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World Cultures Test
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What was important about Joint-stock companies ?
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Israel
Hindu radical
2. What areas make up South Asia ?
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
The British East India Company's control over India
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Israel
3. What were the areas of conflict ?
Between the Jews and the Arabs
Israel
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
British
4. Who was Gandhi assassinated by ?
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
Hindu radical
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
5. What was important about Joint-stock companies ?
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
6. What is India's government considered to be today?
Democracy
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
1940's
7. What is the Balfour Declaration ?
Israel
Hindu radical
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Pledge to create a homeland for Jews
8. What areas make up South Asia ?
Lawyer - high caste Hindu
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
British
England and France
9. How did Gandhi protest the Salt March ?
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
Lawyer - high caste Hindu
He designed a march to the sea
10. How did Gandhi protest the Salt March ?
Colonial control in India
Conflict
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
He designed a march to the sea
11. What are the 3 negative impacts of Imperialism in India ?
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Conflict
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
12. What is India's government considered to be today?
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
Between the Jews and the Arabs
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Democracy
13. What countries were imperial powers in the Middle East ?
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
England and France
Between the Jews and the Arabs
Hindu radical
14. What was the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel ?
Economic boycott - hunger strike - non- cooperation
The British East India Company's control over India
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
15. What is the caste system ?
Hindus and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
Hierarchy of people in India
16. What are the geographic features ?
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Hierarchy of people in India
1940's
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
17. why were the British able to dominate India ?
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
Hierarchy of people in India
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
18. After the Sepoy rebellion what did the British establish ?
The British East India Company's control over India
Colonial control in India
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Israel
19. Who did Indian independence caused violence between ?
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Hindus and Muslims
Between the Jews and the Arabs
Lawyer - high caste Hindu
20. Who did the Sepoy's turn on ?
Between the Jews and the Arabs
He designed a march to the sea
Hierarchy of people in India
British
21. What are Sepoy's ?
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
Democracy
Israel
22. what country was created by United Nations in 1947 ?
Lawyer - high caste Hindu
Israel
Hindus and Muslims
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
23. Who contributed to the Indian Culture ?
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
Israel
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
24. What are the geographic features ?
Pledge to create a homeland for Jews
Israel
The British East India Company's control over India
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
25. What is the Balfour Declaration ?
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
Colonial control in India
Pledge to create a homeland for Jews
26. What Middle East countries are friendly to the U.S ?
Between the Jews and the Arabs
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Colonial control in India
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
27. When did India gain its independence ?
28. What was described as economic imperialism ?
29. What are the geographic features of South Asia ?
Deccan Plateau - Indus River - Ganges river- Eastern and Western Ghats
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Israel
He designed a march to the sea
30. What countries are found on the Arabian Peninsula ?
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
He designed a march to the sea
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
Saudi Arabia - Oman - Yemen
31. When did India gain its independence ?
32. Why is South Asia considered a sub-content ?
Colonial control in India
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Israel
Saudi Arabia - Oman - Yemen
33. What was considered the homeland for the Jewish people in the world
British
Hindu radical
Israel
He designed a march to the sea
34. Why is South Asia considered a sub-content ?
British
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Deccan Plateau - Indus River - Ganges river- Eastern and Western Ghats
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
35. What is the caste system ?
Hindu radical
Hierarchy of people in India
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
Economic boycott - hunger strike - non- cooperation
36. Who did the Sepoy's turn on ?
British
Democracy
Deccan Plateau - Indus River - Ganges river- Eastern and Western Ghats
Between the Jews and the Arabs
37. why were the British able to dominate India ?
Israel
Israel
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
Israel
38. What are the 3 negative impacts of Imperialism in India ?
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
Israel
39. What countries are found on the Arabian Peninsula ?
England and France
Saudi Arabia - Oman - Yemen
Israel
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
40. What was the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel ?
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
The British East India Company's control over India
Hindus and Muslims
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
41. What country was inhabituated by Arab people known as Palestinians
Israel
Hierarchy of people in India
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
42. What are the geographic features of South Asia ?
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Deccan Plateau - Indus River - Ganges river- Eastern and Western Ghats
He designed a march to the sea
Democracy
43. What Middle East countries are friendly to the U.S ?
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
Provided quick ways to make large sums of money - provided private citizens to invest - offered reduced risk for investor
Superior technology - religious divisions - political divisions
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
44. Who did Indian independence caused violence between ?
Palestinians rejected the plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in present day Israel - Israel was victorious in all wars fought with Arab countries in the Middle East
Hindus and Muslims
Israel
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
45. What country was inhabituated by Arab people known as Palestinians
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Hindus and Muslims
Hierarchy of people in India
Israel
46. How did Gandhi resisted British control over India ?
Pledge to create a homeland for Jews
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Economic boycott - hunger strike - non- cooperation
He designed a march to the sea
47. What are Sepoy's ?
Because it is a large land ares (not as big as a continent) and it has distinct
Aryan invaders - Muslim invaders - British
Indian soldiers serving under British command in India
India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Bhutan - Nepal - Sir Lanka
48. How did Gandhi resisted British control over India ?
He designed a march to the sea
Economic boycott - hunger strike - non- cooperation
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Conflict
49. What countries were imperial powers in the Middle East ?
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
Colonial control in India
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
England and France
50. After the Sepoy rebellion what did the British establish ?
Famine - emphasis on cash crops - disruption of traditional Indian ways in life
That set is apart from the rest of Asia
Colonial control in India
Hierarchy of people in India