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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What was the name of the tax that jews+christians had to pay? (A big reason why they converted to Islam)






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






3. The conference also voted to adopt a universal world day and a ___-hour clock - based on _______ at the Greenwich meridian.






4. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.






5. ___ forces have cracked down violently on the protests against the president of yemen.






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






7. OPEC






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






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






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






11. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






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






13. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






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






15. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






16. PLO was founded In what year?






17. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources






18. How many people were arrested due to the New York protests on saturday?






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






20. A point of land extending into the sea. It is usually smaller than a peninsula - mountainous ones are sometimes called a promontory or a headline.






21. Water spot in desert






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






23. What 2 empires looks at the Arabs as liberators?






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






25. The Main idea in a civilization






26. Intifada literally means...






27. How many countries are in the middle east?






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






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






30. What was a key factor that defended the Nile Valley?






31. Flight 77 hit where?






32. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state led to Israel returning WHAT -and to Egypt in return for diplomatic relations?






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






34. Current Head of Al Qaeda






35. The first civilization in the Middle East.






36. OBL was captured when?






37. Another word to call Longitude






38. A narrow - winding ocean inlet that penetrates a coastal mountain range. The steep cliffs that line its route make it one of nature's grandest sights.






39. A vent - or opening in the earth's crust that allows molten lava - gases - and other materials to come out of earth's interior.






40. The Arabian Peninsula is about ___ the size of the US.






41. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?






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






43. The founder of Zionism






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






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






46. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






47. Who were called during the fire?






48. Capital for the Mongols






49. Capital for the Abbasids






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