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