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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vertical lines meeting at the North and Soul Poles






2. The document that said Britain supports idea of Jewish homeland with right of non-Jews protected






3. Who was the judge for Marbury v. Madison?






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






5. Muhammad died in this year.






6. These protestors in New York want attention about...






7. The UN decided to ___ Palestine into ___ countries






8. How long have these protests in New York gone on for?






9. Many Arab nations - especially Syria - Iraq - and Egypt turned to the _____ for arms and other assistance.






10. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.






11. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.






12. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






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






14. Why is the Fertile Crescent invaded so much?






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






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






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






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






19. There are __ security council members on the UN.






20. The month that all muslims must fast






21. A deep - narrow depression in the earth's surface - often having a river running through it.






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






23. What two orginizations should've protected us?






24. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






25. What are the length of congress's terms?






26. Greenwich was chosen because maps based on calculations made at the Royal Observatory were already being used by nearly ______-______of the world's ______ _____.






27. How many hemispheres are there?






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






29. The parliament that rules Israel






30. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






31. How can the Supreme Court check congress and the president?






32. This church was centered in Constantinople.






33. Muslim holy book






34. Seven-branched candleholder






35. What are the Islamic people's five duties called?






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






37. Wrote Communist Manifesto






38. What religion was found in the Arab Peninsula?






39. In this year - the Yom Kippur war was fought.






40. Non-muslim community






41. Declaration to re-establish the Jews a home in Palestine






42. The empire that took over the Abbasids.






43. UN stands for..






44. Belief in One God






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






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






47. Helps protect us from terror






48. Give an example of exponential


49. Where was Muhammad born?






50. The year the suez canal opened