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World Cultures Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






2. Flight 77 hit where?






3. Hatred to Jews






4. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___






5. The year the suez canal opened






6. Wrote Communist Manifesto






7. UN stands for..






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






9. The month that all muslims must fast






10. A market economy is controlled by this.






11. The parliament that rules Israel






12. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources






13. Only Power is from the people






14. A triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers. So much soil is transported by the river that the coastal waters cannot wash it all away.






15. In the UN partition - it said that jews would receive ___ of the land - and Arabs would receive ___ of the land.






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






17. What does czar/czarina mean?






18. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






19. The year the Balfour Declaration started.






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






21. Israel was fearing attack by Egypt - Syria - Iraq and Jordon - so they launched one of these attacks.






22. AQIM's enemy






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






24. A person who dies for his/her beliefs






25. Belived that any devout Muslim could become a caliph.






26. The scattering of Jews around the world






27. How much of the world's people are Muslim?






28. An example of a monarchy






29. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






30. A body of water that penetrates a coastline. It is generally wider in the middle. It is usually smaller than a gulf - but larger than a cove.






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






32. What 4 terrorists have died this year - causing Al Qaeda to go downward?






33. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






34. What 3 cities have major clashes in Yemen been?






35. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






36. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






37. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






38. Revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occuring in the Arab world.






39. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






40. Palestine is important to Christians for what reason?






41. By this year - Palestinians in the occupied lands had grown frustrated by years of Israeli military rule.






42. Another word to call Longitude






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






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






45. Is the measuring point for Longitude






46. Capital for the Abbasids






47. Religious teachers






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






49. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






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