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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. While the Hitties rules the Fertile Crescent - The Phoenicians moved to where? (What is it called in the modern day)






2. What killed Al Awlaki?






3. What year was Muhammad born?






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






5. A triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers. So much soil is transported by the river that the coastal waters cannot wash it all away.






6. 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.






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






8. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






9. Helped the jews escape from egypt






10. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






11. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






12. The __ helped Israel during the Cold War.






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






14. 3 Characteristics of a boyar






15. Desert Nomads - literally meaining 'People of the tent'.






16. The height of the land above sea level






17. Approx how many people live in the middle east?






18. The architect for the Suez Canal






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






20. The arab world's most poverished country.






21. Flight 11 hit where?






22. The year the mongols came to power.






23. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






24. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






25. The 1993 agreement called for Israel to move out of what 2 lands?






26. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.






27. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






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






29. Al Qaeda was formed in..






30. Palestinians believe Jerusalem is the holy land for them for what reason?






31. Explains the life of Jesus






32. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






33. In early times - people built these to carry water from rivers to crops.






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






35. 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.






36. Volcanoes also occur in places where plates ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.






37. The Umayyad dynasty ended because the __ and other discontented groups thought that being a Muslim was more important than being an Arab.






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






39. How many representatives are there?






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






41. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






42. The day Israel is officially formed






43. The prime meridian is located here






44. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






45. Struggle in God's service






46. In 1993 - hopes for peace revived when Israel and the PLO agreed to this accords.






47. Intifada literally means...






48. What is approx number of people in Israel?






49. 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.






50. The man who set out to conquer the world - and ended up conquering Asia Minor - Syria - Palestine - and Egypt. He defeated the Persians.