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What is the common western perception of the teaching received at madaris?
anti-Americanism and radical extremism
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What type of content is delivered at madaris?
varied curricula
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What type of teaching is provided at Indian madaris?
secularised
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What are the origins of western schools?
institutions of the Catholic church
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How many science disciplines were taught at madaris in the Ottoman Empire?
seven
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What is the approximate population of the Miami metro area?
5.5 million
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In what geographic portion of Florida is Miami located?
southeastern
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What county is Miami located in?
Miami-Dade County
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Where does Miami rank among American cities by population?
44th
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How many people live in Miami?
430,332
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What classification did the World Cities Study Group give to Miami?
Alpha−World City
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Where did Miami rank among cities around the world in regard to finance?
33rd
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What did Forbes call Miami in 2008?
America's Cleanest City
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What is a nickname given to Miami?
Capital of Latin America
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Where does Miami rank in terms of US Spanish-speaking populations?
second
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What does downtown Miami possess more of than any other US city?
international banks
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What is called the "Cruise Capital of the World"?
Port of Miami
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Along with cruise lines, in what traffic does Miami's port rank first?
passenger
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Along with hospitals, medical centers and biotechnology industries, what is notably present in the Civic Center?
research institutes
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How long has Miami been the world's top cruise passenger port?
two decades
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Where was Julia Tuttle born?
Cleveland
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Prior to the naming of Miami, what was the area around Miami called?
Biscayne Bay Country
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When did the Great Freeze occur?
1894–95
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What railroad was owned by Henry Flagler?
Florida East Coast Railway
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Who was "the mother of Miami"?
Julia Tuttle
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In the early 1900s, what percentage of Miami's population was of African origin?
40
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What was NW Fifth Avenue previously called?
Avenue J
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Where did a portion of Miami's black population migrate from in the early 1900s?
Bahamas
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Who was a notable chief of the Miami police?
H. Leslie Quigg
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To what controversial organization did a Miami chief of police belong?
Ku Klux Klan
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For what reason did H. Leslie Quigg kill a black man?
speaking directly to a white woman
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What was the occupation of the African-American man killed by Quigg?
bellboy
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In what year did Fidel Castro take over Cuba?
1959
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From what country did people notably emigrate to southern Florida in the 1980s and 90s?
Haiti
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What notable hurricane occurred between the 1980s and 1990s?
Andrew
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What is the largest city in the United States where a majority of the population speaks Spanish?
El Paso, Texas
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Miami is the US city with the largest population of what ethnic group?
Cuban-American
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Where are the Everglades in relation to Miami?
east
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To travel from Biscayne Bay to Miami, in what direction would one move?
west
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What is the northern terminus of Biscayne Bay?
Lake Okeechobee
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In kilometers, how far is the Gulf Stream from Miami's coast?
24
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In meters, what is the average height above sea level of the Miami area?
1.8
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What is another name for Miami limestone?
Miami oolite
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How many meters thick is the bedrock under Miami at its maximum?
15
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What Stage occurred approximately 130,000 years ago?
Sangamonian
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How many meters did the Sangamonian Stage raise sea levels compared to their present level?
8
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What event caused sea levels to decrease approximately 100,000 years ago?
Wisconsin glaciation
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Along with Miami Springs, where is the highest point of the Biscayne Aquifer?
Hialeah
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The Biscayne Aquifer stretches from Palm Beach County to where?
Florida Bay
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After digging how many meters is one sure to reach running water in Miami?
5 to 6
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What is limited by Miami's high water table?
underground construction
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Along with West, Downtown and North, what is the other notable area of Miami?
South
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By cardinal direction, what part of the city is referred to as Downtown?
eastern
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Along with Port Miami, Watson Island and Brickell, what area is in Downtown Miami?
Virginia Key
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On what street is the highest concentration of international banks in the US?
Brickell Avenue
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Where is South Beach in relation to Downtown?
East
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Along with Coconut Grove and Coral Way, what is notably present in southern Miami?
The Roads
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When was Coral Way constructed?
1922
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What does Coral Way connect to Coral Gables?
Downtown
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In what year did the establishment of Coconut Grove occur?
1825
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What part of Coconut Grove houses the city hall of Miami?
Dinner Key
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What notable theater is present in Overtown?
Lyric
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After whom is the performing arts center in Midtown named?
Adrienne Arsht
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In what part of Miami is Midtown?
northern
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What is the name of the architectural style originating in 1950s Miami?
MiMo
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What northern Miami neighborhood is named for a Caribbean country?
Little Haiti
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What is Miami's Köppen climate classification?
Am
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What type of weather does Miami have in the summer?
hot and humid
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In degrees Celsius, what is the average January temperature in Miami?
19.6
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In degrees Fahrenheit, what is the normal range of high temperatures in Miami?
70–77
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In degrees Celsius, what temperature does Miami rarely see?
2
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When is the beginning of Miami's wet season?
May
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What month sees the end of the wet season in Miami?
October
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In degrees Celsius, what is the range of temperatures during the wet season?
29–35
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How many millimeters of rain fall on Miami annually?
1,420
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What is the typical August dew point in degrees Fahrenheit?
73.7
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What fraction of the southern Florida population lives in Miami?
one-thirteenth
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Where does Miami rank in population among US cities?
42nd
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Along with Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, what county is part of the Miami-Dade metropolitan area?
Broward
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How many people live in the Miami-Dade metropolitan area?
5.5 million
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Where does Miami-Dade rank in population among metropolitan areas in the US?
seventh
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What percentage of Miami-Dade's population was non-Hispanic white in 1960?
80
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What percentage of the Miami population in 1970 was black?
22.7
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What was the largest ethnic group in 1970 Miami?
Hispanic
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Along with Downtown and Edgewater, what area of Miami has notably seen increasing population densities?
Brickell
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Starting in what decade did immigration from outside the United States begin to have a significant influence on Miami's population?
1960s
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Approximately how many multinationals have their Latin American operation headquarters in Miami?
1400
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Why do so many multinationals have their Latin American headquarters in Miami?
proximity to Latin America
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Along with Celebrity, Carnival, Norwegian, Oceania and Royal Caribbean, what cruise line is based in Miami?
Seabourn
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Along with UniMÁS and Univisión, what Spanish language television station is headquartered in Miami?
Telemundo
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As of 2011, what percentage of original Telemundo programming was filmed in Miami?
85
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Along with Sony Music Latin, what music recording corporation is located in Miami?
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
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What is the name of the business that produces a significant portion of Telemundo's original programming?
Telemundo Television Studios
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How many 400+ foot skyscrapers have been built or are in the process of being built in Miami since 2001?
50
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What US cities have more impressive skylines than Miami's?
New York City and Chicago
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What is Miami's world rank in terms of how impressive its skyline is?
19th
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Of the fourteen tallest skyscrapers in Florida, how many are in Miami?
thirteen
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What is the tallest skyscraper in Florida?
Four Seasons Hotel & Tower
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When did the Florida land boom occur?
1920s
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What year saw the crash of the Miami housing market?
2007
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