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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. Allows to tap on phones






2. What was left due to the debris of the buildings?






3. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






4. Half of a sphere






5. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






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






7. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






8. Where were the protestors in New York arrested?






9. Non-muslim community






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






11. Qu'ran literally means this.






12. There are ____ nations - dependent areas and other political regions.






13. Under this economic system - all resources - both human and non-human - are owned by the state.






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






15. To wear the other side down






16. In the six day war - Israel got what land from the Arabs?






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






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






19. How old do you have to be to be a represenative?






20. Every continent but which two are surrounded by water?






21. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






22. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






23. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.






24. In what other cities have the protests in New York caused?






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






26. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






27. Desert Nomads - literally meaining 'People of the tent'.






28. The law to declare something uncostitunial is what constiutional law?






29. Kept the temple records






30. Dictator of Libya






31. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






32. Four group of people that ruled palestine before Israel was formed.






33. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






34. Exhausted by WWII ____ withdrew from Palestine and turned the area over to the ___.






35. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






36. What is the majority group in the Middle Eastern countries?






37. This year was the year The Wealth of Nations was published






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






39. This flourished under Roman rule.






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






41. A government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters - but the attitudes - values - and beliefs of its population.






42. Under this economic system - all resources - both human and non-human - are owned by the state.






43. What's the representatives' jobs?

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






45. A poem composed in about 2000 BC and includes many stories and myth from the middle east.






46. Belief in One God






47. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






48. Who were called during the fire?






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






50. In May 1948 - the last ___ troops left Palestine.