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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. 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.






2. Al Qaeda was formed in..






3. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?






4. The culture that blends Greek with the Middle East.






5. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






6. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?






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






8. Factors 'on the ground'






9. Water spot in desert






10. Only occurs in the dictatorial government - when the dictator uses propaganda to make him look like he's 'super human'. E.G: Hitler - Stalin






11. What year was Marbury v. Madison






12. Doesn't rely on natural resources - but on intellectual capital competitive schooling - and the support of both science and technology






13. What is yemen scarce on?






14. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?






15. How much the people want






16. What are the senate's job?

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17. Belief in One God






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






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






20. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.






21. The capital for the Ottomans






22. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.






23. How many plates are known?






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






25. Sumerians wrote on ____ _____.






26. What are the length of congress's terms?






27. What year was Muhammad born?






28. In WWI - the ottoman empire sided with ____.






29. Intifada literally means...






30. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






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






32. Religious teachers






33. For what countries does bric stand for?






34. This group's goal was to reclaim Palestine and destroy Israel.






35. How many countries are in the middle east?






36. Struggle in God's service






37. What are the 5 main physical regions of the Middle East? (alphabetical)






38. What was the biggest thing the Mongols inspired?






39. __ delegates from __ nations met for the International Meridian Conference






40. The Arabian Peninsula is about ___ the size of the US.






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






42. Another word to call Longitude






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






44. Who explained why there was evidence of glacial formation in tropical Africa and why the opposing coastlines of South America and Africa look as if they could fit together?






45. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






46. There are __ security council members on the UN.






47. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






48. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?






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






50. This country really 'owns' the Euphrates.