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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 is about the size of what state?






2. Headquarters for al qaeda is in....






3. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






4. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






5. What are the length of congress's terms?






6. What year was Marbury v. Madison






7. No limits on power






8. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






9. Where the geological plates under the pacific ocean meet the plates that form the surrounding continents






10. The 1993 bombing plan bombed the undergroud of the _____ ____ ____.






11. Religious teachers






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






13. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






14. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.






15. A market economy is controlled by this.






16. What two orginizations should've protected us?






17. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






18. Arab nations attacked on this day in the 1973 war.






19. The five largest countries in size in order from largest to smallest:






20. Allows to tap on phones






21. The kingdom that the jews formed was located here.






22. The capital for the Ottomans






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






24. SC currently has __ representatives - but will have one more in the upcoming election.






25. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






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






27. 3 Characteristics of a boyar






28. The founder of Chrstianity.






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






30. Sharpened Reed






31. Where was Muhammad born?






32. What is very scarce in the Middle east?






33. These people conquered the fertile crescent in about 1700 B.C.






34. A river of ice - moving slowly down a mountain slope or outward from its central mass. It stops where the leading edge melts faster than the forward rate of movement.






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






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






37. ___ many people have been displaced due to conflict in North Yemen.






38. The person that was killed along with Al Awlaki was the publisher of a terrorist magazine called ___.






39. Jews from Eastern and Central Europe






40. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.






41. How many years was the Iran-Iraq war?






42. Tallest Mountains in the World






43. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






44. Al quaeda means...






45. Where people elect representatives






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






47. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






48. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.






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






50. In this year - Camp David Accords were signed.