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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. 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.






2. Al quaeda means...






3. Darius divided his empire into __ _____.






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






5. How many symbols did the phoenician alphabet have?






6. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






7. The Umayyad dynasty ended because the __ and other discontented groups thought that being a Muslim was more important than being an Arab.






8. Earth rotates at approx. __ degrees of longitude.






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






10. A part of an ocean or sea that is partially enclosed by a curving coastline. A more fully enclosed body of salt water could be called a sea.






11. Where was Muhammad born?






12. Each degree is divided into ___ ______.






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






14. Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?






15. PLO stands for..






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






17. How old do you have to be to be a senator?






18. Landforms with highest elevation






19. Operates the Suez Canal






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






21. All member of the __ are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice or World Culture






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






23. This case determined Judicial Review.






24. The founder of Zionism






25. An example of a monarchy






26. Al Awlaki's father has filed a lawsuit against which two people?






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






28. The pres+VP are a part of what location of power?






29. Half of a sphere






30. The capital of Israel






31. Turkish speaking people that had converted to Islam in Central Asia before migrating to the Iranian Plateau.






32. The 1993 bombing plan injured approx. _____ people.






33. Palestinians believe Jerusalem is the holy land for them for what reason?






34. Jesus was born here






35. Helped the jews escape from egypt






36. How many representatives are there?






37. Israel is one of two ___ in the middle east.






38. In this year - Camp David Accords were signed.






39. Exponential






40. Israel has gotten more people due to the break-up of which country?






41. A holy war






42. Not 1 person/group rules; but 3 locations of power is what constituion law?






43. The conference also voted to adopt a universal world day and a ___-hour clock - based on _______ at the Greenwich meridian.






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






45. The meeting where the longitude/latitude system was set up.






46. In WWI - the ottoman empire sided with ____.






47. A small body of water separated from the larger sea by a barrier of sand or coral reefs. It can either be adjacent to coastline or surrounded by an atoll.






48. A vent - or opening in the earth's crust that allows molten lava - gases - and other materials to come out of earth's interior.






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






50. The new leaders of Al Qaeda went for _____.