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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Palestinians believe Jerusalem is the holy land for them for what reason?






2. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.






3. The UN was founded in....






4. A system of government where a ruler has unlimited power not limited by a document






5. Flight 77 hit where?






6. Who were called during the fire?






7. How many countries are in the middle east?






8. AQ wants the west to go ___






9. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






10. 1st caliph after Muhammad






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






12. Seven-branched candleholder






13. Where do you have to be born to be the President?






14. PLO






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






16. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






17. The Hitties are best known for this.






18. The four seasons of the year occur in which earth zone?






19. Factors of Law






20. Flight 93 hit where?






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






22. Helped the jews escape from egypt






23. What 2 seas does the Suez Canal Link






24. Successor to the Prophet






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






26. The year the suez canal opened






27. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






28. Helped the jews escape from egypt






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






30. For several weeks - Turkey siphoned off __ percent of the water that usually flowed through Syria and Iraq






31. The capital for the Umayyads






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






33. A broad expanse of generally high and flat land - also called a tableland. They can rise up from a lower area - or can be level regions within a mountain range.






34. Jesus was born here






35. The eastern half of the roman empire -which included Greece - Asia Minor - Egypt - and the Fertile Crescent.






36. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






37. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






38. NATO stands for...






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






40. What fraction of the population of Yemen in going hungry?






41. Became Israel's prime minister after Yitzhak Rabin got shot.






42. Factors 'on the ground'






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






44. This empire expanded eastward - and by AD 115 it ruled much of the Middle East.






45. How many hemispheres are there?






46. A revolutionary group of young army officers






47. The Middle east stands at the crossroads of what three continents?






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






49. 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.






50. What year was Marbury v. Madison