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World Cultures Basics

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1. This plan was when the United states formed a coalition of American - Arab - and other forces and moved against Iraq by land and air.






2. The year of the first crusade.






3. Muslim place of Prayer






4. Tallest Mountains in the World






5. This country operates the Suez Canal






6. When are federal elections held?






7. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






8. The year of the first crusade.






9. Al Qaeda was formed in..






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






11. Upper river springs - steams - and tributaries. These can refer to continental divides or watersheds. Watershed also describes a region drained by a river.






12. The Byzantine's capital






13. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.






14. Wrote Communist Manifesto






15. Headquarters for al qaeda is in....






16. Israel's capital






17. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords






18. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






19. We care because we have gotten threats from AQAP - and even acts such as these 2 terror attacks.






20. Israelis have introduced new technology to irrigate ___ areas.






21. Is the measuring point for Longitude






22. Mass uprising by Palestinians in territories held by Israel.






23. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






24. This flourished under Roman rule.






25. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






26. How many years do you have to live in the USA to be the representative?






27. A huge - many tiered temple.






28. This roman emperor converted to Christianity and ended the persecution of Jews.






29. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






30. 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.






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






32. 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]






33. Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf.






34. Allows to tap on phones






35. Helped the jews escape from egypt






36. A triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers. So much soil is transported by the river that the coastal waters cannot wash it all away.






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






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






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






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






41. Middle Eastern nations command vital __ ___.






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






43. For what countries does bric stand for?






44. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?






45. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






46. Belief in One God






47. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






48. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






49. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?






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







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