Questão 1
Questão
[blank_start]Jerusalem[blank_end] is the city where the focal point for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is.
Questão 2
Questão
What is the current economic situation in the Middle East?
Questão 3
Questão
How has the loss of the Aral Sea impacted areas of Central Asia where it was once located?
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A significant loss of water for irrigation, farming, and drinking
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The area has faced a significant rise in poverty
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A religion based on the essence of the Aral Sea has been lost.
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None of the above
Questão 4
Questão
Jerusalem is important to [blank_start]Muslims[blank_end] because it's the location where Muhammad saw himself. For [blank_start]Jews[blank_end], it is the site of the Temple Mount, and for [blank_start]Christians[blank_end], it's the location of the Last Supper, Christ's Crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
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Muslims
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Jews
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Christians
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Muslims
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Christians
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Jews
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Christians
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Jews
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Muslims
Questão 5
Questão
The [blank_start]Balfour Declaration[blank_end] stated Great Britain's support for a Jewish State in Palestine after WWII.
Questão 6
Questão
Why were Palestinians upset with Great Britain because of the Balfour Declaration?
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Because they didn't like the Jews, and supported Nazi Germany in the Holocaust
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Because Great Britain had promised them the land of Palestine; not to the Jews
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Because Great Britain had promised them the land of Saudi Arabia; not to the Jews
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Not here
Questão 7
Questão
The [blank_start]UN Resolution 181[blank_end] divided Palestine into a Jewish and Arab State. It gave land to the Jewish.
Questão 8
Questão
What are the four key obstacles to peace in the region? (choose all that apply)
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Mutual Recognition
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Rights of women
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Borders
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Security
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Water Rights
Questão 9
Questão
Why did the Palestinians lose much of the land given to them by the United Nations?
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Because the Jews had taken over some of the land
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Because the deal fell through and Great Britain took over the land
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Because the Jews had begun a war with Palestine and destroyed their lands.
Questão 10
Questão
What was the cause of war in Syria?
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The Arab Spring
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The rebellions against women in the country
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The United States' rebellion against the religions in Syria
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The Arab's uprising in Israel
Questão 11
Questão
How has the war impacted the people of Syria?
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High numbers of casualties, loss of jobs, fallen economy, etc.
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Many uprisings within the governmental leaders
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Other
Questão 12
Questão
A [blank_start]stateless nation[blank_end] is a large group of people who share common ethnic, linguistic, and religious identity, but lack majority status and their own land.
Questão 13
Questão
Why are the Kurds considered a stateless nation?
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Because they share common ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities, however they do not have their own land.
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They reside in their own country; however, there aren't any state's or boundaries within the nation/country.
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Not here
Questão 14
Questão
What progress have the Kurds made towards receiving their own nation-state?
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They've made movements, gained autonomous civil authority over parts of Northern Iraq, and they've formed a Kurdish Parliament.
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They've protested in the streets of Saudi Arabia, formed their own military, and marched on the governmental buildings of Iraq.
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Not here
Questão 15
Questão
What are the push and pull factors influencing migration to the Arabian Peninsula?
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The push factors are increasing poverty and unemployment; while the pull factors are higher wages there, than in any other country of that region.
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The push factors are religious freedom, water scarcity, unemployment, and a high death rate. The pull factors are women's rights, and a high standard of living.
Questão 16
Questão
How have many of the nations of the Middle East discriminated against women?
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Women aren't able to drive, eat without their husbands, birth children, leave their home without an accompanying male.
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Women are payed less, and are less likely to attend and graduate schooling.
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Other