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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The year the mongols came to power.






2. The last stand for the Jews - it was when the Romans were attacking - and they committed suicide because they didn't want to give up their freedom.






3. A territory that was administered but not owned by a member of the League of Nations.






4. Jihad






5. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






6. Al Qaeda was formed in..






7. 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.






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






9. Intifada literally means...






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






11. A system of setting and enforcing rules upon society or a group of people within society






12. Delivers a measured amount of water to each plant.






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






14. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






15. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.






16. A narrow - low ridge of rock - or more commonly of coral - that is connected to a coast or lies off a coast.






17. The day Israel is first attacked by 6 ARab nations.






18. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






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






20. The Main idea in a civilization






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






22. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






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






24. What percent of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?






25. President of Yemen






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






27. Is the measuring point for Longitude






28. The scattering of Jews around the world






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






30. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.






31. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






32. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






33. How many people died from the Mumbai attacks?






34. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






35. Sumerians wrote on ____ _____.






36. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






37. 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]






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






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






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






41. The arabs didn't like Muhammad because they believed in ___ __ - unlike muhammad.






42. What is yemen scarce on?






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






44. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.






45. How many years was the Iran-Iraq war?






46. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.






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






48. In the east of the Northern Tier is the ___.






49. All countries today have this - meaning that they have no economic system that is 100% the same thing.






50. What is the majority group in the Middle Eastern countries?