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World Cultures Basics

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1. To wear the other side down






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






3. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






4. A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them






5. Muhammad's tribe






6. Who explained why there was evidence of glacial formation in tropical Africa and why the opposing coastlines of South America and Africa look as if they could fit together?






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






8. The zero point






9. A mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It is usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck.






10. PLO was founded In what year?






11. Fertile Desert Area that has enough water to support plant and animal life






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






13. Capital for the Abbasids






14. The culture that blends Greek with the Middle East.






15. Supporter of a Homeland for the Jews in the area of Palestine. Movement began in the 1800's.






16. Sumerians wrote on ____ _____.






17. The year that the UN partioned Palestine into 2 states.






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






19. Exponential






20. These people in the sumerian civilization were important because they knew the prayers to keep the gods happy.






21. OBL was captured when?






22. The year the ottoman empire fell.






23. Secretary of Defense






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






25. The capital of Israel






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






27. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?






28. This country operates the Suez Canal






29. What was Karl Marx's famous quote?

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






31. The Angel that came to muhammad during prayer






32. Volcanoes also occur in places where plates ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.






33. Either a group of islands or a body of water that has many islands in it. (i.e: the hawaiian islands)






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






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






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






37. Short stories with simple lessons






38. What are the senate's job?

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






40. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






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






42. The UN is headquarters in ____.






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






44. In WWI - the ottoman empire sided with ____.






45. In about 1025 B.C. - the jews formed this kingdom.






46. How many people were arrested due to the New York protests on saturday?






47. The sumerians invented these two things.






48. This flourished under Roman rule.






49. This document said that the congress will have 2 houses - one based on Population and one based on equality.






50. The ancient writing of the Sumerians that at first used pictographs - but then added phonetic symbols.







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