Misc. Review
Monotheism in SW Asia
Syrian Civil War
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Books, TV, & Movies (fair)
100
a person who has fled their home country to escape persecution, war, or natural disaster
What is a refugee?
100
a belief in only one god
What is the definition of monotheism?
100
this Syrian president
Who is Bashar al-Assad
100
The year that Israel officially became a modern nation & the year that Israel was attacked by all of its neighbors
What is 1948?
100
character missing from this list: Penny, Sheldon, Amy, Raj, Bernadette, and Leonard
Who is Howard?
200
a type of government in which religious leaders rule
What is a theocracy?
200
Muhammad
Who was the prophet of Islam?
200
the year the Syrian civil war began
What is 2011?
200
the groups who would receive land in the UN's 1947 Partition Plan
What are an Arab state and a Jewish state (or Arabs and Jews)?
200
best man of Peter Parker in Spiderman: Homecoming
Who is Ned?
300
term meaning not religious
What is secular?
300
Jews
What do you call followers of Judaism?
300
the minority group that has had the most privilege in Syria since their independence
Who are the Alawites?
300
land & power
What are the real things that Israelis and Palestinians are fighting about?
300
the novel (not the poem) that Pony read to Johnny while they hid in a church in Windrixville in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders
What is Gone With the Wind?
400
the type of fighting which occurs between two different sub-groups of the same religion
What is sectarian conflict?
400
the city that is sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslim
What is Jerusalem?
400
Any two of the groups opposed to Assad's regime
Who are Free Syrian Army (rebels), PYD (Kurds), Jabhat al-Nusra, or ISIS?
400
side that has historically received more support from Western countries like the U.S. and Britain
What is Israel?
400
A 12-year-old girl lives in Oregon with her father and grandmother as she navigates life in middle school with her friend Olive in this Disney Channel series
What is Sydney to the Max?
500
ethnic group in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran fighting for a country of its own
Who are the Kurds?
500
the three monotheistic religions of SW Asia from oldest to youngest
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
500
Syria's neighbor receiving the largest number of refugees
What is Turkey?
500
Palestinian territory where Israelis have built settlements - just west of the Jordan River
What is the West Bank?
500
The name of the Flerken who hangs out with Carol Danvers - not the cuddly species he appears to be
What is Goose?