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