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