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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How can president check congress?






2. Belief in One God






3. Operates the Suez Canal






4. This country operates the Suez Canal






5. Marketplace






6. Flight 11 hit where?






7. Factors of Law






8. People who flee their homeland to seek safety somewhere else.






9. Intifada literally means...






10. Allows to tap on phones






11. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?






12. What 4 terrorists have died this year - causing Al Qaeda to go downward?






13. The first civilization in the Middle East.






14. Tallest Mountains in the World






15. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






16. What are the senate's job?

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17. The year the Christians were drove out of Jerusalem.






18. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






19. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?






20. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.






21. The fourth caliph - muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.






22. Helped the jews escape from egypt






23. The day Israel is first attacked by 6 ARab nations.






24. Oil has been a major factor In what two regional conflicts?






25. Factors 'on the ground'






26. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






27. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.






28. The five largest countries in size in order from largest to smallest:






29. The 1993 bombing plan injured approx. _____ people.






30. A small body of water separated from the larger sea by a barrier of sand or coral reefs. It can either be adjacent to coastline or surrounded by an atoll.






31. Desert Nomads - literally meaining 'People of the tent'.






32. AQIM's enemy






33. This flourished under Roman rule.






34. There were ___ hijackers.






35. A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them






36. One anointed by God






37. The 1993 bombing plan injured approx. _____ people.






38. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.






39. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






40. What killed Al Awlaki?






41. The kingdom that the jews formed was located here.






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






43. Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?






44. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






45. Helps protect us from terror






46. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.






47. According to Zoraster - the forces of evil were led by this person.






48. The __ helped Israel during the Cold War.






49. A river of ice - moving slowly down a mountain slope or outward from its central mass. It stops where the leading edge melts faster than the forward rate of movement.






50. The court is a part of what location of power?