Discuss how the Sunni-Shiite split has recently played out in sectarian violence across the region
What will be an ideal response?
The religious split has been a proxy for Iran—Saudi Arabian geopolitics. Tensions in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen all have the religious divide as well as regional geopolitics. Iraq currently has a political system dominated by Shiites who are the majority with ISIL in the minority Sunni areas; Syrian rebels as well as ISIL are in the majority Sunni areas, meanwhile, the government is led by the minority Alawites (Shiite); Yemen's generally recognized government is primarily Sunni, with Saudi support, and the Houthis that expanded and evicted the government are Shiite.
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Divide into groups. On a base map of the Russian domain, have each group suggest possible political boundaries 20 years from now. Then share and discuss results
What will be an ideal response?
An animal that is tightly attached to rocks during intense wave activity is said to be ____
a. sessile b. motile c. desiccated
d. benthic e. brackish
Precipitation usually occurs ________ of a cold front and ________ of a warm front
A) with the passage; after the passage B) after the passage; with the passage C) before the passage; after the passage D) with the passage; before the passage
Who made a significant, early contribution to cartography by adding a grid and orienting the map with north at the top? He also divided the circumference of Earth into 360°, with each degree comprising 60 minutes, and each minute comprising 60
seconds. A) Magellan—in the sixteenth century A.D. B) Sir Isaac Newton—in the seventeenth century A.D. C) Pythagoras—in the sixth century B.C. D) Ptolemy—in the second century A.D.