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World Cultures Basics

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1. What's the representatives' jobs?

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2. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






3. A deep - narrow depression in the earth's surface - often having a river running through it.






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






5. The prime minister that met with Yassir Araft in DC in 1993.






6. How many hours is in one day?






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






8. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






9. A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon - normally formed on top of submerged volcanoes. (i.e: bikini in the marshall islands)






10. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






11. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






12. ___ planes bombed city attacks.






13. The romans brought this political thing to the Middle East.






14. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






15. Blending some elements of both market and command economies in answering the three fundamental economic questions.






16. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






17. What 2 seas does the Suez Canal Link






18. 3.5 radicals - operate missions.






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






20. Christians comes from the greek word Christos which literally means this.






21. A narrow - winding ocean inlet that penetrates a coastal mountain range. The steep cliffs that line its route make it one of nature's grandest sights.






22. How much one buisiness/company has






23. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






24. Exponential






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






26. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






27. The architect for the Suez Canal






28. The year Communist Manifesto was written






29. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






30. Helps protect us from terror






31. The scattering of Jews around the world






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






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






34. What year was Muhammad born?






35. How many hemispheres are there?






36. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






37. Israel is about the size of what state?






38. The year the Seljuks seized Baghdad.






39. The continents slowly moving across the melted rock is called






40. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






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






42. In order to be a representative - you must live in the state you are representative for how long?






43. Uprising of Palestines






44. Muslim place of Prayer






45. The word continent comes from what language?






46. The King that Zoraster told about the forces of good/evil






47. By this year - Palestinians in the occupied lands had grown frustrated by years of Israeli military rule.






48. The grandos of Genghiz Khan - that captured the capital of the Seljuks from them.






49. Delivers a measured amount of water to each plant.






50. The UN is headquarters in ____.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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