China
Is Tibet its own country within China?
No (it is an autonomous region)
What sparked Putin to re-invade Chechnya in 1999?
series of terrorist attacks in Moscow
Are Sunnis or Shias the majority Muslim group in Iran?
Shia
IRAN: What did Iran used to be called?
Persia
What type of cleavage is produced from the treatment of the Uyghur Muslims?
leading party/majority and ethnic/religious minority
What percentage of Russians identify as Orthodox Christian?
45%
What century did the Baha'i faith begin?
1800s
IRAN: What is the language of Iran?
Farsi
What was China's military under Mao called?
People's Liberation Army
What are the housing offices of the Russian government called?
the Kremlin
Who is the last of the imams?
CHINA: What is the name of the Chinese system that is similar to vanguardism or democratic centralism?
mass line
What are guanxi?
connections
How many seats are in the State Duma?
450 seats
What ethnic group doesn't support regional autonomy?
azeri
Yabloko
A 1919 protest in China against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign influence.
What is Russia's HDI?
0.824
When did Ayatollah Khomeini die?
1988
CHINA: what is the hukou system?
Maoist program that tied all Chinese to a particular geographic location