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World Cultures Basics

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






2. Maghreb comes from an Arab term meaning this.






3. The last stand for the Jews - it was when the Romans were attacking - and they committed suicide because they didn't want to give up their freedom.






4. A market economy is controlled by the forces of ____.






5. The resources necessary to produce goods and servaces






6. Approx how many people live in the middle east?






7. IThe hebrew's sacred book.






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






9. Al qaeda was expelled from ____ ____ for anti-government activites






10. To wear the other side down






11. How much one buisiness/company has






12. What is the biggest globalization negative effect?






13. The length of a senator's term






14. A body of land completely surrounded by water. It is smaller than a continent but larger than a cay - a key - or certainly a large rock.






15. The sumerians invented these two things.






16. What killed Al Awlaki?






17. The most famous leader of the PLO






18. A revolutionary group of young army officers






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






20. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






21. Factors 'on the ground'






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






23. OPEC






24. The year the suez canal opened






25. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?






26. The Middle east stands at the crossroads of what three continents?






27. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






28. The most dangerous AQAP is in ________.






29. What are the 3 questions every economy must answer?






30. The Northern Tier stretches across ___ and ___.






31. Latitude is sometimes called this






32. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






33. A holy war






34. Christians comes from the greek word Christos which literally means this.






35. A market economy is controlled by this.






36. In January 1990 - the president of Turkey began filling the ___ reservoir with water from the Euphrates.






37. Measured in degrees according to the distance north or south of the equator (being 0 degrees and the poles 90 degrees) [basically circling the globe going left to right]






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






39. The five largest countries in size in order from largest to smallest:






40. When are federal elections held?






41. Defined 'unlawful attacks'






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






43. What empire was set up because a rival leader claimed the office oc aliph?






44. At the equator - each degree of longitude represents a distance of about ___ miles






45. Sharpened Reed






46. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






47. Allows to tap on phones






48. Doesn't rely on natural resources - but on intellectual capital competitive schooling - and the support of both science and technology






49. The most famous leader of the PLO






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







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