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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. What operation added metal dectectors/pat-downs?






2. 1st caliph after Muhammad






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






4. The Arabian Peninsula is about ___ the size of the US.






5. Only Power is from the people






6. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






7. Jews from around the Mediterranean and Middle East






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






9. 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.






10. In the Umayyad dynasty - all the highest jobs and the army went to ___.






11. The kingdom that the jews formed was located here.






12. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.






13. Arab nations attacked on this day in the 1973 war.






14. Which one of the two plateaus in the Northern Tier has a huge population due to fertile grounds and water?






15. The sumerians invented these two things.






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






17. Only the land-owning people have a say






18. Where the supreme power is maintained by the people






19. Sharpened Reed






20. The middle east stands at the crossroads of what of three continents?






21. In the east of the Northern Tier is the ___.






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






23. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






24. What is the biggest globalization negative effect?






25. What year was Marbury v. Madison






26. The 4 planes hit the ___ - _____ - and ____.






27. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






28. In the west of the Northern Tier is the ___ ___.






29. Qu'ran literally means this.






30. What does czar/czarina mean?






31. The continents slowly moving across the melted rock is called






32. What religion was found in the Arab Peninsula?






33. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






34. Belived that any devout Muslim could become a caliph.






35. This document failed to achieve a final settlement despite great efforts by Bill Clinton in the last months of his presidency.






36. How many hemispheres are there?






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






38. Individuals own their own human capital and the government most other - non-human resources






39. Kept the temple records






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






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






42. Muslim holy book






43. The year the ottoman empire fell.






44. A body of water that penetrates a coastline. It is generally wider in the middle. It is usually smaller than a gulf - but larger than a cove.






45. How can congress check the president?






46. How deep does earth's crust go?






47. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






48. The architect for the Suez Canal






49. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






50. The religious beliefs of the Hebrews is called this.