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