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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. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






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






3. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.






4. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






5. Flight 175 hit where?






6. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






7. AQ prefers more ___ territories.






8. We now call Australia by this name.






9. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






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






11. The arab world's most poverished country.






12. There are ____ nations - dependent areas and other political regions.






13. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






14. A sacred shrine that housed hte images of the many rab gods - and included the sacred Black Stone - a meteorite that the arabs believe was sent from heaven.






15. The year the Seljuks seized Baghdad.






16. Al Qaeda was formed in..






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






18. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






19. What 2 seas does the Suez Canal Link






20. The scattering of Jews around the world






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






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






23. 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.






24. Either a group of islands or a body of water that has many islands in it. (i.e: the hawaiian islands)






25. The empire that took over the Abbasids.






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






27. Belived that any devout Muslim could become a caliph.






28. How old do you have to be to be the president?






29. Christian Head






30. IThe hebrew's sacred book.






31. Where people elect representatives






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






33. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






34. Every continent but which two are surrounded by water?






35. A market economy is controlled by the forces of ____.






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






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






38. How many plates are known?






39. Zoraster believed that the world was this.






40. A revolutionary group of young army officers






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






42. Israel's two greatest kings.






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






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






45. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.






46. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






47. Helps protect us from terror






48. Measured in degrees according to the distance north or south of the equator (being 0 degrees and the poles 90 degrees) [basically circling the globe going left to right]






49. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






50. The 1993 agreement called for Israel to move out of what 2 lands?