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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • 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. Where was Muhammad born?






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






3. Factors 'on the ground'






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






5. The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina






6. Congress is apart of what location of power?






7. Man who set himself on fire - started the arab spring






8. For several weeks - Turkey siphoned off __ percent of the water that usually flowed through Syria and Iraq






9. Oil has been a major factor In what two regional conflicts?






10. ___ forces have cracked down violently on the protests against the president of yemen.






11. How many years ago were all the continents joined into one land mass?






12. Grievences of the middle east






13. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






14. What is the majority group in the Middle Eastern countries?






15. What was the name of the tax that jews+christians had to pay? (A big reason why they converted to Islam)






16. Muhammad's wife - who inspired him to begin telling people about Islam.






17. Israel is about the size of what state?






18. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






19. Flight 11 hit where?






20. The UN's purpose was to...






21. Why is the arabian peninsula so important?






22. The sumerians were the first people to use this.






23. Four group of people that ruled palestine before Israel was formed.






24. A small body of water separated from the larger sea by a barrier of sand or coral reefs. It can either be adjacent to coastline or surrounded by an atoll.






25. When and where did Arab Spring start?






26. The 4 planes hit the ___ - _____ - and ____.






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






28. A certain group of people






29. The new leaders of Al Qaeda went for _____.






30. Is the measuring point for Longitude






31. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






32. Al Awlaki's father has filed a lawsuit against which two people?






33. This church was centered in Constantinople.






34. 3.5 radicals - operate missions.






35. When are federal elections held?






36. The leader of the Likud bloc that became the prime minister in 1996.






37. Capital for the Abbasids






38. What mainly causes disaster in Mesoptomia?






39. Factors of Law






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






41. These people in the sumerian civilization were important because they knew the prayers to keep the gods happy.






42. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






43. Turkish speaking people that had converted to Islam in Central Asia before migrating to the Iranian Plateau.






44. The capital of Israel






45. The court is a part of what location of power?






46. An ocean inlet that merges with the mouth of a river - varies according to river flow and ocean tides.






47. OPEC






48. For several weeks - Turkey siphoned off __ percent of the water that usually flowed through Syria and Iraq






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






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