest city?
Mecca
100
What river flows into the Dead Sea?
Jordan River
200
nonreligious
secular
200
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
200
What is the most precious natural resource in Central Asia?
water
200
What is the most common language spoken in Iran?
Farsi
200
What is the capitol of Iraq?
Baghdad
300
The movement that called for Jews to set up their own country or homeland in Palestine
Zionism
300
What type of biome is located along the northern coast of Russia?
tundra
300
What is the dominant heritage in Central Asia?
Turkic
300
Why are pigs generally not raised in the Persian Gulf region?
Muslims are forbidden to eat pork.
300
What are the world's three great monotheistic religions?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
400
A communist group the overthrew the government during the Russian Revolution in 1917
Bolsheviks
400
Who took control of the Soviet Union after Lenin died?
Joseph Stalin
400
What was the traditional economic activity and way of life in the northern region of Central Asia?
herding
400
Which ethnic group in the Middle East has never had their own country?
Kurds
400
What ancient city was the capitol of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
500
Two main branches of Islam (name both)
Sunni (majority) and Shia (minority)
500
What is the capital of Belarus?
Minsk
500
What was the Silk Road?
trade route to China
500
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
It is a strategic location. The Strait of Hormuz creates a bottleneck through which all the oil tankers from the region must pass to exit the Persian Gulf and enter the Indian Ocean. Iran borders it and could attempt to stop passage of tankers, thereby hurting the international oil market.
500
Ethnic conflict in Cyprus is between which two groups?
Greeks & Turks
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