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