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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Israel's capital






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






3. This country really 'owns' the Euphrates.






4. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






5. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






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






7. In 1994 - Israel and what country signed a peace treaty?






8. Grievences of the middle east






9. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






10. NATO was founded in.....






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






12. 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]






13. UN stands for..






14. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






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






16. The year of the first crusade.






17. The highest point of a continent - from which the direction of river flow is determined.






18. After-WWI - Palestine wan under control of___.






19. The religious beliefs of the Hebrews is called this.






20. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






21. The length of a senator's term






22. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____ - _____ - _____ - ______






23. Blending some elements of both market and command economies in answering the three fundamental economic questions.






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






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






26. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






27. The Phoenicians developed an ____






28. Where people elect representatives






29. 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.






30. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






31. Capital for the Abbasids






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






33. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?






34. Israel's two greatest kings.






35. The location Al Awlaki was killed was ______ _______ from ______.






36. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?






37. The document that said Britain supports idea of Jewish homeland with right of non-Jews protected






38. A deep - narrow depression in the earth's surface - often having a river running through it.






39. What is very scarce in the Middle east?






40. Only the land-owning people have a say






41. First Prime Minister of Israel






42. Defined 'unlawful attacks'






43. The Hitties are best known for this.






44. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






45. Exhausted by WWII ____ withdrew from Palestine and turned the area over to the ___.






46. Kept the temple records






47. A market economy is controlled by the forces of ____.






48. Settling of Jews out of Palestine






49. Includes the North African nations of Algeria - Tunisia - and Morocco.






50. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.