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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The UN is headquarters in ____.






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






3. Congress is apart of what location of power?






4. Grievences of the middle east






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






6. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






7. Delivers a measured amount of water to each plant.






8. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






9. How many people died from the Mumbai attacks?






10. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






11. Who were called during the fire?






12. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






13. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






14. If AQ wears the west down with more smaller attacks - the west will have to...






15. UN stands for..






16. What does Medina mean?






17. Solomon had many building projects - so he made people pay ____.






18. Hatred to Jews






19. What are the senate's job?

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20. Most people in the middle eeast lived in small ___.






21. This economy relies on farming and very simple barter trading.






22. Half of a sphere






23. One anointed by God






24. Operates the Suez Canal






25. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.






26. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






27. What does Medina mean?






28. The persians improved and expanded these built by earlier people.






29. Intifada literally means...






30. In early times - people built these to carry water from rivers to crops.






31. What was the 'invisible hand?'






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






33. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






34. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?






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






36. Under this economic system - all resources - both human and non-human - are owned by the state.






37. The 1993 agreement called for Israel to move out of what 2 lands?






38. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






39. How many people get most of the wealth?






40. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






41. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.






42. President Bush said we would do what to the terrorists?






43. Where the goods and the services supplied by the producer equals the goods and services demanded by the customer.






44. Israel is one of two ___ in the middle east.






45. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






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






47. Factors 'on the ground'






48. Only Power is from the people






49. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






50. The conflict between limited resources and unlimited need.