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