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World Cultures Basics
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1. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.
NYPD
Drone
Three Weeks
Western Europe - Islamic
2. An example of a monarchy
Measurment - 60
Head Waters
Equator
Britain
3. The Phonecians are known as this because they spread the culture of the ancient Middle East across a wide area.
Cape
Knesset
Many Gods
Carriers of Civilization
4. ___ many people have been displaced due to conflict in North Yemen.
Ashkenazim
350000
Obama - Panetta
4 years
5. The egyptian leader that signed the Camp David Accords
Cell
Jesus
Muhammad
Anwar Sadat
6. One anointed by God
Refugees - oil
Monarchy
Messiah
Mediterranean and Red
7. How much one buisiness/company has
Jordan
Golan Heights
Palestine Liberation Organization
Supply
8. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.
19
diffused - affiliates - smaller - complex
dictatorship - human rights - government corruption - economic decline - unemployment - extreme poverty
Jerusalem
9. Half of a sphere
6-25 miles
Hemisphere
Many Gods
Boko Haram
10. The day Israel is first attacked by 6 ARab nations.
May 15 - 1948
Ocean Currents
Khartoum - Sudan
Iranian Plateau
11. Congress is what?
Strait
Monarchy
bicameral
Turkey
12. What religion was found in the Arab Peninsula?
(They Believe) Muhammad was sent to heaven there.
Caliph
Millet
Islam
13. How many years was the Iran-Iraq war?
Sea Routes
24
Istanbul
8
14. Exponential
USA Patriot ACt
United Nations
Moving at an unsteady pace - rapid leaping
Intifada
15. Controlled the daily lives of people
May 2011
Priests
Recitation
British
16. There are ____ nations - dependent areas and other political regions.
Cancer
268
Ramadan
Boko Haram
17. The grandos of Genghiz Khan - that captured the capital of the Seljuks from them.
Caliph
(They Believe) Muhammad was sent to heaven there.
Hulagu
Mujahideen
18. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.
Meridian
55% - 45%
South Tower
Globalization
19. 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.
14
Aristocracy
occupied territories
Fjord
20. 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.
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
West Bank
Kaaba
Impeach president and veto president's veto
21. Successor to the Prophet
Greenwich - England
Caliph
King Vishtaspa
1964
22. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.
Arab
King Hammurabi
Measurment - 60
What will be produced - By whom will it be produced - For whom will it be produced
23. Baghdad literally means this.
God-given
Three Weeks
Tunisia - Egypt - Libya
Crusade
24. The sumerians believed the gods were ___.
Weightless Economy
Young Turks
All-Powerful
Yassir Arafat
25. What does czar/czarina mean?
A russian empress that has unlimited power. The czar is the male equivalent
recognize each other
Security
Archipelago
26. The main principle of Hammurabi's code
1000
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Abu Bakar
Refugees - oil
27. How many justices are there?
9
Theodor Herzl
Muammar Gaddafi
1096
28. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?
2 billion
Caliph
Capture
Partition - 2
29. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.
De Juro
Theodor Herzl
1/3
Harry Truman
30. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Red Sea - Arabian Sea - Persian Gulf
Hemisphere
6 years
31. A system of setting and enforcing rules upon society or a group of people within society
Greeks
Iran-Iraq War
Supply and Demand
Government
32. When are federal elections held?
Every Even Year
Anarchy
Peninsula
Totalitarion
33. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.
4 years
Baghdad
The Oslo Peace Accord
HImalayas
34. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time
De Facto
Island
Daylight Saving Time
David Ben-Gurion
35. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?
Youthquake
West Bank
Cell
Gospels
36. Operates the Suez Canal
Prime Meridian and the 180th longitude
Canyon
Egypt
Bouazizi
37. An ocean inlet that merges with the mouth of a river - varies according to river flow and ocean tides.
Republic
Ten Commandments
Istanbul
Estuary
38. A territory that was administered but not owned by a member of the League of Nations.
Mandate
PLO
Adam Smith
Byzantine
39. What does Medina mean?
A nobleman of Russia - Owns land - first appointed by Peter the great
capitalism - global
Assyrians - Babylonians - Persians - Greeks
City of the Prophet
40. Flight 93 hit where?
Jordan
Shanksville
Golan Heights
Delta
41. ___ planes bombed city attacks.
Government
Trade
15
7
42. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?
Tropic
10
plates
Flood Waters
43. How many muslims are their worldwide?
Daylight Saving Time
1/3
American Troops
1.2 billion
44. What was the single-continent called?
Pangaea
Roman
Sinai Peninsula
Tigris-Euphrates Delta
45. Israelis have introduced new technology to irrigate ___ areas.
Arab Culture
desert
1993
Hitties
46. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.
Arabs
Monotheistic
2 years
Capitalism
47. What 4 terrorists have died this year - causing Al Qaeda to go downward?
1058
Globalization
Osama Bin Laden -Al Rahmand - Younis al Mautretani - Ilyas Kahmir
Yassir Arafat
48. What 3 people were influenced by Zorastiranism?
Britain
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
Greeks - Hebrews - and Christians
49. Blending some elements of both market and command economies in answering the three fundamental economic questions.
Crusade
Mixed Economic
Roman
New Jersey
50. A narrow - low ridge of rock - or more commonly of coral - that is connected to a coast or lies off a coast.
350000
1869
Reef
Somalia - Yemen - Russian caucasus - Sahara Desert