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