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World Cultures Basics

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1. Fertile Desert Area that has enough water to support plant and animal life






2. Baghdad literally means this.






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






4. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






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






6. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.






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






8. This war caused because one country had a revolution and tension was received with it's neighbor.






9. The fourth caliph - muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.






10. The capital for the Umayyads






11. Which one of the two plateaus in the Northern Tier has a huge population due to fertile grounds and water?






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






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






14. This document said that the congress will have 2 houses - one based on Population and one based on equality.






15. What is the length of the supreme court's rule?






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






17. A system of setting and enforcing rules upon society or a group of people within society






18. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






19. The eastern half of the roman empire -which included Greece - Asia Minor - Egypt - and the Fertile Crescent.






20. Operates the Suez Canal






21. One reason Islam expanded so swiftly is because the arab armies were ___ by their ___ - because Islam taught that Muslim warriors who died in service of Islam would win a place in paradise.






22. A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.






23. AQIM's enemy






24. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.






25. The word continent comes from what language?






26. These protestors in New York want attention about...






27. The empire that took over the Abbasids.






28. How many justices are there?






29. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






30. Wrote Communist Manifesto






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






32. A point of land extending into the sea. It is usually smaller than a peninsula - mountainous ones are sometimes called a promontory or a headline.






33. The most ancient of the three religions of the middle east.






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






35. An Albanian soldier who had fought against the French - who became governor of Egypt in 1805.






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






37. Who were called during the fire?






38. The founder of Chrstianity.






39. What does Medina mean?






40. Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf.






41. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






42. The continents slowly moving across the melted rock is called






43. In the six day war - Israel got what land from the Arabs?






44. The romans brought this political thing to the Middle East.






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






46. This is the holiest sight in Judaism - and is remains of the earliest temples.






47. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






48. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






49. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___






50. What percent of the Muslims live in the Arab world?