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






2. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






3. How can congress check the president?






4. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






5. The Middle east stands at the crossroads of what three continents?






6. Christian Head






7. In what year will the bric economies nomines become the largest producers of goods?






8. The UN is headquarters in ____.






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






10. A body of water that penetrates a coastline. It is generally wider in the middle. It is usually smaller than a gulf - but larger than a cove.






11. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






12. The last stand for the Jews - it was when the Romans were attacking - and they committed suicide because they didn't want to give up their freedom.






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






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






15. What killed Al Awlaki?






16. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






17. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.






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






19. The leader of the Likud bloc that became the prime minister in 1996.






20. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.






21. Out of the security council members on the uN - how many are permanent?






22. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






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






24. Mesopotamia literally means...






25. Delivers a measured amount of water to each plant.






26. How many years was the Iran-Iraq war?






27. What is approx number of people in Israel?






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






29. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






30. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






31. Struggle in God's service






32. How many muslims are their worldwide?






33. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






34. The month that all muslims must fast






35. The persians improved and expanded these built by earlier people.






36. The four seasons of the year occur in which earth zone?






37. NATO






38. A river of ice - moving slowly down a mountain slope or outward from its central mass. It stops where the leading edge melts faster than the forward rate of movement.






39. Which ocean isn't in the Western Hemisphere?






40. The kingdom that the jews formed was located here.






41. President Bush said we would do what to the terrorists?






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






43. The founder of ancient persian religion Zorastrianism






44. Old warriors who were based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that had been left over from Mujahadeem - traced back to OBL






45. How many people get most of the wealth?






46. Where the supreme power is maintained by the people






47. Muslim holy book






48. Kept the temple records






49. NATO stands for...






50. What is the biggest globalization negative effect?