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What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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What does PLO stand for?
Palestinian Liberation Organization
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Islamic literature in the Middle East has been written in what three languages?
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish
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Who caused the Persian Gulf War?
Saddam Hussein
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Which Middle Eastern country was the first to sign a peace treaty with Israel
Egypt
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What has been the model for almost all Islamic literature?
The Koran
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What was the reason for the Persian Gulf War?
Saddam Hussein wanted to win popular support with the Iraqis and used his military power to invade Kuwait
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Which war influenced the Arab-Israeli conflict?
The Cold War
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What are two popular themes explored by writers in modern Arabic literature?
The conflict between Arab and western cultures and the disruptions caused by modernization
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Oil has been a major factor in which two regional conflicts in the Persian Gulf?
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British troops
Which troops left Palestine in May 1948 and led the Jews to announce the creation of Israel?
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The influence of western art is especially strong in what country?
Israel
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What was the UN policy of lifting sanctions against Iraq after the Persian Gulf War
UN arms inspectors would need to see that Iraq's weapons program had been dismantled
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What year did the UN decide to partition Palestine for the zionists?
1947
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Why did Muslim religious leaders disapprove of music?
They thought music was frivolous and turned people's minds from God.