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World Cultures Basics

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1. Muslim place of Prayer






2. A narrow strip of land - with water on both sides - that connects two larger land masses.






3. Qu'ran literally means this.






4. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Syria?






5. Upper river springs - steams - and tributaries. These can refer to continental divides or watersheds. Watershed also describes a region drained by a river.






6. Another word to call Longitude






7. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






8. Explains the life of Jesus






9. A huge - many tiered temple.






10. Jews from Eastern and Central Europe






11. Israel is about the size of what state?






12. Became Israel's prime minister after Yitzhak Rabin got shot.






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






14. An ocean inlet that merges with the mouth of a river - varies according to river flow and ocean tides.






15. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?






16. Turkish speaking people that had converted to Islam in Central Asia before migrating to the Iranian Plateau.






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






18. Jesus was born here






19. Greenwich was chosen because maps based on calculations made at the Royal Observatory were already being used by nearly ______-______of the world's ______ _____.






20. Headquarters for al qaeda is in....






21. Where do you have to be born to be the President?






22. To set oneself' on fire






23. Al qaeda was expelled from ____ ____ for anti-government activites






24. A 1 -800 mile thick region of hot mineral matter






25. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.






26. What two ethnicities are the most important in Israel?






27. People that travel from one place to another.






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






29. Controlled the daily lives of people






30. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






31. Muhammad died in this year.






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






33. Al Qaeda was formed in..






34. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






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






36. Seven-branched candleholder






37. Sharpened Reed






38. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






39. The UN is headquarters in ____.






40. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






41. PLO was founded In what year?






42. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






43. The month that all muslims must fast






44. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?






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






46. OBL was captured when?






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






48. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






49. Where the people overthrow the government in power and form a new one






50. A tall - flat-topped mountain with steep vertical sides. Erosion-resistant ones are left standing after all else has gone.