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World Cultures Basics

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1. What percent of the Muslims live in the Arab world?






2. Intifada literally means...






3. What fraction of the population of Yemen in going hungry?






4. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






5. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.






6. The two leading towns in the Arabian Penninsula at the time of Muhammad






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






8. The biggest landmasses on earth






9. The current head of al qaeda wants to direct al qaeda towards ____ countries.






10. The word continent comes from what language?






11. Out of the security council members on the uN - how many are permanent?






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






13. The founder of Zionism






14. Volcanoes also occur in places where plates ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.






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






16. The general that rallied Turkish resistance to the greek addvance.






17. In 1994 - Israel and what country signed a peace treaty?






18. This document said that the congress will have 2 houses - one based on Population and one based on equality.






19. In which two hemispheres is Australia located?






20. Belief in One God






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






22. How old do you have to be to be a represenative?






23. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






24. A point of land extending into the sea. It is usually smaller than a peninsula - mountainous ones are sometimes called a promontory or a headline.






25. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.






26. The capital of Israel






27. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






28. Israel was fearing attack by Egypt - Syria - Iraq and Jordon - so they launched one of these attacks.






29. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






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






31. The fireman are doing what so they can get coverage?






32. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.






33. Zoraster believed that the world was this.






34. Instead of 1 - a small group






35. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






36. The UN was founded in....






37. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.






38. Who were called during the fire?






39. 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.






40. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






41. The day Israel is first attacked by 6 ARab nations.






42. A revolutionary group of young army officers






43. What two ethnicities are the most important in Israel?






44. How many years do you have to be an American citizen to be a senator?






45. The year the Seljuks seized Baghdad.






46. Only the land-owning people have a say






47. Belief on more than one god






48. Is the measuring point for Longitude






49. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






50. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.







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