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a. Abu Bakr |
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b. Khadija |
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c. Muhammad |
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d. Ali |
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a. political and religious institutions merge |
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b. doctrinal disputes settled by a supreme leader, later referred to as the imam |
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c. all conflict resolved by diplomacy and debate, never war |
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d. discouraged contact with nonbelievers due to fears of spiritual contamination |
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a. monotheism |
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b. atheism |
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c. polytheism |
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d. agnosticism |
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a. The Ka’ba had been a sacred site of pilgrimage for generation. |
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b. Two of Jesus’s Apostles founded a church there during their travels. |
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c. It was believed to be the birthplace of Abraham |
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d. Zarathustra had retired to Mecca and died there. |
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a. The Torah |
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b. The Bible |
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c. The Qur’an |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Byzantine and Sasanid exhaustion from war |
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b. Muslims’ skill in horsemanship and warfare |
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c. Warships provided by the Nestorian Christians to use against Orthodox Christians |
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d. Groups treated harshly by the Byzantines and Sasanids welcomed Arab rule |
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a. were monogamous in marriage |
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b. settled in oases and rarely left the area of their birth |
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c. valued poetry and storytelling |
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d. were also usually literate and valued education |
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a. Determining the final form of Qur’an |
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b. Recording the miracles of Muhammad |
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c. Making calligraphy an art form |
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d. Writing love poetry for the caliphs |
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a. Declaring that Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet |
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b. Fasting during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan |
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c. Contributing to zakat or a tax for alms to help the poor |
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d. Worshipping religious leaders or imams |
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a. Because Muhammad recited the words given to him by the angel Gabriel |
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b. Because Muhammad recited the text to his brother, who recorded it |
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c. Because women were allowed to recite the words but prohibited from learning to read them |
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d. Because the text was compiled from the dreams in which Muhammad heard the suras recited aloud |
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a. As the true God who had been rejected by the Jews and the Christians |
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b. As the same God worshipped by Jews and Christians |
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c. As the author of the Qur’an |
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d. As the exclusive god of the Arabs |
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a. Baghdad |
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b. Cairo |
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c. Tripoli |
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d. Medina |
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a. Lombardy (France) |
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b. Great Britain |
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c. Egypt |
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d. Spain |
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a. Shi’ites |
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b. Sufis |
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c. Sunnis |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Alliances with Christian powers in order to fend off the caliphate interference |
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b. The Muslim lack of interest in politics to allow them to ignore the caliphate |
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c. Armies of Turkish mercenaries, known as Mamluks, to support themselves militarily |
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d. Armies of Christian mercenaries loyal only to receiving regular pay, not the caliphs |
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a. The Abbasid’s reneged on their promise to appoint Shi’ites to top government positions, so the Shi’ites instigated civil war. |
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b. The Abbasid’s embarked on a disastrous campaign to retake northern Africa. |
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c. A Sunni imam raised questions about the legitimacy of Harun’s claims to the caliphate. |
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d. The huge Abbasid army and complex civil services laced an adequate tax base. |
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a. After years of war, both were strong enough to prevent the spread of Islam. |
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b. After years of war, both were weakened and unable to prevent the spread of Islam. |
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c. After years of war, one empire was strengthened and one empire was weakened, which prohibited the spread of Islam. |
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d. The war had no effect on either empire. |
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a. They all spoke the same language, Arabic, because the Qur’an was not translated. |
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b. The Muslims invented airplane travel in 1270, cutting short the commuting time between Spain and Eurasia. |
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c. All Muslim countries used a common currency, the zakat, which facilitated trade. |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Toleration, though each group paid a special tax |
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b. Banishment from Umayyad lands |
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c. A choice between conversion and death |
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d. Death of the males and enslavement of the females |
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a. total religious freedom, adherents of all religion |
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b. pensions, Muslim veterans |
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c. hall passes, subjects who needed to use the bathroom |
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d. pensions, those who would practice Islam |
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a. madrasahs |
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b. ulamas |
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c. taifas |
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d. al-jabrs |
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a. zakat |
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b. Haj |
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c. Dhimmi |
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d. Qur’an |
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a. Avicenna |
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b. Averroes |
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c. Muhammad |
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d. Abd al-Rahman |
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a. men |
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b. Muslims |
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c. Arabs |
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d. Berbers |
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a. Two |
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b. Three |
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c. Four |
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d. Five |
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a. Zakat |
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b. Jihad |
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c. Infidels |
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d. Mozarabs |
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a. Because scribes used a special shorthand that enabled them to write faster |
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b. Because apprentice scribes produced more texts |
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c. Because paper was used, which lowered the price of texts |
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d. Because universal literacy was a core goal of Islamic regimes |
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a. Abd al-Rahman, an Unayyad, fled during the Abbasid revolution to Morocco, gathered an army, and seized southern Spain after one battled. |
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b. Abd al-Rahman took the Abbasid revolution to Morocco and then launched a five-year campaign against southern Spain. |
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c. Muslim advisors to the Spanish king overthrew him and took control of southern Spain. |
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d. The new Abbasid caliph sent Abd al-Rahman to establish an emirate in Spain, where he encountered little resistance in the sparsely populated region. |
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a. Umayyads, Taifas, Almohads, Nasrid, Almoravid |
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b. Umayyad, Taifas, Aloravids, Almohads, Nasrids |
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c. Nasrid, Almohads, Almoravids, Taifas, Umayyads |
