history final

for studying :p

tierra templada

the mildest altitude and most comfortable zone is ___

Spanish, Indian

people of mixed __ and __ ancestry are called mestizos

plateaus

___ dominate the landmass of Mexico

United States

The _____ oversaw the completion of the panama canal

Angel Falls

The highest waterfall in the world is ___

Quechua

___ is the most widely used native language in South America

Chile

___ has the world’s only natural deposits of sodium nitrate

low plains

The Pampas are Argentina’s _____

rose

Ecuador leads the world in ___ production

Mecca

Muhammad was born in ____ (city)

Kurds

the ___ live in Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria

Egypt

God delivered the Jews from ___ as remembered by the Passover

Jews

___ follow Judaism

sykes-picot

the ____ agreement stated that French would control Syria, Great Britain would control Palestine

mcmahon-hussien

the ____ agreement stated that purely “Arab“ lands would return to Arab nationals

balfour

the ___ agreement stated the Jews would receive homeland in Palestine

sykes-picot

the ____ agreement was seen as the turning point between western and Arab relations

Yom Kippur

the holiest day of the Jewish year is ___

Rosh Hashanah

______ is the Jewish new year

Torah

Shavuot (Pentecost) celebrates the giving of the ___ to mankind according to Judaism

conservative

____ Judaism is considered a ‘middle ground‘

reform

___ Judaism believes the Torah perhaps might not be divine

orthodox

___ Judaism believes that all commandments should be observed

Georgia

___ has the deepest cave in the world

steppes

unforested grasslands are called ____

enclave

a country or portion of a country surrounded by another country is called an ___

exclave

land separated from the main body of a country it belongs to is called an ___

autonomous regions

areas of a country that have been allowed self-rule are called ________

Afghanistan

____ produces 90% of the world’s opium