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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state led to Israel returning WHAT -and to Egypt in return for diplomatic relations?






2. Halfway point around the earth - where one day ends and a new day begins.






3. A huge - many tiered temple.






4. How many people get most of the wealth?






5. Give an example of exponential

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6. There are __ security council members on the UN.






7. A narrow strip of land - with water on both sides - that connects two larger land masses.






8. The court is a part of what location of power?






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






10. The capital for the Umayyads






11. What does Medina mean?






12. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






13. How many years ago were all the continents joined into one land mass?






14. What is the biggest globalization negative effect?






15. The month that all muslims must fast






16. This church was centered in Rome






17. Forceful attacks in response to an injury






18. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






19. Measured in degrees according to the distance north or south of the equator (being 0 degrees and the poles 90 degrees) [basically circling the globe going left to right]






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






21. __ delegates from __ nations met for the International Meridian Conference






22. To set oneself' on fire






23. One anointed by God






24. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?






25. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.






26. What killed Al Awlaki?






27. Where 1 person/a small clique has seized violent and full power until it is overthrown






28. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






29. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state led to Israel returning WHAT -and to Egypt in return for diplomatic relations?






30. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






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






32. The year the ottoman empire fell.






33. This flourished under Roman rule.






34. We care because we have gotten threats from AQAP - and even acts such as these 2 terror attacks.






35. Allows to tap on phones






36. Defined 'unlawful attacks'






37. Israel was fearing attack by Egypt - Syria - Iraq and Jordon - so they launched one of these attacks.






38. The first world leader to recognize Israel as an independent nation.






39. Flight 175 hit where?






40. Dictator of Libya






41. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






42. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?






43. These people conquered the fertile crescent in about 1700 B.C.






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






45. Revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occuring in the Arab world.






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






47. In 1994 - Israel and what country signed a peace treaty?






48. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






49. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






50. The arab world's most poverished country.