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World Cultures Basics

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






2. Where the geological plates under the pacific ocean meet the plates that form the surrounding continents






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






4. The year the suez canal opened






5. Pilgrimage to Mecca






6. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






7. The year Communist Manifesto was written






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






9. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






10. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






11. The law to declare something uncostitunial is what constiutional law?






12. According to Zoraster - the forces of good were led by this person.






13. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.






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






15. Al Awlaki was the top Al Aqaeda ____ and ____.






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






17. Known as 'The Prophet'






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






19. Capital for the Crusaders






20. Defined 'unlawful attacks'






21. Most people in the middle eeast lived in small ___.






22. Landforms with highest elevation






23. In about 1025 B.C. - the jews formed this kingdom.






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






25. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






26. OPEC






27. Instead of 1 - a small group






28. Where people elect representatives






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






30. How many people get most of the wealth?






31. Where was Muhammad born?






32. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






33. The UN's purpose was to...






34. The PLO leader






35. No government can have all power is a part of which constituion law?






36. Al Qaeda was formed in..






37. Greenwich was chosen because maps based on calculations made at the Royal Observatory were already being used by nearly ______-______of the world's ______ _____.






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






39. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?






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






41. Arab nations attacked on this day in the 1973 war.






42. What year was Muhammad born?






43. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






44. Qu'ran literally means this.






45. The dividing lines between the eastern and western hemisphere






46. The religion observed by the majority people in the Middle East.






47. The year the mongols came to power.






48. The zero point






49. What religion was found in the Arab Peninsula?






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







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