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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oil has been a major factor In what two regional conflicts?






2. How deep does earth's crust go?






3. For what countries does bric stand for?






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






5. A narrow strip of land - with water on both sides - that connects two larger land masses.






6. How many muslims are their worldwide?






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






8. What operation added metal dectectors/pat-downs?






9. The prime meridian is located here






10. The ancient writing of the Sumerians that at first used pictographs - but then added phonetic symbols.






11. Declaration to re-establish the Jews a home in Palestine






12. For what countries does bric stand for?






13. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






14. What's the representatives' jobs?

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15. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






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






17. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.






18. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






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






20. AQIM's enemy






21. Marketplace






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






23. A simple water hoist






24. The __ helped Israel during the Cold War.






25. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






26. How much the people want






27. Zoraster believed that the world was this.






28. NATO stands for...






29. When and where did Arab Spring start?






30. How many years do you have to be an American citizen to be a senator?






31. What is the length of a president's term?






32. Where the supreme power is maintained by the people






33. What 3 people were influenced by Zorastiranism?






34. Declaration to re-establish the Jews a home in Palestine






35. The two leading towns in the Arabian Penninsula at the time of Muhammad






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






37. Approx how many people live in the middle east?






38. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






39. Christians comes from the greek word Christos which literally means this.






40. According to Zoraster - the forces of good were led by this person.






41. The founder of ancient persian religion Zorastrianism






42. The ancient writing of the Sumerians that at first used pictographs - but then added phonetic symbols.






43. How many symbols did the phoenician alphabet have?






44. 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.






45. There were ___ hijackers.






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






47. Hatred and fear of Jews






48. AQIM's enemy






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






50. In January 1990 - the president of Turkey began filling the ___ reservoir with water from the Euphrates.