Geography
This river is known to have religious significance for the Hindu's in India.
What is the Ganges River?
The most commonly practiced religion in India.
What is Hinduism?
True or False: Religion determines a person’s ethnicity.
What is False?
After WWI, this empire was divided with little regard for cultural boundaries.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
In this system, citizens elect representatives who choose the head of government.
What is a Parliamentary Democracy?
The Sea of Japan is located along what coast of Japan. (cardinal location)
What is the western coast?
This religion stressed the importance of respect for authority.
What is Confucianism?
What are some characteristics of an Ethnic Group?
What is food, clothes, dance, language, music, common practices, shared heritage, etc. (answers vary)
Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War, after Iraq invaded Kuwait?
What is to protect their oil supply or feared Iraq would control the world's oil supply.
In this system, the president is elected separately from the legislature.
What is a Presidential Democracy?
These two rivers explain why Iraq’s population is most dense in certain areas.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This religion is only founded in Japan. It only has 5 million followers.
What is Shintoism?
Celebrating holidays, wearing traditional clothing, and following customs are examples of what?
What is Culture?
in 1917 the Balfour Declaration proposed the establishment/creation of this country.
What is Israel?
T or F: Israel and Turkey's citizen participation in government involves choosing representatives to represent them.
What is True?
This river forms part of the border of Israel.
What is the Jordan River?
This religion contains the 4 noble truths, that explain to rid stress in your life, you must rid yourself of the desire for materialistic things.
What is Buddhism?
Which situation BEST shows that ethnicity and religion are not the same?
A. Two Hindus living in India
B. Two Muslims who speak different languages
C. Two Christians celebrating Christmas
D. Two Jews living in Israel
What is B (Two Muslims who speak different languages)?
The U.S. targeted Afghanistan after 2001 because the government supported this group.
What is al-Qaeda?
Which country gives citizens the least role in choosing leaders?
1. Japan
2. North Korea
3. Kuwait
4. China
What is North Korea?
Civilizations in northeastern China depended on this river, which often caused devastating floods.
What is the Huang He or Yellow River?
In Hinduism, escaping the cycle of reincarnation is known as achieving this.
What is Moksha?
A Sunni Muslim who speaks Kurmanji in northern Iraq is most likely part of this ethnic group.
What is Kurds?
Creating modern borders without cultural consideration often leads to this long-term result.
What is Conflict or Instability?
India and Japan share which form of government?
What is a Parliamentary Democracy?