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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. Dictator of Libya






2. Declaration to re-establish the Jews a home in Palestine






3. Flight 11 hit where?






4. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






5. How many representatives are there?






6. The five largest countries in size in order from largest to smallest:






7. What are moving sections of earth's crust called?






8. What is the length of the supreme court's rule?






9. Al qaeda was formed by..






10. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






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






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






13. The purpose of al qaeda was to get _____ ____ out of middle east.






14. Controlled the daily lives of people






15. The UN is headquarters in ____.






16. Latitude is sometimes called this






17. Muhammad's wife - who inspired him to begin telling people about Islam.






18. The governor of each province that was responsible for collecting taxes and keeping order.






19. The year of the first crusade.






20. Pilgrimage to Mecca






21. The prime meridian is located here






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






23. Belief on more than one god






24. Water spot in desert






25. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






26. The Byzantine's capital






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






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






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






30. The year the suez canal opened






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






32. The scattering of Jews around the world






33. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.






34. NATO






35. These people conquered the fertile crescent in about 1700 B.C.






36. A system of government where a ruler has unlimited power not limited by a document






37. Where did the first civilization in the middle east originate?






38. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






39. AQ wants the west to go ___






40. The most ancient of the three religions of the middle east.






41. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






42. What does Medina mean?






43. Middle Eastern nations command vital __ ___.






44. Wrote Communist Manifesto






45. The founder of Chrstianity.






46. What are the second - third - and fourth biggest majority ethnic groups in the middle east?






47. Darius divided his empire into __ _____.






48. This church was centered in Rome






49. All member of the __ are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice or World Culture






50. Who were called during the fire?