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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 new leaders of Al Qaeda went for _____.






2. The day Israel is officially formed






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






4. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






5. A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them






6. These people in the sumerian civilization were important because they knew the prayers to keep the gods happy.






7. How many symbols did the phoenician alphabet have?






8. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






9. The first civilization in the Middle East.






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






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






12. Al Qaeda was formed in..






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






14. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






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






16. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?






17. This case determined Judicial Review.






18. The religion observed by the majority people in the Middle East.






19. Struggle in God's service






20. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






21. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






22. How many muslims are their worldwide?






23. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






24. The UN decided to ___ Palestine into ___ countries






25. When are federal elections held?






26. We now call Australia by this name.






27. The Egyptian leader who signed the Camp David accords - shot in 1981.






28. Hatred to Jews






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






30. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






31. Non-muslim community






32. Successor to the Prophet






33. Fertile Desert Area that has enough water to support plant and animal life






34. How many hours is in one day?






35. Approx how many people live in the middle east?






36. 1st caliph after Muhammad






37. A market economy is controlled by this.






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






39. This is the holiest sight in Judaism - and is remains of the earliest temples.






40. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






41. PLO was founded In what year?






42. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






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






44. How many hemispheres are there?






45. PLO






46. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






47. The conference also voted to adopt a universal world day and a ___-hour clock - based on _______ at the Greenwich meridian.






48. How much is a majority on the UN?






49. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






50. How many time zones are there?