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






2. NATO stands for...






3. In early times - people built these to carry water from rivers to crops.






4. While the Hitties rules the Fertile Crescent - The Phoenicians moved to where? (What is it called in the modern day)






5. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?






6. The Umayyad dynasty ended because the __ and other discontented groups thought that being a Muslim was more important than being an Arab.






7. The Hitties are best known for this.






8. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






9. Controlled the daily lives of people






10. What are moving sections of earth's crust called?






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






12. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






13. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






14. Free social services and education - no taxes






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






16. Flight 93 hit where?






17. Exhausted by WWII ____ withdrew from Palestine and turned the area over to the ___.






18. While the Hitties rules the Fertile Crescent - The Phoenicians moved to where? (What is it called in the modern day)






19. A broad expanse of generally high and flat land - also called a tableland. They can rise up from a lower area - or can be level regions within a mountain range.






20. Led the people that conquered the fertile crescent in 1700 B.C.






21. If AQ wears the west down with more smaller attacks - the west will have to...






22. Instead of 1 - a small group






23. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






24. This year was the year The Wealth of Nations was published






25. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






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






27. The sumerians invented these two things.






28. The prime meridian is located here






29. The month that all muslims must fast






30. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






31. The first war Israel fought - the day after it was created. Egypt - Jordan - Syria - Iraq - and lebanon are the countries that fought against israel.






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






33. What year did the Jews revolt against roman rule?






34. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






35. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.






36. The capital for the Ottomans






37. This plan was when the United states formed a coalition of American - Arab - and other forces and moved against Iraq by land and air.






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






39. Vertical lines meeting at the North and Soul Poles






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






41. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.






42. President of Yemen






43. Palestine is important to Christians for what reason?






44. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






45. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.






46. The persians improved and expanded these built by earlier people.






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






48. Free social services and education - no taxes






49. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






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