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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • 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. Muhammad's tribe






2. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






3. The UN decided to ___ Palestine into ___ countries






4. The document that said Britain supports idea of Jewish homeland with right of non-Jews protected






5. Belief on more than one god






6. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






7. Many Arab nations - especially Syria - Iraq - and Egypt turned to the _____ for arms and other assistance.






8. Most people in the middle eeast lived in small ___.






9. Israel's two greatest kings.






10. Blending some elements of both market and command economies in answering the three fundamental economic questions.






11. Flight 93 hit where?






12. How many people died from the Mumbai attacks?






13. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






14. What 2 seas does the Suez Canal Link






15. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






16. The prime meridian is located here






17. Hatred to Jews






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






19. PLO stands for..






20. The year the ottoman empire fell.






21. What year was Muhammad born?






22. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?






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






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






25. The Phoenicians developed an ____






26. Measured in degrees according to the distance north or south of the equator (being 0 degrees and the poles 90 degrees) [basically circling the globe going left to right]






27. Fertile Desert Area that has enough water to support plant and animal life






28. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






29. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






30. Water spot in desert






31. The two leading towns in the Arabian Penninsula at the time of Muhammad






32. A tall - flat-topped mountain with steep vertical sides. Erosion-resistant ones are left standing after all else has gone.






33. The 1993 bombing plan bombed the undergroud of the _____ ____ ____.






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






35. A government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters - but the attitudes - values - and beliefs of its population.






36. What was a key factor that defended the Nile Valley?






37. Al quaeda means...






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






39. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






40. A 1 -800 mile thick region of hot mineral matter






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






42. How many countries are in the middle east?






43. How can president check congress?






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






45. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.






46. Doesn't rely on natural resources - but on intellectual capital competitive schooling - and the support of both science and technology






47. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






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






49. Exponential






50. A tall - flat-topped mountain with steep vertical sides. Erosion-resistant ones are left standing after all else has gone.