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