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1) Both Western countries and the Muslim world share blame for the current situation due to actions like the Iraq war, abuses at Guantanamo Bay, and the provocation over religious cartoons.
2) Defeating terrorist groups requires addressing issues like Islamophobia, radicalization of youth, and economic disparity through religious open-mindedness, upholding human rights, and prioritizing education.
3) The ISIS poses a new threat as an extremist group that considers other Muslims who disagree with it as apostates. Countering their ideology will be
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- 2. Brazil
- 3. Uruguay
- 4. France
- 5. Argentina
- 6. Which country hosted the 1950 World Cup?
- 7. Uruguay
- 8. Italy
- 9. France
- 10. Brazil
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- 13. Just Fontaine
- 14. Maradona
- 15. Gerd Muller
- 16. The 1962 World Cup saw a game describe by the BBC as “The most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football.” Which team did Chile face in this game?
- 17. Argentina
- 18. France
- 19. Italy
- 20. Uruguay
- 21. In the 1970 World Cup Jairzinho made history for completing which achievement?
- 22. He scored in three consecutive World Cups
- 23. He scored 3 hat tricks
- 24. He scored in every round
- 25. He scored for two different countries
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- 27. London
- 28. Berlin
- 29. Paris
- 30. Madrid
- 31. Under which FIFA’s president’s reign was the first noteworthy international competition, the 1908 Olympic Games in London, organized?
- 32. Robert Guerin
- 34. Jules Rimet
- 35. Arthur Drewry
- 36. Which one of the Specialist Banks is privately owned?
- 37. The Oman Development Bank
- 38. The Oman Housing Bank
- 39. The Alliance Housing Bank
- 40. None of the above
- 41. Where do most of the Oil exports go?
- 42. Thailand
- 43. US
- 44. Korea
- 45. China
- 46. What is one of Oman’s major economic goals?
- 48. Diversify the sources of national income
- 49. Developing the medical sector
- 50. Answers C and A
- 51. What are aflaj?
- 53. Wells, and Dams
- 54. Wadis
- 55. All of the above
- 56. When did Oman change its flag?
- 57. 1980
- 58. 1990
- 59. 1970
- 60. None of the above
- 61. What is not one of the types of Islamic Sects practiced in Oman?
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- 63. Sunnis
- 64. Shias
- 65. Muatazilites
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- 68. Bill Gates
- 69. Warren Buffet
- 71. 5
- 72. 10
- 73. 20
- 74. 25
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- 77. The Kulaks
- 78. The Jews
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- 84. The Tutsis ownership of land
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- 88. David Ricardo
- 89. Ronald J. Bee
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- 92. 26%
- 93. 30%
- 94. 36%
- 95. OPEC, founded in 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq, grew to include 12 of the most important oil producers by 1973. Which of the following countries is not part of the OPEC?
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- 97. Nigeria
- 98. Argentina
- 99. Ecuador
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- 102. Eliminate Pashtun ethnic nationalism
- 103. Eliminate the TTP
- 104. Maintaining dependence of the US on Pakistan for security cooperation
- 105. Russia’s reemergence on the world scene following its precipitous decline in the post-cold war decade has been fueled almost exclusively by what?
- 106. Its military power
- 107. The rising prices of oil and natural gas
- 108. Its scientific and technological breakthroughs
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- 111. Vaccination
- 112. Keeping away from infected people
- 113. Taking more vitamin C
- 114. Washing your hands more often
- 115. What type of influenza is not included in seasonal vaccines
- 116. Type A
- 117. Type B
- 118. Type C
- 119. Type D
- 120. How many deaths are estimated annually from Influenza epidemics?
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- 122. 250,000 to 500,000
- 123. 500,000 to 750,000
- 124. 750,000 to 1 million
- 125. Who does the WHO recommend as the highest priority group for annual Influenza vaccination?
- 126. Elderly individuals
- 127. People with chronic conditions
- 128. Pregnant women
- 129. Health care workers
- 130. Avian influenza was first identified in Italy in which year?
- 131. 1878
- 132. 1928
- 133. 1988
- 134. 2008
- 135. Of the hundreds of strains of avian influenza A viruses, only four are know to have caused human infections, which of the following is not one of these strains?
- 136. H5N1
- 137. H9N3
- 138. H7N3
- 139. H7N7
- 140. The H5N1 virus is of the greatest present concern for human health due to several reasons, which of the following is not one of these reasons?
- 141. H5N1 virus has caused by far the greatest number of deaths
- 142. It has crossed the species barrier to infect humans
- 143. More birds are carrying the H5N1 virus
- 144. H5N1, if given enough opportunities, will develop the characteristics it needs to start another influenza pandemic
- 145. The Armenians practiced --------------- religion
- 146. Muslim
- 147. Christian
- 148. Armenian
- 149. Judaism
- 150. What does the word Ukraine mean
- 151. The land
- 152. The Borderland
- 153. The Afterlife
- 154. None of the above
- 155. Which Island has the most well known music
- 156. Polynesia
- 157. Micronesia
- 158. Melanesia
- 159. None of the above