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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. The Main idea in a civilization






2. A simple water hoist






3. The hebrews called their god this.






4. After the first war in Israel - ____ controlled the West Bank - and ___ controlled the Gaza Strip.






5. The fireman are doing what so they can get coverage?






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






7. An example of a monarchy






8. The purpose of al qaeda was to get _____ ____ out of middle east.






9. How deep does earth's crust go?






10. Flight 93 hit where?






11. This case determined Judicial Review.






12. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






13. The founder of ancient persian religion Zorastrianism






14. Explains the life of Jesus






15. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






16. The ancient writing of the Sumerians that at first used pictographs - but then added phonetic symbols.






17. The arabs didn't like Muhammad because they believed in ___ __ - unlike muhammad.






18. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






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






20. A huge - many tiered temple.






21. In about 1025 B.C. - the jews formed this kingdom.






22. Free social services and education - no taxes






23. 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.






24. The height of the land above sea level






25. ___ forces have cracked down violently on the protests against the president of yemen.






26. Al Awlaki was the top Al Aqaeda ____ and ____.






27. The 3 main affiliates for Al Qaeda are...






28. By this year - Palestinians in the occupied lands had grown frustrated by years of Israeli military rule.






29. Darius sent out special inspectors - known as this.






30. The prime minister that met with Yassir Araft in DC in 1993.






31. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






32. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.






33. A river of ice - moving slowly down a mountain slope or outward from its central mass. It stops where the leading edge melts faster than the forward rate of movement.






34. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






35. The sumerians invented these two things.






36. Give an example of exponential

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37. AQ wants the west to go ___






38. Israelis have introduced new technology to irrigate ___ areas.






39. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






40. What is the length of a president's term?






41. How can congress check the president?






42. The day Israel is officially formed






43. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






44. While the Hitties rules the Fertile Crescent - The Phoenicians moved to where? (What is it called in the modern day)






45. What 2 empires looks at the Arabs as liberators?






46. 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]






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






48. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?






49. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






50. PLO was founded In what year?