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World Cultures Basics

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1. 3 Characteristics of a boyar






2. The PLO leader






3. Who was also killed along with Al Awlaki?






4. The year Communist Manifesto was written






5. 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.






6. What is the length of a president's term?






7. In May 1948 - the last ___ troops left Palestine.






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






9. The Egyptian leader who signed the Camp David accords - shot in 1981.






10. The 1993 agreement called for Israel to move out of what 2 lands?






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






12. Muhammad's tribe






13. In the six day war - Israel got what land from the Arabs?






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






15. Includes the North African nations of Algeria - Tunisia - and Morocco.






16. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?






17. The internet-savvy youth of the arab countries that have studied in the west are the head of the Arab Spring - so they are called a _____.






18. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






19. This is the holiest sight in Judaism - and is remains of the earliest temples.






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






21. Old warriors who were based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that had been left over from Mujahadeem - traced back to OBL






22. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






23. Who were called during the fire?






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






25. How can president check congress?






26. How many hours is in one day?






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






28. The parliament that rules Israel






29. What religion was found in the Arab Peninsula?






30. The USA should care because until peace is achieved - the USA is appeared _______.






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






32. The year the suez canal opened






33. Christian Head






34. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.






35. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






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






37. The pres+VP are a part of what location of power?






38. Settling of Jews out of Palestine






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






40. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






41. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






42. 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]






43. What empire was set up because a rival leader claimed the office oc aliph?






44. In this year - the 6 day war was fought with 6 countries.






45. This group's goal was to reclaim Palestine and destroy Israel.






46. The 3 main affiliates for Al Qaeda are...






47. At the equator - each degree of longitude represents a distance of about ___ miles






48. The UN decided to ___ Palestine into ___ countries






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






50. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.







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