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What religion do most Persians adhere to?

shia islam

How long did the dynasty founded by Osman I last?

Six centuries and 36 sultans

What do Christians believe was the role of Jesus?

Son of God sent to save mankind from death and sin

What country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea?

Iran

What country was cut off from the Ottoman Empire after the British unilaterally made it a protectorate?

Egypt

What Israeli Jewish ethnic group traces its ancestry to western, central, and eastern Europe?

Ashkenazim

What people have so far been unsuccessful in their quest for their own state?

Kurds

What small minority group has clashed with Kurds and Arabs in northern Iraq?

Turkmen

What is an example of the Romans' fascination with ancient Egyptian culture?

Obelisks appeared in Roman architecture

What language did Jewish Israelis recreate and make the everyday language of the country?

Hebrew

What territory did the ancient Assyrians govern?

Mesopotamia

What language do the Persians (Iranians) speak?

Farsi

What action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding Palestine?

It partitioned Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states

What branch of Islam arose from a minority of Islamic followers who wanted Ali to be caliph after Muhammad died?

Shia

What country shares much of Israel's eastern border?

jordan

What religious group believes that God created the universe and appointed them to be his chosen people?

judaism

What do the Jewish Scriptures include?

Torah, the wisdom writings, and the writings of the prophets

How far east did Alexander the Great's empire extend?

To the Indus Valley where India and Pakistan are today

What is NOT a pillar of the Islamic faith?

Forcing non-believers to convert to Islam

What non-Arab, largely Sunni Muslim people live in a rugged mountainous part of southwest Asia?

Kurds

What ethnic group descends from the ancient empire of Babylonia?

Assyrians

What branch of Christianity is divided into autonomous national churches all under the umbrella of the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)?

Eastern Orthodoxy

What was required of non-Muslim peoples during the Ottoman Empire?

Pay tithes to the sultans in exchange for their rights

What organization assigned Iraq to Britain as a mandate after World War I?

League of Nations

How are the Arabs as a people largely defined?

By their language

In 1922 a __________ of the League of Nations gave the British formal control of Palestine.

mandate

chapter 1 lesson 1

What religion do most Persians adhere to?

chapter 1 lesson 1

How long did the dynasty founded by Osman I last?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What do Christians believe was the role of Jesus?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What country was cut off from the Ottoman Empire after the British unilaterally made it a protectorate?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What Israeli Jewish ethnic group traces its ancestry to western, central, and eastern Europe?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What people have so far been unsuccessful in their quest for their own state?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What small minority group has clashed with Kurds and Arabs in northern Iraq?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What is an example of the Romans' fascination with ancient Egyptian culture?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What language did Jewish Israelis recreate and make the everyday language of the country?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What territory did the ancient Assyrians govern?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What language do the Persians (Iranians) speak?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding Palestine?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What branch of Islam arose from a minority of Islamic followers who wanted Ali to be caliph after Muhammad died?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What country shares much of Israel's eastern border?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What religious group believes that God created the universe and appointed them to be his chosen people?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What do the Jewish Scriptures include?

chapter 1 lesson 1

How far east did Alexander the Great's empire extend?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What is NOT a pillar of the Islamic faith?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What non-Arab, largely Sunni Muslim people live in a rugged mountainous part of southwest Asia?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What ethnic group descends from the ancient empire of Babylonia?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What branch of Christianity is divided into autonomous national churches all under the umbrella of the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What was required of non-Muslim peoples during the Ottoman Empire?

chapter 1 lesson 1

What organization assigned Iraq to Britain as a mandate after World War I?

chapter 1 lesson 1

How are the Arabs as a people largely defined?

chapter 1 lesson 1

In 1922 a __________ of the League of Nations gave the British formal control of Palestine.