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d. None of the above |
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a. France |
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b. England |
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c. Russia |
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d. Spain |
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a. zakat |
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b. jihad |
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c. al-Andalus |
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d. Reconquista |
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a. jihad |
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b. pogroms |
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c. the Holocaust |
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d. zakat |
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a. Knights Templar |
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b. Benedictines |
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c. Albigensians |
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d. Mohammadans |
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a. They consisted of Jews and Christians who sought to free the Holy Land from Islamic control. |
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b. They were led into battle by the pope himself. |
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c. They suffered greatly from the cold and malnutrition on their trek across Russia. |
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d. They were organized as separate militias, each commanded by a different general. |
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a. An unprecedented, systematic persecution of Jews |
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b. Movement to restrict women’s mobility by accusing female crusaders of witchcraft |
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c. Expansion of rural poverty as crusaders increased taxes to finance their journeys |
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d. An increase in lawlessness and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea |
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a. Women accompanied the crusaders to the Holy Land |
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b. Crusaders tried to convert captured Muslims with discussion. |
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c. Crusaders massacred Muslims. |
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d. Many crusaders joined the armies for land and plunder. |
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a. Byzantine emperor Alexius I launched a campaign against the Turks in 1095 to reclaim Jerusalem. |
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b. Following the Council of Worms (1095), the Franks launched a campaign to free the Holy Lands from the “infidels.” |
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c. The pope issued a call to arms to free the Holy Land. |
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d. Muslim Seljuk Turks captured Jersualem in 1095, and the city’s Christian inhabitants appealed to their European brethren for help. |
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a. They inspired expeditions such as Columbus’ in 1492. |
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b. They inspired pogroms against European Jews. |
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c. They created the rift between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. |
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d. They were related to the reconquista of Spain. |
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a. were all ruled by the Templars |
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b. were a first step toward what later became imperialism |
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c. all fell to Saladin in the Second Crusade |
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d. were called, collectively, Levantia |
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a. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine |
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b. British, French, and American |
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c. Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal |
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d. Spanish, American, and German |
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a. the Bulge |
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b. the Seine |
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c. Parwan |
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d. Mecca |
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a. Syria |
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b. Egypt |
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c. Morocco |
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d. Spain |
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a. The Muslims |
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b. The Mongols |
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c. Both sides equally |
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d. Neither side |
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a. 1258 |
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b. 1275 |
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c. 1301 |
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d. 1326 |
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a. 1200 |
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b. 1227 |
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c. 130 |
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d. 1326 |
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a. It ceased to exist. |
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b. It was divided into two parts for each of his sons. |
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c. It was conquered by the Safavids. |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Hurrem/Roxelana |
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b. Khadija |
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c. Sophie/Francine |
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d. Lady Sybilla |
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a. Sunni |
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b. Shi’ite |
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c. Sufi |
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d. Christian |
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a. Sunni |
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b. Shi’ite |
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c. Sufi |
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d. Christian |
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a. Suleiman |
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b. Mehmed |
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c. Saladin |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Suleiman the Magnificent |
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b. Muhammad the Prophet |
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c. Selim II |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Finland |
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b. England |
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c. France |
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d. Russia |
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a. bad rulers |
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b. failed reforms |
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c. democratic expansion |
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d. great success |
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a. 1798 |
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b. 1804 |
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c. 1851 |
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d. 1776 |
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a. The First Constitutional Empire |
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b. The Second Constitutional Empire |
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c. The Third Constitutional Empire |
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d. None of the above |
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a. 1798 |
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b. 1848 |
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c. 1908 |
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d. 1914 |
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a. The dominant currency |
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b. The dominant export |
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c. Sultan Ahmed III’s love of the flower |
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d. None of the above |
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a. “Hot Young Thing of Europe” |
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b. “Sick Old Man of Europe” |
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c. “Little Germany” |
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d. None of the above |
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a. France, Russia, and Great Britain |
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b. Spain, France, and Germany |
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c. Japan, Russia, and the United States |
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d. The United States, Mexico, and Canada |
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a. British |
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b. French |
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c. American |
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d. Russian |
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a. Gibraltar |
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b. Gallipoli |
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c. Damascus |
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d. Palestine |
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a. the fez |
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b. pants |
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c. the hijab |
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d. burka |
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a. victory |
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b. defeat |
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c. draw |
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d. success |
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a. Great Britain, France |
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b. Great Britain, Russia |
