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