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