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