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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Why is the Fertile Crescent invaded so much?






2. The year the mongols came to power.






3. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






4. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






5. The year the suez canal opened






6. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.






7. How many people died from the Mumbai attacks?






8. Each country gets _ vote in the ______ _____.






9. What killed Al Awlaki?






10. What are the length of congress's terms?






11. Father of the Church






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






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






14. In WWI - the ottoman empire sided with ____.






15. How deep does earth's crust go?






16. AQ wants the west to go ___






17. This flourished under Roman rule.






18. Hatred to Jews






19. The capital for the Umayyads






20. Successor to the Prophet






21. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.






22. The Middle east stands at the crossroads of what three continents?






23. The 3 main affiliates for Al Qaeda are...






24. The day Israel is officially formed






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






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






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






28. How much the people want






29. Jesus was born here






30. This roman emperor converted to Christianity and ended the persecution of Jews.






31. How many representatives are there?






32. In the six day war - Israel got what land from the Arabs?






33. In the six day war - Israel got what 2 lands from Egypt?






34. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






35. Where the geological plates under the pacific ocean meet the plates that form the surrounding continents






36. How much of the world's people are Muslim?






37. Upper river springs - steams - and tributaries. These can refer to continental divides or watersheds. Watershed also describes a region drained by a river.






38. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?






39. How many plates are known?






40. This church was centered in Rome






41. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.






42. 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.






43. Grievences of the middle east






44. How many (%) of people are Jewish in Israel?






45. Pilgrimage to Mecca






46. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____ - _____ - _____ - ______






47. The fourth caliph - muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.






48. The last stand for the Jews - it was when the Romans were attacking - and they committed suicide because they didn't want to give up their freedom.






49. Israel's two greatest kings.






50. The PLO leader