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World Cultures Basics

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1. Religious teachers






2. How many plates are known?






3. The internet-savvy youth of the arab countries that have studied in the west are the head of the Arab Spring - so they are called a _____.






4. What is approx number of people in Israel?






5. The two leading towns in the Arabian Penninsula at the time of Muhammad






6. What operation added metal dectectors/pat-downs?






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






8. The capital of Israel






9. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






10. Out of the security council members on the uN - how many are permanent?






11. The most famous leader of the PLO






12. Where people elect representatives






13. OPEC






14. The year Communist Manifesto was written






15. The man who set out to conquer the world - and ended up conquering Asia Minor - Syria - Palestine - and Egypt. He defeated the Persians.






16. Approx how many people live in the middle east?






17. OBL was captured when?






18. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






19. NATO stands for...






20. What causes volcanoes?






21. This case determined Judicial Review.






22. The year the ottomans came to power.






23. Jews from Eastern and Central Europe






24. The founder of Chrstianity.






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






26. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






27. Father of the Church






28. The height of the land above sea level






29. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






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






31. The architect for the Suez Canal






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






33. Wrote Communist Manifesto






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






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






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






37. The Abbassid empire built these.






38. Where do you have to be born to be the President?






39. Followers of Ali - that claimed only descendates of Ali could become caliphs.






40. All countries today have this - meaning that they have no economic system that is 100% the same thing.






41. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.






42. How many hours is in one day?






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






44. Marketplace






45. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






46. The purpose of al qaeda was to get _____ ____ out of middle east.






47. In January 1990 - the president of Turkey began filling the ___ reservoir with water from the Euphrates.






48. The arabs didn't like Muhammad because they believed in ___ __ - unlike muhammad.






49. What 3 main bodies of water is the Arabian Peninsula?






50. What are moving sections of earth's crust called?







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