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World Cultures Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The length of a senator's term
Byzantine
Al Qaeda in Pakistan - AQAP - Pakistani Taliban
6 years
Bay
2. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.
750
United Nations
intifada
Equator
3. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.
Egypt
Turkey and Iran
Yitzhak Rabin
Pakistan and Afghanistan
4. Capital for the Seljuk Turks
Anarchy
7
200 million years
Baghdad
5. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords
Equator
Anwar Sadat
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
North Tower
6. After-WWI - Palestine wan under control of___.
David Ben-Gurion
Ocean Currents
North Atlantic Treaty Orginazation
British
7. How many years do you have to be an American citizen to be a senator?
9 years
1967
LA - chicago - boston - columbus - canada
Abu Bakar
8. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.
The Great Compromise
630
Ottoman Empire
1945
9. The first war Israel fought - the day after it was created. Egypt - Jordan - Syria - Iraq - and lebanon are the countries that fought against israel.
1948 war
capitalism - global
Muammar Gaddafi
632
10. Only the land-owning people have a say
Aristocracy
New York City
Pentagon
De Facto
11. What does Medina mean?
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mujahideen
1947
City of the Prophet
12. Led the people that conquered the fertile crescent in 1700 B.C.
Mixed Economic
Jesus
Clay Tablets
King Hammurabi
13. This church was centered in Rome
Roman Catholic Church
Zionism
A russian empress that has unlimited power. The czar is the male equivalent
Young Turks
14. The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina
Africa - Antarctica - Asia - Europe - North America - Oceania - South America
Hejira
struggle that each muslim confronts to save his soul - but if a higher authority declares fighting on another nation - you are a jihadist.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15. NATO
Africa - Asia - and Europe
Anarchy
1917
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
16. Arab nations attacked on this day in the 1973 war.
24
Yom Kippur
Damascus
All-Powerful
17. Called 'the sick man of Europe'
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Martyr
Ottoman Empire
May 14 - 1948
18. Many Arab nations - especially Syria - Iraq - and Egypt turned to the _____ for arms and other assistance.
A nobleman of Russia - Owns land - first appointed by Peter the great
pursue in self-interest
Soviet Union
8
19. Give an example of exponential
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20. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.
Al Qaeda in Pakistan - AQAP - Pakistani Taliban
May 2011
'From each according to his ability - to each to his need.'
630
21. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?
Torah
Capitalism
A nobleman of Russia - Owns land - first appointed by Peter the great
Judicial Review
22. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___
80%
Good and Evil
Three Weeks
Volcano
23. IThe hebrew's sacred book.
Government
Torah
Supply and Demand
Atoll
24. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.
Africa - Asia - and Europe
7
Anwar Sadat
630
25. One of the big Parties in israel - and it believes that businesses should be free of government intervention.
9
Germany
Likud Party
Estuary
26. The Hitties are best known for this.
Iron
Biased
Limited Government
Masada
27. For what countries does bric stand for?
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
United - Beliefs
Brazil - Russia - India - China
28. Marketplace
Land between the rivers
19
Suq
268
29. How many (%) of people are Jewish in Israel?
80%
1945
Gap between Rich and Poor
Ten Commandments
30. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth
Koran
Brookland Bridge
360
British
31. Includes the North African nations of Algeria - Tunisia - and Morocco.
reprisals
1776
Maghreb
Jerusalem
32. What was the 'invisible hand?'
Written Language
Yemen
Popular Sovereignty - Limited Government - Separation of Powers - Checks and Balance - Judicial Review - federalism
pursue in self-interest
33. Approx how many people live in the middle east?
350 million
Suq
A russian empress that has unlimited power. The czar is the male equivalent
Greeks
34. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
1973
268
Good and Evil
35. The conflict between limited resources and unlimited need.
Factors of Production
Scarcity
Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains
A russian empress that has unlimited power. The czar is the male equivalent
36. Solomon had many building projects - so he made people pay ____.
Hospitals - public baths - schools - and libraries
Elevation
Taxes
Measurment - 60
37. An organization for many groups which represent the Palestinian people.
Biased
1949
Ahura Mazda
PLO
38. Landforms with highest elevation
Pull apart and form rifts
Hulagu
Continental Divide
Mountains
39. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.
West Bank
struggle that each muslim confronts to save his soul - but if a higher authority declares fighting on another nation - you are a jihadist.
Istanbul
Sana - Taiz and Aden
40. A holy war
Suq
Anatolian
Crusade
Mountains
41. Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?
pay more money
In the atlantic - near iceland
1187
Khartoum - Sudan
42. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.
80%
Egypt - Suez Canal
Gospels
Iran-Iraq War and Persian Gulf War
43. What are the 6 constituional laws?
Weightless Economy
Knesset
Popular Sovereignty - Limited Government - Separation of Powers - Checks and Balance - Judicial Review - federalism
Africa - Asia - and Europe
44. Volcanoes also occur in places where plates ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.
Pull apart and form rifts
Parallels
632
Persian And Byzantine
45. What is yemen scarce on?
9
Water
1917
Democracies
46. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.
Caliph
US - Russia - UK - France - China
6
Daylight Saving Time
47. An example of a monarchy
Mecca and Yathrib
The Great Compromise
Alphabet
Britain
48. The 4 planes hit the ___ - _____ - and ____.
The Oslo Peace Accord
United Nations
Anatolian Plateau
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
49. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?
Southern Yemen
What will be produced - By whom will it be produced - For whom will it be produced
Oil
British
50. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.
Greeks
The Western Wall
City of the Prophet
Western Europe - Islamic