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World Cultures Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






2. In this year - Camp David Accords were signed.






3. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






4. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






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






6. In what other cities have the protests in New York caused?






7. 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.






8. Successor to the Prophet






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






10. A sacred shrine that housed hte images of the many rab gods - and included the sacred Black Stone - a meteorite that the arabs believe was sent from heaven.






11. The religious beliefs of the Hebrews is called this.






12. Congress is apart of what location of power?






13. Where the supreme power is maintained by the people






14. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






15. Religious and moral laws






16. The Phoenicians developed an ____






17. What 3 main bodies of water is the Arabian Peninsula?






18. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






19. Latitude is sometimes called this






20. Israel has gotten more people due to the break-up of which country?






21. A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon - normally formed on top of submerged volcanoes. (i.e: bikini in the marshall islands)






22. The middle east stands at the crossroads of what of three continents?






23. A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.






24. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






25. Hatred to Jews






26. Factors 'on the ground'






27. The hebrews called their god this.






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






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






30. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.






31. Who were called during the fire?






32. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___






33. An ocean inlet that merges with the mouth of a river - varies according to river flow and ocean tides.






34. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






35. The zero point






36. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






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






38. The height of the land above sea level






39. President of Yemen






40. In order to be a representative - you must live in the state you are representative for how long?






41. Sumerians wrote on ____ _____.






42. Settling of Jews out of Palestine






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






44. In the Umayyad dynasty - all the highest jobs and the army went to ___.






45. Which one of the two plateaus in the Northern Tier has a huge population due to fertile grounds and water?






46. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






47. Revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occuring in the Arab world.






48. This war caused because one country had a revolution and tension was received with it's neighbor.






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






50. Qu'ran literally means this.