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World Cultures Basics

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  • 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. Belief in One God






2. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






3. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






4. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






5. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






6. The middle east stands at the crossroads of what of three continents?






7. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.






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






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






10. The capital for the Umayyads






11. A huge - many tiered temple.






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






13. The year the suez canal opened






14. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






15. How much one buisiness/company has






16. Why is the arabian peninsula so important?






17. Pilgrimage to Mecca






18. People who flee their homeland to seek safety somewhere else.






19. The culture that blends Greek with the Middle East.






20. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






21. Jesus was born here






22. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






23. The month that all muslims must fast






24. We now call Australia by this name.






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






26. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






27. The governor of each province that was responsible for collecting taxes and keeping order.






28. The sumerians were the first people to use this.






29. The first world leader to recognize Israel as an independent nation.






30. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






31. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






32. Hatred and fear of Jews






33. This church was centered in Constantinople.






34. What 2 seas does the Suez Canal Link






35. Seven-branched candleholder






36. The first war Israel fought - the day after it was created. Egypt - Jordan - Syria - Iraq - and lebanon are the countries that fought against israel.






37. Instead of 1 - a small group






38. Muhammad's wife - who inspired him to begin telling people about Islam.






39. Lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war.






40. The last stand for the Jews - it was when the Romans were attacking - and they committed suicide because they didn't want to give up their freedom.






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






42. PLO






43. What is very scarce in the Middle east?






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






45. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.






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






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






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






49. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?






50. In the Umayyad dynasty - all the highest jobs and the army went to ___.







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