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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






2. The year Muhammad returned to Mecca with a strong army and captured the city.






3. The Byzantine's capital






4. Qu'ran literally means this.






5. Led the people that conquered the fertile crescent in 1700 B.C.






6. What is the line that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hempishere?






7. Al Awlaki was the head of ___.






8. 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.






9. Political disorder brought by the absense of a government






10. The year the Seljuks seized Baghdad.






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






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






13. Al Awlaki was the top Al Aqaeda ____ and ____.






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






15. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






16. In the six day war - Israel got what 2 lands from Egypt?






17. Where the goods and the services supplied by the producer equals the goods and services demanded by the customer.






18. Capital for the Seljuk Turks






19. The __ helped Israel during the Cold War.






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






21. The umayyad dynasty emphazied ___ ____.






22. There are ___ degrees of longitude around the earth






23. Al qaeda was formed by..






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






25. Factors 'on the ground'






26. The most famous leader of the PLO






27. What term do people often call the Middle east?






28. The Iran-Iraq war ended how?






29. Israel is about the size of what state?






30. 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]






31. According to Zoraster - the forces of evil were led by this person.






32. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






33. The month/year where the International Meridian Conference was held






34. Factors 'on the ground'






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






36. How many muslims are their worldwide?






37. The goal of this group was to end the power of western oil companies over oil prices.






38. When are federal elections held?






39. Where did the first civilization in the middle east originate?






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






41. The year that the Abassid Dynasty was created.






42. What are the senate's job?

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43. Jesus was born here






44. Belief in One God






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






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






47. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






48. Wrote The Wealth of Nations






49. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is wider - if it is shallow - it is called a sound.






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