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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A 1 -800 mile thick region of hot mineral matter






2. Convert the water from the surrounding seas into fresh water.






3. Middle Eastern nations command vital __ ___.






4. The day Israel is officially formed






5. The general that rallied Turkish resistance to the greek addvance.






6. How many plates are known?






7. The UN's purpose was to...






8. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






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






10. The emperor of the large Persian empire in about 500 B.C.






11. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






12. Operates the Suez Canal






13. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






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






15. The world' largest single Muslim community is here.






16. Congress is what?






17. What's the representatives' jobs?


18. Every continent but which two are surrounded by water?






19. What percent of the Muslims live in the Arab world?






20. Capital for the Abbasids






21. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






22. Muslim Fighter






23. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.






24. Helped the jews escape from egypt






25. Factors 'on the ground'






26. How many countries are in the middle east?






27. Christians comes from the greek word Christos which literally means this.






28. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






29. The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina






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






31. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






32. Darius sent out special inspectors - known as this.






33. Greenwich was chosen because maps based on calculations made at the Royal Observatory were already being used by nearly ______-______of the world's ______ _____.






34. President of Yemen






35. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






36. The year the ottoman empire fell.






37. UN stands for..






38. ___ many people have been displaced due to conflict in North Yemen.






39. The Phoenicians developed an ____






40. How old do you have to be to be the president?






41. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






42. SC currently has __ representatives - but will have one more in the upcoming election.






43. If AQ wears the west down with more smaller attacks - the west will have to...






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






45. An Albanian soldier who had fought against the French - who became governor of Egypt in 1805.






46. NATO was founded in.....






47. The Lash Kar E Tayyiba are famous for the _____ attacks.






48. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords






49. Muslim holy book






50. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords