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






2. A simple water hoist






3. What was the name of the tax that jews+christians had to pay? (A big reason why they converted to Islam)






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






5. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






6. 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.






7. Pilgrimage to Mecca






8. Flight 77 hit where?






9. In this year - the Balfour Declaration was made.






10. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






11. How many years do you have to be an American citizen to be a senator?






12. How many countries are in the middle east?






13. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth that divides norther and souther hemispheres.






14. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






15. We now call Australia by this name.






16. Israel's two greatest kings.






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






18. The crusadess had a limited effect on the Middle East because the civilization of ___ _____ was less advanced than that of the ______.






19. Central Government - state/provincial laws is a part of constituional law?






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






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






22. The UN is headquarters in ____.






23. In this year - Israel was formed but was then attacked the next day.






24. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






25. Al quaeda means...






26. If AQ wears the west down with more smaller attacks - the west will have to...






27. Pre-WWI - Palestine was under ___.






28. The Abbassid empire built these.






29. Only Power is from the people






30. What is the length of a president's term?






31. In March 2002 - Israeli military forces invaded Palestinian-ruled areas of the ____ ____.






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






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






34. The tower outside the mosque to call people to prayer.






35. The court is a part of what location of power?






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






37. What is the length of the supreme court's rule?






38. What is the length of a president's term?






39. What is the length of the supreme court's rule?






40. Zoraster believed that the world was this.






41. AQIM's enemy






42. Capital for the Crusaders






43. This roman emperor converted to Christianity and ended the persecution of Jews.






44. The dividing lines between the eastern and western hemisphere






45. The sumerians set up this based on the number __.






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






47. NATO was founded in.....






48. Religious teachers






49. Less than __ percent of the land receives enough water to make farming possible.






50. This church was centered in Constantinople.