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World Cultures Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The dividing lines between the eastern and western hemisphere
80%
Lagoon
Prime Meridian and the 180th longitude
Koran
2. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.
Judaism
41 - 25
Diaspora
Ramadan
3. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?
Boko Haram
Tunisia - Egypt - Libya
Camp David Accords
1 year
4. What 2 empires looks at the Arabs as liberators?
Persian And Byzantine
750
Prime Meridian and the 180th longitude
recognize each other
5. Who explained why there was evidence of glacial formation in tropical Africa and why the opposing coastlines of South America and Africa look as if they could fit together?
Executive
Villages
Alfred Wegener
435
6. In 1994 - Israel and what country signed a peace treaty?
Popular Sovereignty - Limited Government - Separation of Powers - Checks and Balance - Judicial Review - federalism
Totalitarion
Jordan
Aristocracy
7. In the six day war - Israel got what land from the Arabs?
Taxes
5 million
Bethlehem
East Jerusalem
8. A territory that was administered but not owned by a member of the League of Nations.
Mandate
632
Jerusalem
Desert Storm
9. This war caused because one country had a revolution and tension was received with it's neighbor.
King Vishtaspa
1993
Law and Government
Iran-Iraq War
10. The length of a senator's term
Ziggurat
Priests
East Jerusalem
6 years
11. The Main idea in a civilization
Written Language
capitalism - global
19
desert
12. In what other cities have the protests in New York caused?
60 minutes
LA - chicago - boston - columbus - canada
Africa - Asia - and Europe
West Bank
13. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.
latin
recognize each other
Hejira
pursue in self-interest
14. __ delegates from __ nations met for the International Meridian Conference
1993
41 - 25
Totalitarion
New Jersey
15. A holy war
Delta
Crusade
Mixed Economy Systems
Sinai Peninsula
16. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.
The Oslo Peace Accord
Maghreb
bicameral
resolve conflict
17. Religious and moral laws
Anointed
9
Ten Commandments
2014
18. Convert the water from the surrounding seas into fresh water.
Wheel
Red Sea - Arabian Sea - Persian Gulf
Desalination Plants
1917
19. Helped the jews escape from egypt
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Pentagon
18%
Moses
20. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.
Cult of Personality
14
Bay
Lebanon
21. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.
Theodor Herzl
Government
Pakistani Taliban - Haqqani Network - Lash Kar E Tayyiba
Preemptive Strike
22. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.
Saleh
6
God-given
Democratic Republic
23. What fraction of the population of Yemen in going hungry?
1/3
Revolution
Menorah
Karl Marx
24. Why is the Fertile Crescent invaded so much?
Balfour Declaration
Hellenistic
Few Natural Barriers
Self Immolation
25. PLO was founded In what year?
Fertile Crescent
1848
1964
United Nations
26. The hebrews called their god this.
Military commisions act
Roads
630
Yahweh
27. Grievences of the middle east
Few Natural Barriers
dictatorship - human rights - government corruption - economic decline - unemployment - extreme poverty
SAudia Arabi
Africa - Asia - and Europe
28. One anointed by God
Masada
Messiah
Al Qaeda in Islamic Magrad
Hajj
29. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East
Sephardim
1187
Arab
Hellenistic
30. Israelis have introduced new technology to irrigate ___ areas.
desert
55% - 45%
Scribes
Ferdinand de Lesseps
31. Less than __ percent of the land receives enough water to make farming possible.
10
Mantle
Stylus
Shanksville
32. The main principle of Hammurabi's code
three-quarters - seagoing vessels
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
In the atlantic - near iceland
Assyrians - Babylonians - Persians - Greeks
33. Successor to the Prophet
Labor Party
In the atlantic - near iceland
Caliph
Taxes
34. PLO
Russia
Roman Catholic Church
Britain - UN
Palestine Liberation Organization
35. In about 1025 B.C. - the jews formed this kingdom.
Indian Ocean
Israel
Muammar Gaddafi
Saudi Arabia
36. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC
2 years
Hitties
630
Trade
37. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.
Plateau
Hitties
Police
Limited Government
38. What percent of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?
350 million
Preemptive Strike
AQAP
70%
39. What are moving sections of earth's crust called?
plates
Traditional
Satrap
Democracies
40. What term do people often call the Middle east?
7
North Atlantic Treaty Orginazation
Oceania
Southwest Asia
41. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?
14
Refugees
Balfour Declaration
Ring of Fire
42. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?
Palestine Autonomy Plan
De Facto
Three Weeks
Africa - Asia - and Europe
43. In the six day war - Israel got what 2 lands from Egypt?
Glacier
Roman
Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip
USA Patriot ACt
44. OBL was captured when?
Judicial
Sea Routes
Cell
May 2011
45. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.
6
diffused - affiliates - smaller - complex
Arab Spring
Al Zawahiri
46. Which ocean isn't in the Western Hemisphere?
Indian Ocean
1 year
Constantinople
A nobleman of Russia - Owns land - first appointed by Peter the great
47. The fireman are doing what so they can get coverage?
1000
Sueing
Western and Northern
Istanbul
48. Tallest Mountains in the World
Cracks in the Mantle
HImalayas
Iran-Iraq War
Oil
49. How can congress check the president?
International Date Line
Impeach+Override Veto
Arabs
Britain - UN
50. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.
Hellenistic
Saladin
Epic of Gilgamesh
1949