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World Cultures Basics

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






2. Added 4 characters to the phonecian language






3. When are federal elections held?






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






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






6. The pres+VP are a part of what location of power?






7. Why is the arabian peninsula so important?






8. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






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






10. Non-muslim community






11. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






12. In this year - the UN partitioned Israel.






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






14. In the six day war - Israel got what land from Jordan?






15. What does czar/czarina mean?






16. Flight 11 hit where?






17. A holy war






18. Palestinians believe Jerusalem is the holy land for them for what reason?






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






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






21. What year did the Jews revolt against roman rule?






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






23. Headquarters for al qaeda is in....






24. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






25. The leader of the Likud bloc that became the prime minister in 1996.






26. How many time zones are there?






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






28. What was the name of the tax that jews+christians had to pay? (A big reason why they converted to Islam)






29. Muhammad's wife - who inspired him to begin telling people about Islam.






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






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






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






33. Early in the cold war - the soviet union backed communist rebels into this country.






34. Zoraster believed that the world was this.






35. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.






36. Flight 77 hit where?






37. One of the big Parties in israel - and it believes that businesses should be free of government intervention.






38. The scattering of Jews around the world






39. A 1 -800 mile thick region of hot mineral matter






40. Israel captured these lands after the 6 day war.






41. Short stories with simple lessons






42. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






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






44. What country did Iraq invade in 1990?






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






46. The general that rallied Turkish resistance to the greek addvance.






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






48. People who suffer or die for their beliefs.






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






50. The UN was founded in....







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