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what is the Organization of Petroleum Exporters
The organization who determines how much petroleum is produced and what the price will be?
100
What is the Ganges
What is the holy river located in India
100
Who were the Swahili
What is the culture that developed on the eastern coast of Africa which was a result of the Arabs intermarrying the Bantu
100
Who are the Sunni Muslims
What is the group of Muslims who thought leadership should go to whoever was most able to be a good leader to keep the community together
100
What is command economy
What is the type of ecomony where the economic decisions are made by the government planners
200
What is the Suez canal
This links Egypt with Mediterrranean Sea, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean
200
Who was Mohandas Gandhi
What is the person who helped India gain its independece from the British in a nonviolent way
200
What is a dowry
What is the money or gift that is given by the groom to the bride and her parents common in Kenya
200
What is Islam
What is the religion that began in Mecca, Saudi Arabi that teaches all followers should make a hajj to that city once on their lifetime
200
What is oligarchy
What is the term for 'government by the few' where people of the country have little choice with the decisions made by the government
300
Who are the Bedouins
The name for the group of people who are called the 'desert nomads' who live and survive along the desert's edge
300
Who was Ho Chi Minh
What is the communist leader who helped Vietnam gain their independence from France
300
What was the civil war
What is the main reason that Sudan has not made progress in education and overall success for the country
300
Where is Israel
What is the country that was founded in 1948 as the homeland for the Jews and most of the citizens today are still Jewish
300
What is Confederation
What is the type of government that is divided into local governments only with no national government
400
Who are the Kurds
The Kurdish-speaking ethnic group who live in the mountainous areas and do not have their own homeland or government
400
What was the Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedong's program that caused famine in China because the farmers did not own anything and had no reason to work very hard
400
Who was Willem de Klerk
What is the South African president who worked for the release of Nelson Mandela
400
What was Confucianism
What is a philosophy that taught that the key to peace and social order was for people to behave with good character and virtue
400
What is unitary
What is the type of government that is run by one central government such as Japan or it could be run by one central person such as a dictator
500
What is the Persian Gulf
A waterway where oil is shipped out of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iran
500
Where was Tiananmen Square
What is the place where over 10,000 Chinese college protestors for democracy were shot at and many arrested by the Chinese military
500
What was Pan-African Movement
What is the movement to get all Africans around the world to work together for the end of European control and to improve each country's economy
500
What is Hinduism
What is one of the oldest religions in the world whose followers believe that some animals are sacred
500
What is the Diet
What is the name of the two-house parliament (or legislature) in Japan