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Bashar al-Assad, Ba’ath Party
Who is the leader of Syria?
100
Damascus
What is the capital of Syria?
100
The Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Sinai Peninsula were claimed during this war.
What was the Six-Day War?
100
Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant
What are the three major branches of Christianity?
100
Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment interaction
What are the 5 themes of geography?
200
Adly Mansour, Independent Party
Who is the leader of Egypt?
200
Cairo
What is the capital of Egypt?
200
This was the first war that drones were used for reconnaissance
What was the War of Attrition?
200
Judaism and Islam use this calendar.
What is the lunar calendar?
200
Zionism
What is the return of Jews to their ancestral homeland called?
300
Shimon Peres, Kadima Party
Who is the leader of Israel?
300
Jerusalem
What is the capital of Israel?
300
The war in which Israel, France, and Britain worked together against Egypt?
What was the Suez Crisis?
300
Abraham
Who is considered the “father” of all three polytheistic religions?
300
Urban Focus, political/military structure, social structure, development of more complexity in material sense, religious structure, writing, artistic and intellectual activity
What are the characteristics of a civilization?
400
Jalal Talabani, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Who is the leader of Iraq?
400
Baghdad
What is the capital of Iraq?
400
1. destroyed troops in Sinai 2. expelled UN emergency troops from Sinai 3. closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping (on May 22)
What were the 3 steps Nassar took before the Six-Day War to make war inevitable?
400
1. No god but god, Muhammad is his messenger 2. Pray 5 times a day 3. Fast during the month of Ramadan 4. Give to charity 5. Make a hajj to Mecca
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
400
France and England were originally devastated during these wars.
What were World War 1 and World War 2?
500
Hassan Rouhani
Who is the leader of Iran?
500
Tehran
What is the capital of Iran?
500
in 1948, Jews accepted it, Palestinians and Arabs rejected it.
Who accepted/rejected the 2-State Solution idea in the 1948 Palestine War?
500
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
What is the holy trinity?
500
This Us President humiliated Britain and France during the Suez Crisis
Who was president Eisenhower?