The Middle Eastern Cauldron

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Chapter 10

• The Middle Eastern Cauldron

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Question 1

• Who is the outsider market-dominant minority in
  the Middle East?

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Answer 1

• The Israeli Jews

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Question 2

• Fill in the blanks There are 221 million poor
  a.________ against Israels more prosperous 5.2
  million b._________ in the Middle East.

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Answer 2

• Arabs
• Jews

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Question 3

• Excluding Israel, what are the 3 sub-regions of
  the Middle East?

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Answer 3

• North Africa
• The Gulf States
• Levant of Mashriq countries

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Question 4

• Who are the major ethnic divisions in North
  Africa?

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Answer 4

• Arab and Berber

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Question 5

• Who is there a religious divide between in the
  Gulf States?

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Answer 5

• The Sunni and Shia Muslims

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Question 6

• a._________ are said to be darker and to look
  Arab whereas b._________ look European.

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Answer 6

• Sephardic Jews
• Ashkenazi Jews

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Question 7

• Who describes Israel as historically representing
  the last wave of European overseas
  colonization?

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Answer 7

• Arabs

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Question 8

• What did Thomas Friedman say was the solution to
  Middle Eastern terrorism and strife?

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Answer 8

• Multi-ethnic, plurastic, free-market democracy

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Question 9

• Rates of intermarriage between a._________ and
  b.__________ are on the increase, however
  marriages between Jews and c._______ in Israel
  are still uncommon

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Answer 9

• Ashkenazim Jews
• Sephardic Jews
• Arabs

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Question 10

• According to Bernard Lewis, what did the terms
  Ashkenaz and Sepharad used to refer to?

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Answer 10

• Ashkenaz, Germany
• Sepharad, Spain