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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • 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 zero point






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






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






4. Called 'the sick man of Europe'






5. How many countries are in the middle east?






6. Congress is what?






7. What operation added metal dectectors/pat-downs?






8. How many years do you have to live in the USA to be the representative?






9. Supporter of a Homeland for the Jews in the area of Palestine. Movement began in the 1800's.






10. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.






11. What 3 cities have major clashes in Yemen been?






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






13. The persians improved and expanded these built by earlier people.






14. Al qaeda was formed by..






15. How many (%) of people are Jewish in Israel?






16. Al quaeda means...






17. Successor to the Prophet






18. NATO stands for...






19. The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state led to Israel returning WHAT -and to Egypt in return for diplomatic relations?






20. What does Medina mean?






21. The arab world's most poverished country.






22. Conquered the Fertile Crescent in about 1500 BC






23. Belief in One God






24. Cooperative Farm communities that many of the Jews that moved to Israel formed.






25. This country really 'owns' the Euphrates.






26. Instead of 1 - a small group






27. Which two hemispheres is the United States located?






28. The great Muslim military leader that recaptured Jerusalem - he dealt fairly with the Christians and jews there.






29. AQIM's enemy






30. Muslim place of Prayer






31. What two ethnicities are the most important in Israel?






32. The day Israel is officially formed






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






34. Capital for the Abbasids






35. How many years do you have to live in the US to be a president?






36. These 5 countries are the permanent 5 on the security council.






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






38. A government in which is ruled by a monarch - such as a king or a queen (it's ruled by 1)






39. Would give palestines self-rule - and uproot Jewish settlements and withdraw Israeli troops from occupied lands.






40. The culture that blends Greek with the Middle East.






41. A certain group of people






42. In this year - the Oslo Accords began.






43. The two leading towns in the Arabian Penninsula at the time of Muhammad






44. Flight 93 hit where?






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






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






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






48. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






49. Another word to call Longitude






50. What are the second - third - and fourth biggest majority ethnic groups in the middle east?