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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • 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. PLO






2. The seven continents (hint: alphabetical)






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






4. Explains the life of Jesus






5. In the six day war - Israel got what 2 lands from Egypt?






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






7. What are the senate's job?

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8. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.






9. The religion observed by the majority people in the Middle East.






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






11. The capital for the Umayyads






12. How old do you have to be to be the president?






13. Non-muslim community






14. Ocean streams that are propelled by prevailing winds and earth rotation. They flow clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise below the equator.






15. The world' largest single Muslim community is here.






16. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






17. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






18. The Angel that came to muhammad during prayer






19. The PLO leader






20. The Phoenicians developed an ____






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






22. Exhausted by WWII ____ withdrew from Palestine and turned the area over to the ___.






23. An organization for many groups which represent the Palestinian people.






24. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?






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






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






27. How can congress check the president?






28. The year the ottomans came to power.






29. Muhammad's tribe






30. Flight 93 hit where?






31. A person who dies for his/her beliefs






32. How can president check congress?






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






34. Where the geological plates under the pacific ocean meet the plates that form the surrounding continents






35. This church was centered in Rome






36. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






37. Water spot in desert






38. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.






39. UN stands for..






40. Vertical lines meeting at the North and Soul Poles






41. Al Awlaki was the top Al Aqaeda ____ and ____.






42. The largest nation in the Arabian Peninsula






43. The day Israel is officially formed






44. There are ____ nations - dependent areas and other political regions.






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






46. A government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters - but the attitudes - values - and beliefs of its population.






47. How many hemispheres are there?






48. How many time zones are there?






49. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






50. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.