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World Cultures Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many countries are in the middle east?
570
Taxes
19
Mantle
2. Israel is about the size of what state?
May 2011
Moses
Germany
New Jersey
3. A vent - or opening in the earth's crust that allows molten lava - gases - and other materials to come out of earth's interior.
Balfour Declaration
Volcano
70%
Somalia - Yemen - Russian caucasus - Sahara Desert
4. The zero point
Royal Greenwich Observatory
US - Russia - UK - France - China
What will be produced - By whom will it be produced - For whom will it be produced
British
5. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government
Anarchy
desert
22
Trade
6. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.
God-given
15
Iran-Iraq War
Muammar Gaddafi
7. What 3 cities have major clashes in Yemen been?
Sana - Taiz and Aden
three-quarters - seagoing vessels
Eastern Orthodox Church
Few Natural Barriers
8. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.
24 - midnight
Equator
Balfour Declaration
(They Believe) Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth - and was crucified in Jerusalem.
9. The first world leader to recognize Israel as an independent nation.
Diaspora
Harry Truman
anti-Semitism
Arab
10. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.
Golan Heights
1000
Deserts
Strait
11. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?
2 billion
Nomads
Lebanon
Greeks - Hebrews - and Christians
12. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.
Archipelago
Roman Catholic Church
diffused - affiliates - smaller - complex
22
13. 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.
Assyrians - Babylonians - Persians - Greeks
Koran
Delta
Soviet Union
14. One anointed by God
Messiah
The Oslo Peace Accord
Iron
Desalination Plants
15. A tall - flat-topped mountain with steep vertical sides. Erosion-resistant ones are left standing after all else has gone.
Mesa
Daylight Saving Time
Istanbul
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
16. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
Democratic Republic
Red Sea - Arabian Sea - Persian Gulf
Kuwait
19
17. The Abbassid empire built these.
Jerusalem
Harry Truman
Balfour Declaration
Hospitals - public baths - schools - and libraries
18. The capital of Israel
Jerusalem
Pakistani Taliban - Haqqani Network - Lash Kar E Tayyiba
Separation of Powers
Many Gods
19. Fertile Desert Area that has enough water to support plant and animal life
Iranian Plateau
Egypt
Oasis
North into South
20. Who were called during the fire?
Roads
1945
NYPD
Istanbul
21. Approx how many people live in the middle east?
Ferdinand de Lesseps
57 million square miles
350 million
Iranian Plateau
22. Darius divided his empire into __ _____.
West Bank
Scribes
20 provinces
Knesset
23. The person that was killed along with Al Awlaki was the publisher of a terrorist magazine called ___.
Meridian
NYPD
6 years
Inspire
24. The year Communist Manifesto was written
1000
1848
Iran-Iraq War
Nomads
25. In this year - the 6 day war was fought with 6 countries.
1967
plates
1187
164
26. In early times - people built these to carry water from rivers to crops.
Judaism
Irrigation Systems
Equator
Oceania
27. What are the 6 constituional laws?
700 people
Popular Sovereignty - Limited Government - Separation of Powers - Checks and Balance - Judicial Review - federalism
Eastern Orthodox Church
UN
28. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.
Three Weeks
Diaspora
60 minutes
Wheel
29. The Angel that came to muhammad during prayer
Soviet Union
20%
World Trade Centers
Gabriel
30. This country operates the Suez Canal
Priests
Stylus
Egypt
Shaduf
31. How can president check congress?
Greeks - Hebrews - and Christians
Veto
Law and Government
Arabs
32. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.
Shiites
1973
struggle that each muslim confronts to save his soul - but if a higher authority declares fighting on another nation - you are a jihadist.
24
33. There are __ security council members on the UN.
6
570
15
Water
34. Al Qaeda was formed in..
Preemptive Strike
Drip Irrigation
1989
Detroit Plane and Cargo Planes
35. A small body of water separated from the larger sea by a barrier of sand or coral reefs. It can either be adjacent to coastline or surrounded by an atoll.
Inspire
Lagoon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Drone
36. A poem composed in about 2000 BC and includes many stories and myth from the middle east.
Jordan
Epic of Gilgamesh
1947
6 years
37. Under this economic system - all resources - both human and non-human - are owned by the state.
Communism
(They Believe) Muhammad was sent to heaven there.
Six Million
7
38. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.
4 years
(They Believe) Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth - and was crucified in Jerusalem.
North into South
6 years
39. In what other cities have the protests in New York caused?
Flood Waters
LA - chicago - boston - columbus - canada
Five Pillars of Islam
Iranian Plateau
40. The four seasons of the year occur in which earth zone?
Khartoum - Sudan
Separation of Powers
temperates
Military commisions act
41. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.
Sumer
International Meridian Conference
Byzantine
Baghdad
42. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?
Mujahideen
Ahura Mazda
Kaaba
West Bank
43. Struggle in God's service
69
1 year
1945
Jihad
44. SC currently has __ representatives - but will have one more in the upcoming election.
Jews and Arabs
Moving at an unsteady pace - rapid leaping
Soviet Union
6
45. 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.
Fjord
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi
1967
desert
46. 1st caliph after Muhammad
Martyr
Abu Bakar
Koran
11
47. The fourth caliph - muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.
Ali
Muhammad
Socialism
1/3
48. Successor to the Prophet
Caliph
Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip
Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains
Israel
49. One of the big parties in Israel - traditionally supports more government control of the economy
Labor Party
Northern
Yitzhak Rabin
Istanbul
50. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.
US - Russia - UK - France - China
1/3
Indian Ocean
Anti-Semitism