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World Cultures Basics

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1. Most people in the middle eeast lived in small ___.






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






3. According to Zoraster - the forces of good were led by this person.






4. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






5. The UN's purpose was to...






6. Marketplace






7. How many representatives are there?






8. The internet-savvy youth of the arab countries that have studied in the west are the head of the Arab Spring - so they are called a _____.






9. What was a key factor that defended the Nile Valley?






10. Hatred to Jews






11. Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf.






12. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.






13. These protestors in New York want attention about...






14. Israel's capital






15. Where the goods and the services supplied by the producer equals the goods and services demanded by the customer.






16. To wear the other side down






17. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.






18. 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.






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






20. The man who set out to conquer the world - and ended up conquering Asia Minor - Syria - Palestine - and Egypt. He defeated the Persians.






21. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






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






23. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






24. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






25. The document that said Britain supports idea of Jewish homeland with right of non-Jews protected






26. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources






27. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.






28. These people conquered the fertile crescent in about 1700 B.C.






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






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






31. The UN's purpose was to...






32. For several weeks - Turkey siphoned off __ percent of the water that usually flowed through Syria and Iraq






33. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






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






35. Known as 'The Prophet'






36. Capital for the Crusaders






37. The sumerians were the first people to use this.






38. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






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






40. The Phonecians are known as this because they spread the culture of the ancient Middle East across a wide area.






41. ___ many people have been displaced due to conflict in North Yemen.






42. OPEC






43. Who was also killed along with Al Awlaki?






44. 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.






45. The 1993 bombing plan injured approx. _____ people.






46. Latitude is sometimes called this






47. The capital for the Ottomans






48. A system of government where a ruler has unlimited power not limited by a document






49. Qu'ran literally means this.






50. Desert Nomads - literally meaining 'People of the tent'.







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