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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. A market economy is controlled by this.






2. When and where did Arab Spring start?






3. Only the land-owning people have a say






4. Israel is one of two ___ in the middle east.






5. The year the suez canal opened






6. What term do people often call the Middle east?






7. The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina






8. What is the length of a president's term?






9. What is the biggest globalization negative effect?






10. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






11. The sumerians were the first people to use this.






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






13. The dividing lines between the eastern and western hemisphere






14. This country operates the Suez Canal






15. Doesn't rely on natural resources - but on intellectual capital competitive schooling - and the support of both science and technology






16. The day Israel is officially formed






17. The founder of ancient persian religion Zorastrianism






18. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






19. Vertical lines meeting at the North and Soul Poles






20. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






21. How old do you have to be to be the president?






22. The year the Christians were drove out of Jerusalem.






23. The document that said Britain supports idea of Jewish homeland with right of non-Jews protected






24. Who was also killed along with Al Awlaki?






25. Mass uprising by Palestinians in territories held by Israel.






26. A sacred shrine that housed hte images of the many rab gods - and included the sacred Black Stone - a meteorite that the arabs believe was sent from heaven.






27. The man who set out to conquer the world - and ended up conquering Asia Minor - Syria - Palestine - and Egypt. He defeated the Persians.






28. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?






29. Includes the North African nations of Algeria - Tunisia - and Morocco.






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






31. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords






32. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.






33. The Phoenicians developed an ____






34. How many hours is in one day?






35. How can congress check the president?






36. The capital of Israel






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






38. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






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






40. Give an example of exponential

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41. The UN is headquarters in ____.






42. The Byzantine's capital






43. The ancient writing of the Sumerians that at first used pictographs - but then added phonetic symbols.






44. How many justices are there?






45. Secretary of Defense






46. How old do you have to be to be the president?






47. President of Yemen






48. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.






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






50. What was Karl Marx's famous quote?

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