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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.






2. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






3. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.






4. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____ - _____ - _____ - ______






5. Which one of the two plateaus in the Northern Tier has a huge population due to fertile grounds and water?






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






7. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






8. The architect for the Suez Canal






9. The sumerians invented these two things.






10. The day Israel is first attacked by 6 ARab nations.






11. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






12. How many representatives are there?






13. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






14. This empire expanded eastward - and by AD 115 it ruled much of the Middle East.






15. The King that Zoraster told about the forces of good/evil






16. Dictator of Libya






17. Israel is about the size of what state?






18. Short stories with simple lessons






19. Which ocean isn't in the Western Hemisphere?






20. Explains the life of Jesus






21. Became Israel's prime minister after Yitzhak Rabin got shot.






22. Helps protect us from terror






23. How many countries are in the middle east?






24. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






25. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






26. At the equator - each degree of longitude represents a distance of about ___ miles






27. Israel has gotten more people due to the break-up of which country?






28. How old do you have to be to be a represenative?






29. To set oneself' on fire






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






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






32. It failed because it was originally suppposed to knock the ________ ____ _______.






33. The middle east stands at the crossroads of what of three continents?






34. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






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






36. Give an example of exponential

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37. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






38. Flight 11 hit where?






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






40. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






41. One of the big parties in Israel - traditionally supports more government control of the economy






42. The Phoenicians developed an ____






43. __ delegates from __ nations met for the International Meridian Conference






44. The UN decided to ___ Palestine into ___ countries






45. This plan was when the United states formed a coalition of American - Arab - and other forces and moved against Iraq by land and air.






46. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






47. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?






48. What are the senate's job?

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49. The fireman are doing what so they can get coverage?






50. Exponential