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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. When and where did Arab Spring start?






2. Religious teachers






3. How many time zones are there?






4. The eastern half of the roman empire -which included Greece - Asia Minor - Egypt - and the Fertile Crescent.






5. Half of a sphere






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






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






8. People that travel from one place to another.






9. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.






10. In WWI - the ottoman empire sided with ____.






11. How many justices are there?






12. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____ - _____ - _____ - ______






13. Followers of Ali - that claimed only descendates of Ali could become caliphs.






14. A territory that was administered but not owned by a member of the League of Nations.






15. A revolutionary group of young army officers






16. Christians comes from the greek word Christos which literally means this.






17. Darius divided his empire into __ _____.






18. Flight 93 hit where?






19. Baghdad literally means this.






20. Only Power is from the people






21. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






22. IThe hebrew's sacred book.






23. Where do you have to be born to be the President?






24. Only occurs in the dictatorial government - when the dictator uses propaganda to make him look like he's 'super human'. E.G: Hitler - Stalin






25. A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon - normally formed on top of submerged volcanoes. (i.e: bikini in the marshall islands)






26. Man who set himself on fire - started the arab spring






27. What killed Al Awlaki?






28. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






29. The prime minister that met with Yassir Araft in DC in 1993.






30. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






31. The general that rallied Turkish resistance to the greek addvance.






32. What was the 'invisible hand?'






33. The parliament that rules Israel






34. A holy war






35. What are the Islamic people's five duties called?






36. The 1993 bombing plan bombed the undergroud of the _____ ____ ____.






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






38. Grievences of the middle east






39. A small body of water separated from the larger sea by a barrier of sand or coral reefs. It can either be adjacent to coastline or surrounded by an atoll.






40. Convert the water from the surrounding seas into fresh water.






41. No limits on power






42. What does czar/czarina mean?






43. Supporter of a Homeland for the Jews in the area of Palestine. Movement began in the 1800's.






44. Darius sent out special inspectors - known as this.






45. Led the people that conquered the fertile crescent in 1700 B.C.






46. Muslim Fighter






47. A deep - narrow depression in the earth's surface - often having a river running through it.






48. Israel's capital






49. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






50. Kept the temple records