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