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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






2. Ocean streams that are propelled by prevailing winds and earth rotation. They flow clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise below the equator.






3. How many muslims are their worldwide?






4. Dictator of Libya






5. How many years do you have to be an American citizen to be a senator?






6. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.






7. Mesopotamia literally means...






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






9. NATO






10. PLO was founded In what year?






11. The Lash Kar E Tayyiba are famous for the _____ attacks.






12. Israel's two greatest kings.






13. The parliament that rules Israel






14. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






15. The sumerians invented these two things.






16. Kept the temple records






17. A narrow - low ridge of rock - or more commonly of coral - that is connected to a coast or lies off a coast.






18. What is the line that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hempishere?






19. At the equator - each degree of longitude represents a distance of about ___ miles






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






21. How much one buisiness/company has






22. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






23. The grandos of Genghiz Khan - that captured the capital of the Seljuks from them.






24. Many Arab nations - especially Syria - Iraq - and Egypt turned to the _____ for arms and other assistance.






25. What term do people often call the Middle east?






26. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






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






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






29. How much of the world's people are Muslim?






30. The King that Zoraster told about the forces of good/evil






31. When are federal elections held?






32. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






33. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






34. The first civilization in the Middle East.






35. Delivers a measured amount of water to each plant.






36. How much the people want






37. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






38. This year was the year The Wealth of Nations was published






39. Grievences of the middle east






40. Latitude is sometimes called this






41. Where 1 person/a small clique has seized violent and full power until it is overthrown






42. 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.






43. This country really 'owns' the Euphrates.






44. What causes volcanoes?






45. Successor to the Prophet






46. Capital for the Crusaders






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






48. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






49. The Abbassid empire built these.






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