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100
All Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage to this place
What is Mecca?
100
This is the branch of the majority of Muslims worldwide
What is Sunni?
100
This city in Israel was designated an International city after WWII
What is Jerusalem?
100
these mountains isolate India from the rest of Asia
What are the Himalayas?
100
this river carries huge amounts of silt (Chinese name)
What is the Huang He?
200
This man founded Islam
Who is Muhammad?
200
This refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
200
This issue is a major one that prevents resolution of the conflicts between Israel and Palestinians.
What is the right of return?
200
This farmland contains rich soil deposited by flooding rivers
What is an alluvial plain?
200
These mountains are the source of 2 great rivers
What are the Kunlun Mountains?
300
The creation and support of a homeland for Jews was the goal of this political movement
What is Zionism?
300
This Muslim group promotes conservative, strict interpretation of Shari'a law
What is the Taliban?
300
this group of people have considered themselves a stateless nation since Israel was created in 1947.
What is the Palestinians?
300
this is a large landmass slightly smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent?
300
the most common vegetation of the tropical zones
What is rain forest?
400
This marks the place where Muhammad rose to heaven
What is the Dome of the Rock?
400
This refers to the talents and skills of a country's people
What is human resources?
400
This caused Palestinians to flee land that is now known as Israel.
What is the 1948-49 war?
400
this is a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
400
the Gobi Desert is in this country
What is Mongolia?
500
This is a sacred place for Jews, the only remaining piece of the Second Temple.
What is the Western Wall?
500
this is a resource that countries will go to war to protect
What is a strategic commodity?
500
This place is land on the west side of the Jordan River where many Palestinians live
What is the West Bank?
500
these are seasonal winds that bring rain to S Asia during part of the year
What are monsoons?
500
most Japanese live here
What is the city?