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