Religions
Economics
Migration
Culture and Gender
Government
100
This is the sacred text of Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
100
Renewable resources are _________ and include _____.
What is "can be replaced naturally and used again, such as water, solar energy, wind energy, oxygen, and timber"?
100
Define migration.
What is the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location?
100
Nonverbal communication refers to ____________.
What is communication through facial expressions, body language, and other wordless cues?
100
This is the type of government the United States has.
What is an oligarchy?
200
This man, later known as Buddha, founded the religion for which he was later named.
Who is Siddhārtha Gautama?
200
Define supply and demand.
What is the amount of a good or service that is available and how much people what said good or service?
200
These factors can influence mass migration (name three).
What are job security, religious differences, safety, access to resources, access to education, famine, drought, etc.?
200
Define culture.
What is the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society, group, place, or time?
200
A theocracy is _______.
What is a system of government in which religious leaders rule in the name of God or a god?
300
These are the the four Puruṣārthas, or goals, of Hinduism.
What are Dharma (virtuous and proper life), Artha (material prosperity), Kama (pleasure and emotional fulfillment), and Moksha (self-actualization)?
300
This is is the market value of all the products and services produced in one year by labour and property supplied by the citizens of a country.
What is the gross national product?
300
Why did the Muslims leave India for Pakistan in the latter half of the 20th century?
What is due to religious conflict between Muslims and Hindus?
300
How do religious values influence gender equality in Islam?
What is women are held to different dress and behavior standards than men to uphold modesty?
300
This was the federal republic and semi-presidential representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government.
What is the Weimar Republic?
400
These are the Five Pillars of Islam.
What are (1) the creed [shahadah]; (2) daily prayers [salat]; (3) almsgiving/donating income [zakah]; (4) fasting during Ramadan; and (5) the pilgrimage to Mecca [hajj]?
400
An economic system that features characteristics of both capitalism and socialism.
What is a mixed economy?
400
Historically, European immigrants migrated to the United States because ____________.
What is to establish a better life for themselves and their children because of the potential for economic growth not present in Europe?
400
Provide two current examples of large-scale gender inequality in the United States.
What are pay inequality, legislating women's reproductive rights but not those of men, women being excluded from the draft, sexualization of women in the media, questioning rape allegations made by men against women, etc.?
400
This is the organization for which the acronym NSDAP stands.
What is the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)?
500
These comprise the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism.
What are (1) right view, (2) right intention, (3) right speech, (4) right action, (5) right livelihood, (6) right effort, (7) right mindfulness, and (8) right concentration?
500
Unequal access to natural resources in a given society makes them scarce for large segments of the population.
What is structural scarcity?
500
Name three mass migrations since the 19th century.
What are the Muslim migration from India, Germans to Argentina, Irish to the United States, Irish to Great Britain, Italians to Libya, etc.?
500
Define and give an example of deviant behavior.
What is actions or behaviors that violate social norms, such as breaking the law?
500
How did the failures of the Weimar Republic lead to the rise of the NSDAP?
What is the depression of the German economy gave rise to political leaders who eschewed the dictates of the Treaty of Versailles that held Germany accountable for WWI?
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