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World Cultures Basics

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1. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






2. After-WWI - Palestine wan under control of___.






3. The USA should care because until peace is achieved - the USA is appeared _______.






4. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






5. Israel captured these lands after the 6 day war.






6. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.






7. What are the 5 main physical regions of the Middle East? (alphabetical)






8. A sacred shrine that housed hte images of the many rab gods - and included the sacred Black Stone - a meteorite that the arabs believe was sent from heaven.






9. Muslim Fighter






10. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






11. How can congress check the president?






12. How many muslims are their worldwide?






13. Another word to call Longitude






14. Hatred to Jews






15. These people in the sumerian civilization were important because they knew the prayers to keep the gods happy.






16. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.






17. Only occurs in the dictatorial government - when the dictator uses propaganda to make him look like he's 'super human'. E.G: Hitler - Stalin






18. This flourished under Roman rule.






19. The Arabian Peninsula is about ___ the size of the US.






20. The parliament that rules Israel






21. Led the people that conquered the fertile crescent in 1700 B.C.






22. According to Zoraster - the forces of good were led by this person.






23. How much of the world's people are Muslim?






24. What are the length of congress's terms?






25. The first war Israel fought - the day after it was created. Egypt - Jordan - Syria - Iraq - and lebanon are the countries that fought against israel.






26. The Main idea in a civilization






27. According to Zoraster - the forces of good were led by this person.






28. In the east of the Northern Tier is the ___.






29. The capital for the Umayyads






30. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






31. Instead of 1 - a small group






32. The height of the land above sea level






33. In January 1990 - the president of Turkey began filling the ___ reservoir with water from the Euphrates.






34. The Hitties are best known for this.






35. Father of the Church






36. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






37. Where did the first civilization in the middle east originate?






38. How many years do you have to live in the USA to be the representative?






39. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






40. Each country gets _ vote in the ______ _____.






41. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?






42. Al qaeda was expelled from ____ ____ for anti-government activites






43. Belief in One God






44. The Abbassid empire built these.






45. A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.






46. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?






47. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






48. What was Karl Marx's famous quote?

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49. What two ethnicities are the most important in Israel?






50. What are the 6 constituional laws?