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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. A revolutionary group of young army officers






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






3. Latitude is sometimes called this






4. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






5. How many muslims are their worldwide?






6. What are the senate's job?

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7. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






8. This case determined Judicial Review.






9. Jihad






10. What is approx number of people in Israel?






11. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






12. According to Zoraster - the forces of evil were led by this person.






13. A form of government in which a Deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler






14. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






15. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Syria?






16. Which one of the two plateaus in the Northern Tier has a huge population due to fertile grounds and water?






17. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






18. How many time zones are there?






19. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?






20. What 3 cities have major clashes in Yemen been?






21. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






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






23. At the equator - each degree of longitude represents a distance of about ___ miles






24. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






25. A simple water hoist






26. The __ helped Israel during the Cold War.






27. Seven-branched candleholder






28. In this year - a third Arab-Israeli war occurred - and laster six days.






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






30. What percent of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?






31. Controlled the daily lives of people






32. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






33. One of the big Parties in israel - and it believes that businesses should be free of government intervention.






34. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






35. Give an example of exponential

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36. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






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






38. Water spot in desert






39. Only Power is from the people






40. A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.






41. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources






42. What killed Al Awlaki?






43. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.






44. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.






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






46. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






47. Helps protect us from terror






48. The founder of Chrstianity.






49. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






50. Turkish speaking people that had converted to Islam in Central Asia before migrating to the Iranian Plateau.