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