AS220, Cultural Studies, Ch1, L1 ROTC STUDY GUIDE
What country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea?
Iran
What country shares much of Israel's eastern border?
Jordan
How far east did Alexander the Great's empire extend?
To the Indus Valley where India and Pakistan are today
What was required of non-Muslims peoples during the Ottoman Empire?
Pay tithes to the Sultans in exchange for their rights
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
What do Christians believe was the role of Jesus?
Son of God sent to save mankind from death and sin
What branch of Christianity is divided into autonomous national churches all under the umbrella of
the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)?
Eastern Orthodoxy
What branch of Islam arose from a minority of Islamic followers who wanted Ali to be caliph after
Muhammad died?
Shia
What country was cut off from the Ottoman Empire after the British unilaterally made it a
protectorate?
Egypt
What organization assigned Iraq to Britain as a mandate after WW1?
League of Nations
What action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding Palestine?
Partitioned Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states
How are the Arabs as a people largely defined?
By their language
What country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea?
Iran
What country shares much of Israel's eastern border?
Jordan
How far east did Alexander the Great's empire extend?
To the Indus Valley where India and Pakistan are today
What was required of non-Muslims peoples during the Ottoman Empire?
Pay tithes to the Sultans in exchange for their rights
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
What do Christians believe was the role of Jesus?
Son of God sent to save mankind from death and sin
What branch of Christianity is divided into autonomous national churches all under the umbrella of
the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)?
Eastern Orthodoxy
What branch of Islam arose from a minority of Islamic followers who wanted Ali to be caliph after
Muhammad died?
Shia
What country was cut off from the Ottoman Empire after the British unilaterally made it a
protectorate?
Egypt
What organization assigned Iraq to Britain as a mandate after WW1?
League of Nations
What action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding Palestine?
Partitioned Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states
How are the Arabs as a people largely defined?
By their language
