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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Successor to the Prophet






2. Intifada literally means...






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






4. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






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






6. Christian Head






7. How can congress check the president?






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






9. A tall - flat-topped mountain with steep vertical sides. Erosion-resistant ones are left standing after all else has gone.






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






11. The capital of Israel






12. Terror group in Nigeria.






13. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






14. The UN's purpose was to...






15. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






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






17. A body of land completely surrounded by water. It is smaller than a continent but larger than a cay - a key - or certainly a large rock.






18. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






19. Short stories with simple lessons






20. The architect for the Suez Canal






21. A poem composed in about 2000 BC and includes many stories and myth from the middle east.






22. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.






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






24. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






25. OBL was captured when?






26. These protestors in New York want attention about...






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






28. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






29. Dictator of Libya






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






31. Jesus was born here






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






33. Israel's two greatest kings.






34. The emperor of the large Persian empire in about 500 B.C.






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






36. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






37. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






38. An organization for many groups which represent the Palestinian people.






39. Religious teachers






40. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






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






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






43. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






44. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






45. The UN's purpose was to...






46. The year the ottoman empire fell.






47. How many time zones are there?






48. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






49. The King that Zoraster told about the forces of good/evil






50. Al Awlaki's father has filed a lawsuit against which two people?