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World Cultures Basics

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which ocean isn't in the Western Hemisphere?






2. OPEC stopped sending the US oil during this war.






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






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






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






6. Marketplace






7. A market economy is controlled by this.






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






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






10. One reason Islam expanded so swiftly is because the arab armies were ___ by their ___ - because Islam taught that Muslim warriors who died in service of Islam would win a place in paradise.






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






12. Is the measuring point for Longitude






13. Every continent but which two are surrounded by water?






14. Volcanoes also occur in places where plates ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.






15. Formed an oginazation to promote Zionism.






16. The center of conflict between Jews and Arabs.






17. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






18. The 1993 bombing plan bombed the undergroud of the _____ ____ ____.






19. OPEC






20. This group's goal was to reclaim Palestine and destroy Israel.






21. In 1956 - Israel - Britain - and France attacked __ after it's prime minister nationalized the ________.






22. How many representatives are there?






23. Why is the arabian peninsula so important?






24. 3.5 radicals - operate missions.






25. Israel was fearing attack by Egypt - Syria - Iraq and Jordon - so they launched one of these attacks.






26. Middle Eastern nations command vital __ ___.






27. 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]






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






29. The 1993 bombing plan killed _ people.






30. This country operates the Suez Canal






31. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






32. OBL was captured when?






33. Intifada literally means...






34. Defined 'unlawful attacks'






35. What is the majority group in the Middle Eastern countries?






36. What is approx number of people in Israel?






37. 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.






38. Where the supreme power is maintained by the people






39. In 1982 - Israel invaded ____.






40. In May 1948 - the last ___ troops left Palestine.






41. Under the Oslo Accords - Israel and the PLO said they would _____ ____ ___.






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






43. The sumerians invented these two things.






44. Factors 'on the ground'






45. The year the suez canal opened






46. Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the Persian Gulf.






47. A huge - many tiered temple.






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






49. The Main idea in a civilization






50. ___ many people have been displaced due to conflict in North Yemen.