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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. How old do you have to be to be the president?






2. Settling of Jews out of Palestine






3. A narrow - low ridge of rock - or more commonly of coral - that is connected to a coast or lies off a coast.






4. Darius sent out special inspectors - known as this.






5. The height of the land above sea level






6. This plan was when the United states formed a coalition of American - Arab - and other forces and moved against Iraq by land and air.






7. Where 1 person/a small clique has seized violent and full power until it is overthrown






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






9. Jesus was born here






10. What is approx number of people in Israel?






11. The year the suez canal opened






12. Which hemisphere is the only one in which Antarctica isn't found?






13. Flight 93 hit where?






14. OBL was captured when?






15. IThe hebrew's sacred book.






16. The eastern half of the roman empire -which included Greece - Asia Minor - Egypt - and the Fertile Crescent.






17. How many years do you have to live in the USA to be the representative?






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






19. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






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






21. An Albanian soldier who had fought against the French - who became governor of Egypt in 1805.






22. Blending some elements of both market and command economies in answering the three fundamental economic questions.






23. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






24. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






25. Israel is about the size of what state?






26. Mass uprising by Palestinians in territories held by Israel.






27. How can president check congress?






28. Palestine is important to Christians for what reason?






29. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____ - _____ - _____ - ______






30. Capital for the Abbasids






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






32. The 1993 bombing plan injured approx. _____ people.






33. The Egyptian leader who signed the Camp David accords - shot in 1981.






34. To set oneself' on fire






35. Allows to tap on phones






36. 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.






37. Israelis have introduced new technology to irrigate ___ areas.






38. What was a key factor that defended the Nile Valley?






39. Qu'ran literally means this.






40. Current Head of Al Qaeda






41. How many people died from the Mumbai attacks?






42. The religion observed by the majority people in the Middle East.






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






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






45. How many hours is in one day?






46. The first world leader to recognize Israel as an independent nation.






47. The arab world's most poverished country.






48. This plan was when the United states formed a coalition of American - Arab - and other forces and moved against Iraq by land and air.






49. What percent of the Muslims live in the Arab world?






50. AQ prefers more ___ territories.