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