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