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