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c. France, Russia |
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d. U.S., Russia |
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a. Saudi Arabia |
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b. The Emirate of Transjordan |
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c. Kuwait |
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d. Egypt |
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a. Syria |
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b. Transjordan |
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c. Turkey |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Baghdad |
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b. Damascus |
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c. Syria |
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d. Jerusalem |
|
a. Creating a quasi-Communist state that limited private ownership of property |
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b. Developing an Islamic state that enforced traditional laws about all aspects of society |
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c. Barring foreign banks and investments to make Turkey independent of outsiders |
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|
d. Modernizing Turkish society by adopting elements of Western economics and culture |
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a. The French Revolution |
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b. American Civil War |
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c. World War I |
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d. American Revolution |
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a. The Ottoman victory over the Allies |
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b. The Ottoman victory over the Central Powers |
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c. The British victory over the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Empire’s subsequent collapse |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Russia |
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b. Great Britain |
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c. France |
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d. Germany |
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a. The central powers |
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b. The allies |
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c. Both A and B |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Mohandas Gandhi |
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b. Mustafa Kemal (or Ataturk) |
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|
c. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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|
d. Anwar al-Sadat |
|
a. Arthur James Balfour |
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|
b. Theodor Herzl |
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|
c. Sir Mark Sykes |
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|
d. Francois Georges-Picot |
|
a. Theodor Herzl |
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b. Kemal Ataturk |
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|
c. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
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|
d. None of the above |
|
a. Egypt |
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|
b. Syria |
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c. Palestine |
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d. The Ottoman Empire |
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a. Iraq |
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b. Iran |
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c. Syria |
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d. Canada |
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a. World War II |
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b. The Cuban Missile Crisis |
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c. The Cold War |
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d. The 1953 coup in Iran |
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a. Exploitation of oil resources |
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b. Shared values |
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c. Fear of Chinese power |
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d. Fear of British power |
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a. Gold |
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b. Sand |
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c. Oil |
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d. Coal |
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a. Saudi |
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b. Egyptian |
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c. French |
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d. German |
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a. Abdul Azziz |
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b. Mohammad Reza Palavi |
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c. Mohammad Mossadegh |
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d. Mustafa Kemal (or Ataturk) |
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a. Good Neighbor Policy |
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|
b. Lend/Lease Act |
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c. Eisenhower Doctrine |
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d. Nixon Doctrine |
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a. Syria |
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b. Saudi Arabia |
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c. Egypt |
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d. The United States |
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a. the War of Independence |
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b. the last “Good War” |
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c. the War to End all Wars |
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d. the Wars of the Roses |
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a. employment |
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b. positive neutrality |
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c. open warfare |
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d. public education |
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a. Iraq |
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b. Iran |
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c. Syria |
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d. Egypt |
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a. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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b. Gamal Abdel Nasser |
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c. Sadam Hussein |
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d. Adolf Hitler |
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a. Closed the Gulf of Aqaba to shipping |
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b. Occupied Sinai |
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c. Bought weapons from the Soviet Union |
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d. Bought weapons from the United States |
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a. The emergence of a movement that claimed all of the West Bank as part of Israel |
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b. Israeli occupation of the West Bank |
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c. Israeli occupation of the Sinai |
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d. All of the above |
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a. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima |
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b. The Lebanon Crisis of 1957 |
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c. The Cuban Missile Crisis |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Great Britain |
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b. France |
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c. Canada |
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d. The Unites States |
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a. Exodus |
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b. The Shoah |
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c. The Intifada |
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d. None of the above |
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a. Shi’a |
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b. Sufi |
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c. Sunni |
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d. Turkish |
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a. Saudi |
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b. Iraqi |
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c. American |
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d. Israeli |
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a. Sunni |
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b. Shi’a |
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c. Sufi |
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d. Atheist |
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a. The White House; The World Trade Center |
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b. The World Trade Center, The Pentagon |
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c. The Lincoln Memorial; the National Archives |
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d. Independence Hall; the National Constitution Center |
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a. 222 days |
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b. 333 days |
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c. 444 days |
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d. 555 days |
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a. The base |
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b. The struggle |
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c. The uprising |
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d. The future |
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a. Yasser Arafat |
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b. Yitzhak Rabin |
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c. Ehud Barak |
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d. Shimon Peres |
|
a. Yasser Arafat |
||
|
b. Yitzhak Rabin |
||
|
c. Ehud Barak |
||
|
d. Shimon Peres |
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a. Iraq |
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b. Iran |
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c. Egypt |
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d. The United States |