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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. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






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






3. One anointed by God






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






5. Qu'ran literally means this.






6. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






7. This economy relies on farming and very simple barter trading.






8. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






9. When are federal elections held?






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






11. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






12. Jesus was born here






13. The writings that had everything abut Zorastiranism in it.






14. In about 1025 B.C. - the jews formed this kingdom.






15. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






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






17. A government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters - but the attitudes - values - and beliefs of its population.






18. Belief on more than one god






19. Explains the life of Jesus






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






21. The capital for the Umayyads






22. The kingdom that the jews formed was located here.






23. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






24. In May 1948 - the last ___ troops left Palestine.






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






26. Sharpened Reed






27. Al quaeda means...






28. Declaration to re-establish the Jews a home in Palestine






29. The founder of Zionism






30. How many symbols did the phoenician alphabet have?






31. The pres+VP are a part of what location of power?






32. The founder of Chrstianity.






33. A triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers. So much soil is transported by the river that the coastal waters cannot wash it all away.






34. 3.5 radicals - operate missions.






35. The highest point of a continent - from which the direction of river flow is determined.






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






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






38. The USA should care because until peace is achieved - the USA is appeared _______.






39. A vent - or opening in the earth's crust that allows molten lava - gases - and other materials to come out of earth's interior.






40. What killed Al Awlaki?






41. Early in the cold war - the soviet union backed communist rebels into this country.






42. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






43. The day Israel is officially formed






44. A market economy is controlled by this.






45. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






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






47. In the Umayyad dynasty - all the highest jobs and the army went to ___.






48. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






49. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___






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