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What dispute led to the split in Islam between the Sunnis and the Shia and why? You MUST use complete sentences in your

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On which area of the map would you MOST likely find people belonging to the Kurdish ethnic group?

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Which of these statements regarding Southwest Asia (the Middle East) is MOST correct?

• Most countries contain a single ethnic group.

• The Kurdish people do not have an ethnic homeland.

• Palestinians have been in frequent conflict with Egyptian settlers since the 1940s.

• Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree on religious matters but share power peacefully in many governments.

The dispute that the successor to Muhammad needed to be a blood relative led to what split in Islam?

• Sufi/Shia

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  Sunni/Quranism

• Sunni/Shia

• Sunni/Sufi

Although not a nation, Kurdistan is a region inhabited by a distinct ethnic group, the Kurds. Which number on the map is CLOSEST to the area known as Kurdistan?

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As part of the Gulf War, the US came to the aid of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Which number represents the country that invaded Kuwait?

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