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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. Less than __ percent of the land receives enough water to make farming possible.






2. The scattering of Jews throughout the world.






3. What two orginizations should've protected us?






4. Marketplace






5. Seven-branched candleholder






6. Only occurs in the dictatorial government - when the dictator uses propaganda to make him look like he's 'super human'. E.G: Hitler - Stalin






7. The Middle east stands at the crossroads of what three continents?






8. Capital for the Crusaders






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






10. Old warriors who were based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that had been left over from Mujahadeem - traced back to OBL






11. ___ planes bombed city attacks.






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






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






14. The continents slowly moving across the melted rock is called






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






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






17. The Lash Kar E Tayyiba are famous for the _____ attacks.






18. The year Pope Urban II called for a crusade






19. Forceful attacks in response to an injury






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






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






22. This country really 'owns' the Euphrates.






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






24. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






25. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






26. Qu'ran literally means this.






27. The main principle of Hammurabi's code






28. The UN is headquarters in ____.






29. Halfway point around the earth - where one day ends and a new day begins.






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






31. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






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






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






34. One anointed by God






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






36. The dividing lines between the eastern and western hemisphere






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






38. Belief on more than one god






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






40. The biggest landmasses on earth






41. How many justices are there?






42. 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.






43. The grandos of Genghiz Khan - that captured the capital of the Seljuks from them.






44. For what countries does bric stand for?






45. Latitude is sometimes called this






46. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






47. Upper river springs - steams - and tributaries. These can refer to continental divides or watersheds. Watershed also describes a region drained by a river.






48. The Umayyad dynasty ended because the __ and other discontented groups thought that being a Muslim was more important than being an Arab.






49. A point of land extending into the sea. It is usually smaller than a peninsula - mountainous ones are sometimes called a promontory or a headline.






50. SC currently has __ representatives - but will have one more in the upcoming election.