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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. Zorastrianism and Judaism are alike because they both tell the people to choose between ____ and ___






2. How many years ago were all the continents joined into one land mass?






3. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






4. A triangular-shaped land found at the mouth of some large rivers. So much soil is transported by the river that the coastal waters cannot wash it all away.






5. To set oneself' on fire






6. Each country gets _ vote in the ______ _____.






7. The year Pope Urban II called for a crusade






8. Hatred to Jews






9. In which two hemispheres is Australia located?






10. Grievences of the middle east






11. The year the Christians were drove out of Jerusalem.






12. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






13. The year the mongols came to power.






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






15. We care because we have gotten threats from AQAP - and even acts such as these 2 terror attacks.






16. Only Power is from the people






17. Where people elect representatives






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






19. In this year - the Balfour Declaration was made.






20. The capital for the Umayyads






21. The most ancient of the three religions of the middle east.






22. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






23. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






24. People who flee their homeland to seek safety somewhere else.






25. Muhammad died in this year.






26. Congress is apart of what location of power?






27. These people conquered the fertile crescent in about 1700 B.C.






28. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






29. Which earth zone is the largest and hottest?






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






31. The religious beliefs of the Hebrews is called this.






32. The year Communist Manifesto was written






33. The month that all muslims must fast






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






35. A person who dies for his/her beliefs






36. The first civilization in the Middle East.






37. Mesopotamia literally means...






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






39. The Main idea in a civilization






40. To promote trade - the persians set up a system of ___.






41. Individuals own all resources - both human and non-human.






42. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






43. The current head of al qaeda wants to direct al qaeda towards ____ countries.






44. What empire was set up because a rival leader claimed the office oc aliph?






45. Approx this many Jews died in the holocaust.






46. What 2 empires looks at the Arabs as liberators?






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






48. What does czar/czarina mean?






49. A territory that was administered but not owned by a member of the League of Nations.






50. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources