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