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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. Convert the water from the surrounding seas into fresh water.






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






3. When are federal elections held?






4. Wrote Communist Manifesto






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






6. Israel's capital






7. Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?






8. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






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






10. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






11. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






12. The governor of each province that was responsible for collecting taxes and keeping order.






13. Half of a sphere






14. 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.






15. In the east of the Northern Tier is the ___.






16. The prime meridian is located here






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






18. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






19. A 1 -800 mile thick region of hot mineral matter






20. Helps protect us from terror






21. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?






22. What does Medina mean?






23. Palestinians believe Jerusalem is the holy land for them for what reason?






24. Halfway point around the earth - where one day ends and a new day begins.






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






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






27. The world' largest single Muslim community is here.






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






29. An ocean inlet that merges with the mouth of a river - varies according to river flow and ocean tides.






30. Controlled the daily lives of people






31. Forceful attacks in response to an injury






32. Factors 'on the ground'






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






34. Man who set himself on fire - started the arab spring






35. Al quaeda means...






36. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






37. What year was Marbury v. Madison






38. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






39. How many muslims are their worldwide?






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






41. Religious and moral laws






42. OPEC






43. The location Al Awlaki was killed was ______ _______ from ______.






44. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?






45. There were ___ hijackers.






46. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






47. Belief on more than one god






48. What does czar/czarina mean?






49. This church was centered in Constantinople.






50. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.