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World Cultures Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. AQ prefers more ___ territories.






2. The writings that had everything abut Zorastiranism in it.






3. One anointed by God






4. The architect for the Suez Canal






5. Father of the Church






6. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






7. Israel was fearing attack by Egypt - Syria - Iraq and Jordon - so they launched one of these attacks.






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






9. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.






10. Terror group in Nigeria.






11. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






12. Landforms with highest elevation






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






14. Palestine is important to Christians for what reason?






15. How old do you have to be to be a represenative?






16. A narrow strip of land - with water on both sides - that connects two larger land masses.






17. The scattering of Jews around the world






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






19. The conference also voted to adopt a universal world day and a ___-hour clock - based on _______ at the Greenwich meridian.






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






21. Belief in One God






22. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






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






24. What was the 'invisible hand?'






25. Al Awlaki's father has filed a lawsuit against which two people?






26. How many justices are there?






27. Israel Prime minister that was assasinated - and was thought to be the last chance at peace.






28. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






29. Instead of 1 - a small group






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






31. Arab nations attacked on this day in the 1973 war.






32. The purpose of al qaeda was to get _____ ____ out of middle east.






33. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






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






35. The religion observed by the majority people in the Middle East.






36. The current head of al qaeda wants to direct al qaeda towards ____ countries.






37. The person that was killed along with Al Awlaki was the publisher of a terrorist magazine called ___.






38. The year the ottoman empire fell.






39. Flight 77 hit where?






40. The Chief features of the Maghreb are these landscapes.






41. The sumerians invented these two things.






42. What is yemen scarce on?






43. The capital of Israel






44. The architect for the Suez Canal






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






46. The Umayyad dynasty ended because the __ and other discontented groups thought that being a Muslim was more important than being an Arab.






47. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.






48. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?






49. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?






50. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.