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World Cultures Basics

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






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






3. The day Israel is officially formed






4. President Bush said we would do what to the terrorists?






5. This group's goal was to reclaim Palestine and destroy Israel.






6. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






7. A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon - normally formed on top of submerged volcanoes. (i.e: bikini in the marshall islands)






8. Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf.






9. Helped the jews escape from egypt






10. The length of a senator's term






11. Jesus was born here






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






13. There were ___ hijackers.






14. Dictator of Libya






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






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






17. In this year - the PLO is formed - named Yassir Araft as it's leader.






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






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






20. The Phoenicians developed an ____






21. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






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






23. For what countries does bric stand for?






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






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






26. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






27. The founder of Zionism






28. Uprising of Palestines






29. A sacred shrine that housed hte images of the many rab gods - and included the sacred Black Stone - a meteorite that the arabs believe was sent from heaven.






30. Most people in the middle eeast lived in small ___.






31. Moves the time one hour ahead of Sun time






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






33. Christian Head






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






35. What's the representatives' jobs?

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36. NATO stands for...






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






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






39. Religious and moral laws






40. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






41. Important to the world for military and economic reasons






42. Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?






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






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






45. Religious teachers






46. __ delegates from __ nations met for the International Meridian Conference






47. Settling of Jews out of Palestine






48. Israel Prime minister that was assasinated - and was thought to be the last chance at peace.






49. Altogether the continents total about ________ _____ ______ ______






50. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.







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