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