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Distinct Middle Eastern Personalities
Regional Geographic Terms
Indian Independence
Moving out the British
Pot Luck
100
Muslims believe that he was the last prophet.
Who is Muhammad?
100
A triangular shaped land area at the mouth of a river. This geographic feature is home to the cities of Cairo, Egypt, Karachi, Pakistan and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
What is a delta?
100
The political party in India dominated by Hindus in the drive for independence.
What is the Indian National Congress?
100
This man said, “English factories make the cloth that makes our poverty.”
Who is Gandhi?
100
It was main goal of the British East India Company.
What is profit?
200
This exiled leader took over Iran when the Shah was removed from power in 1979
Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini?
200
The seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
What is a monsoon?
200
It was the political party in India most responsible for the creation of the nation of Pakistan.
What was the Muslim League?
200
After Gandhi's death, this man's goal was to modernize, secularize, and democratize India
Who was Nehru?
200
It is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. In India, under British rule, the local farmers were forced to grow jute, cotton, tobacco and indigo.
What are cash crops?
300
He was the leader of Iran before the Islamic Revolution. Under his rule there was secular (non-religious) education and western influences.
Who is Shah Pahlavi?
300
An extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side.
What is a plateau?
300
The original name given to Bangladesh in 1947. It is a low lying floodplain at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal.
What is East Pakistan?
300
It is conduct, writing or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state. Gandhi and others were arrested and charged for this in their push towards independence.
What is sedition?
300
It is the second largest religion in India?
What is Islam?
400
He is best known as the controversial sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, serving from 2005 to 2013. An anti-Western president who won the disputed election of 2009.
Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
400
A group of islands closely scattered in a body of water. An example is the tropical island nation of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, which composed of more than 1,000 coral islands, known for its beaches, blue lagoons and extensive reefs.
What is an archipelago?
400
These two countries were created out of British India.
What are India and Pakistan?
400
They were employed by the British, but in 1857, both Muslims and Hindus were insulted when pig and cow fat was used in preparing their weapons.
Who were the Sepoys?
400
They are considered the lowest part of India's society.
Who are the untouchables(Dalits)?
500
He was the leader of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
500
A narrow strip of land having water on both sides and connecting two larger land masses. The Sinai Peninsula connecting Africa to Southwest Asia is an example.
What is an isthmus?
500
It was the name of the disputed region between India and Pakistan?
What is Kashmir?
500
It took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer
What is Amritsar Massacre?
500
They split over who should lead the Muslim community following Muhammad’s death.
Who are the Shiites and Sunni?