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World Cultures Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Tropic
Kaaba
1964
5
2. Helped the jews escape from egypt
Moses
Baghdad
1 year
Detroit Plane and Cargo Planes
3. Belief in One God
7
A.D. 70
A nobleman of Russia - Owns land - first appointed by Peter the great
Monotheistic
4. President of Yemen
Mixed Economy Systems
Arab Spring
Saleh
Eastern Orthodox Church
5. In this year - Israel was formed but was then attacked the next day.
1948
Roads
Monotheistic
International Trade
6. We care because we have gotten threats from AQAP - and even acts such as these 2 terror attacks.
1964
Detroit Plane and Cargo Planes
Gap between Rich and Poor
Diaspora
7. An organization for many groups which represent the Palestinian people.
PLO
Oasis
The number of computers was very limited in the 1960's - now almost everyone has one.
Umayyad
8. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)
Monarchy
Shaking
1187
Western Europe - Islamic
9. A person who dies for his/her beliefs
American Troops
Alfred Wegener
Equator
Martyr
10. In this year - a third Arab-Israeli war occurred - and laster six days.
Torah
Scribes
Indian Ocean
1967
11. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?
John Marshal
David Ben-Gurion
Roman Catholic Church
Oil
12. To be a senator - you have to have lived in the state you are representing for how long?
1 year
Mixed Economy Systems
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Trade
13. A simple water hoist
Yom Kippur
Shaduf
Ring of Fire
350000
14. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi
Pope
SAudia Arabi
Ziggurat
15. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.
1947
capitalism - global
Communism
Archipelago
16. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.
Kuwait
Hulagu
1 - General Assembly
Capitalism
17. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.
Southwest Asia
The Western Wall
1973
Department of Homeland Security
18. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.
Separation of Powers
Republic
1964
AQAP
19. Al Awlaki's father has filed a lawsuit against which two people?
1/5
Obama - Panetta
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oasis
20. In January 1990 - the president of Turkey began filling the ___ reservoir with water from the Euphrates.
Darius I
Aturuk
1949
Egypt
21. What 2 empires looks at the Arabs as liberators?
Eyes and ears of the king
Kaaba
Persian And Byzantine
Egypt
22. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.
Lebanon
Sovereign
Strait
Mixed Economy Systems
23. People that travel from one place to another.
Nomads
Stylus
A.D. 70
Capture
24. One of the big Parties in israel - and it believes that businesses should be free of government intervention.
Revolution
West Bank - Gaza Strip - Sinai Peninsula - and the Golan Heights
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Likud Party
25. Important to the world for military and economic reasons
18
Continental Divide
5
Strategic Important
26. The arab world's most poverished country.
Yemen
435
Peninsula
Mongols
27. A system of setting and enforcing rules upon society or a group of people within society
Roman Catholic Church
David and Solomon
Government
Pentagon
28. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.
Scribes
Zoraster
Sana - Taiz and Aden
GCC - Saleh
29. In which two hemispheres is Australia located?
UN cease-fire
Eastern and Southern
Soviet Union
USA Patriot ACt
30. The empire that took over the Abbasids.
Caliph
King Vishtaspa
Mongols
Khartoum - Sudan
31. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Strait
Zionism
North Atlantic Treaty Orginazation
32. A form of government in which a Deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler
Turks - Iranians - and Kurds
69
Theocracy
Estuary
33. These people in the sumerian civilization were important because they knew the prayers to keep the gods happy.
USA Patriot ACt
Volcano
Daylight Saving Time
Priests
34. This case determined Judicial Review.
Marbury v. Madison
80%
Separation of Powers
Gap between Rich and Poor
35. This empire expanded eastward - and by AD 115 it ruled much of the Middle East.
Arab-Israeli war in 1973
British
Roman
Cracks in the Mantle
36. The Hitties are best known for this.
May 14 - 1948
Iranian Plateau
Iron
Deserts
37. Free social services and education - no taxes
435
Kaaba
Welfare State
Arab
38. Water spot in desert
Diaspora
Supply
Oasis
Millet
39. A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them
diffused - affiliates - smaller - complex
Democratic Republic
Prime Meridian
Four
40. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.
Corporate Greed - Social Inequality - Global Change
(They Believe) Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth - and was crucified in Jerusalem.
Strait
6
41. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government
Baghdad
Arab
West Bank - Gaza Strip - Sinai Peninsula - and the Golan Heights
Anarchy
42. What causes volcanoes?
Ottoman Empire
Cracks in the Mantle
Water
11
43. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.
Many Gods
Oil
Separation of Powers
Southern Yemen
44. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?
Greeks - Hebrews - and Christians
15
Separation of Powers
Satrap
45. The middle east stands at the crossroads of what of three continents?
Africa - Asia - and Europe
Eastern and Southern
80%
1947
46. First Prime Minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Pentagon - Pennyslvania - WTC
Egypt
dictatorship - human rights - government corruption - economic decline - unemployment - extreme poverty
47. Israel captured these lands after the 6 day war.
Islam
West Bank - Gaza Strip - Sinai Peninsula - and the Golan Heights
350000
Muammar Gaddafi
48. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?
A.D. 70
Three Weeks
19
Preemptive Strike
49. The Angel that came to muhammad during prayer
LA - chicago - boston - columbus - canada
Popular Sovereignty - Limited Government - Separation of Powers - Checks and Balance - Judicial Review - federalism
Khadija
Gabriel
50. Four group of people that ruled palestine before Israel was formed.
The Western Wall
Assyrians - Babylonians - Persians - Greeks
Head Waters
Water