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