1. Saddam Hussein is on trial for the 1982 arrests, jailing,
torturing, and executions in Dujail.
What had happened in Dujail that made Saddam carry out these revenge
attacks?
2. Saddam Hussein pled “not guilty” for the 1982 massacre in Dujail,
in which 150 people of which cultural group or Muslim group were killed?
CNN video sheet for February 23
3.
The majority of Iraqis, as much as 65 percent, are what kind of Muslims?
4.
About 1/3 of Iraqis are what kind of Muslims?
5.
What is the name of the ethnic group in Iraq that makes up 15 to 20% of
the population?
6. What Muslim group held most of the power when Saddam Hussein was
president?
Reading - The Middle East
7. Even though the Palestinians have no country of their own, they
have a government. What is it called?
8. What happened in the Gaza Strip this summer?
9. Describe the living conditions in Palestinian neighborhoods.
10. Describe the Palestinian religion, culture,& racial make-up.
30 Days video sheet – Life as a Muslim
11. Define hijab.
12. Define imam.
13. Define Halal.
Islam fill-in note page
14. What are the Five Pillars of Islam? (fill in question)
15. What is the Koran?
16. Describe the life of Muhammad prior to his
vision.
17. Describe how Muhammad became a prophet.
18. Describe Muhammad’s life and leadership
after he became a prophet.
From the Shia/Sunni Reading
19. The majority of Muslims in the world belong to which branch of
Islam?
20. Which of the two branches tends to be more restrictive towards
women and more supportive of a theocracy?
21. Who can be the ultimate leader of the faith according to the
Shia?
22. According to Sunnis, how is the Prophet’s successor chosen?
Islam and Power
23. Define fundamentalism.
24. Define radical.
25. Define insurgency.
26. Define secular/secularism.
27. Define martyr.
Hamas reading and homework
paragraph
28. What are the Three Principles that the
European Union demands that Hamas meet before the EU will
negotiate with or aid them?
Muslim Fury over Danish Cartoons
29. In what country were there massive protests by Muslims because of
cartoons? What was offensive about the
cartoons?
The rest of the questions are
from the recent readings and assignments about Israel and the Palestinians.
30. What were the results of the 1967
Arab-Israeli War (or the Six Day War)?
31. What goal do both the Zionists and the
Palestinian Arabs share?
32. What belief has served as a bond among
the various Arab countries of the Middle East?
33. Why was Israel created?
34. Why do Arab leaders refuse to abandon
refugee camps?
35. What kind of government do they have in
Israel?
36. What in what areas do the Israeli government
spend a great deal of the government’s budget?
37. What are issues that still divide Israelis
and Palestinians today?
38. Define refugees.
39. Define kibbutz.
40. Define Zionism.
41. Define intifada.
42. Define reprisals.
43. Define occupied territories.
44. Define Palestinian Liberation Organization.
45. Define Dome of the Rock.
46 Define Church of the Holy
Sepulcher.
47. Define Wailing Wall.
48. Define outsourcing.
CNN video sheet for February
23
49. Define sectarian.
Islam and Power
worksheet/article
50. Why is there less Islamic extremism in
Turkey and Malaysia than in the Middle East?
CBS Evening News - March 13
& 14
51. Scientists now believe that bird flu is likely to enter the US
through which state?
52. What are the arguments to support drilling new oil fields on
Florida’s Gulf Coast?
53. What are the arguments used to oppose drilling new oil fields on
Florida’s Gulf Coast?
54. Define reconnaissance.
55. Define triage.
56. What Iraqi city has been the deadliest for US troops?
57. What type of weapon causes the most injuries for US troops?
58. Define slander.
59. Define libel.
60. What group has stepped up to defend the free speech rights of
students using MySpace?
61. Define dirty bomb.
62. Define xenophobia.
63. What are
the jobs that are frequently done by illegal immigrants?
64. Excessive TV viewing has been linked to what health condition?
65. By age 18, the average U.S. child's TV viewing has included
seeing 16,000 of what?
66. The Federal Children's
Television Act of 1990, and its update in 1996, requires television
broadcasters to do what?
67. Define media literacy.
68. Define genre.
69. Define mass media.
70. Define gatekeepers.
71. Define media.
72. Define indict/indictment.
73. Define launder.
74. Define subpoena.
75. Define constituency.
The Other America
76. What is the poverty rate in the US?
77. Why has poverty become less visible in the past decade?
78. Define Third World.
79. Define Bipartisan.
80. Define Liberals.
81. Define Downsizing.
82. Define Quotas.
Bird Flu
83. What is the mortality rate of people infected with bird flu?
84. How is bird flu currently transmitted?
85. Why don’t humans have immunity to the H5N1 virus?
86. What complication that results from the flu
is actually the cause of deaths?
87. Define pandemic.
88. How much Tamiflu does the US possess?
89. What are the early symptoms of people who
have avian influenza?
90. Why is there no vaccine against bird flu?
·
There
will be six questions that come from the poverty note page, (on the back of the
page that has the “How Would You Survive in Poverty” quiz). You will be given a statement and will need
to identify whether or not the statement represents generational or situational
poverty.
·
There
will be seven questions that come from the chart “Hidden Rules Among the
Classes.” You will be given a statement
and will need to write whether that statement represents the beliefs of people
in poverty, the middle class, or in wealth.
·
There
will be a few questions taken from the Religions Quiz.