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China/India test
china and india history test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Asia is the worlds _________ continent. | largest. |
| Where does Asia stretch from? | Asia stretches from the Caucasus Mountains in the west to China, Japan and the Philippine Islands in the east |
| What makes up the heart of Asia? | The Himalaya |
| What 29,035 feet tall peak is located in the Himalaya? | Mount Everest |
| What does Himalaya mean | abode of snow |
| Where do many of Asia's most powerful rivers begin? | Tibetan Plateau |
| Name an example of a archipelago in Asia | Japan, Philippines |
| What is a archipelago? | an island chain |
| The Himilaya and neighboring mountain ranges form a _______-mile wall that divides India and Nepal from Tibet and China | 1,500 |
| How are of Himalaya affecting the climate of much of Asia? | They block clouds that blow north from the Indian Ocean. This causes heavy rainfall on the ocean-facing sides of the mountains and small amounts on their northern sides. Even less rain falls then the Gobi Desert. |
| What are monsoons? | seasonal winds |
| how do monsoons effect the climate of Asia? | Monsoons can be good or bad. During the summer monsoons help farmers water their crops. However, if there is too much rain too soon, it leads to flooding, lost of life and poverty. |
| In 1887 monsoons killed about a __________ people | million |
| India was Britain's _________ colony. | richest |
| What did Indian dislike about British rule. | The British merchants controlled the Indian economy and the colonial service controlled the law, and government. Indians wanted more parts in the government The British also saw the Indians as inferior. |
| The Indian National Congress met in ________ | Bombay |
| How did Indian show its desire for independence? | In 1885, the first Indian National Congress met in Bombay. Indians also boycotted British goods. |
| What is a boycott | an organized protest in which people refuse to buy or use something |
| Indian's began wearing homemade cloth as a sign of national _______. | pride |
| What goal did Gandhi seek? How did he use nonviolence to achieve his mission? | Gandhi wanted to end British rule in India, peace between Indians and Hindus, end of discrimination against india's untouchables. Gandhi also wanted to end the caste system. He led the Salt March to achieve his mission and also used civil disobedience. |
| Where did Gandhi get his clothing from | Gandhi wore only cloth he wove himself |
| A non-violent protest against a government | civil disobedience |
| Name 3 examples of civil disobedience | examples: boycott, sit-ins, peaceful marches, writing letters, petition drive, refuse to follow law. |
| True or False Indians could make salt all they wanted | False could not make salt. |
| Were did Indians buy salt from | British approved merchants and pay a tax that supported the British colonial government. |
| Who long was the Salt March? | 240 miles |
| What happened to the people in the salt march | thousands were put into jail including Gandhi. |
| What did being arrested become a sign of | patriotism |
| where did Gandhi learn to use civil disobedience? | South Africa |
| Why did Gandhi uses civil disobedience | He did not like violence and he wanted to shame the government into treating Indian families fairly. |
| What did the new government of india after world war 11 promise | independence |
| why where muslims afraid of the hindu lead government? | they were afraid that they might be treated unfairly. |
| Why was Pakistan formed? | the Muslims thought the hindu government would treat them unfairly. |
| Who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah? | the first leader of Pakistan |
| who was Jawaharlal Nehru? | the first prime minister of india |
| Did independance in india lead to peace. | No, violence erupted between muslims and hindus |
| How many people died in violent clashed between hindus and muslims | 1 million people |
| how many people left india after independence | about ten million people left their homes and moved across the borders to be with people of their own faith |
| What did Gandhi do because of the violence between muslims and hindus | he fasted until the two groups stopped fighting. |
| Why was gandhi shot? | a fanatic hindu shot him because he tried to protect the rights of Muslims |
| What were some problems in india after independence | hindus and muslims were still violent, india and pakistan fought over kashmir, the growing population needed food and jobs |
| What is the Green Revolution | a program in 60s and 70s that fed the people of india it was a change in crops and agricultural practices and new types of rice, wheat, new fertilizer and more efficient farming techniques increased crops so much that they could even export surplus |
| Who was the first female prime minister | Indira Candhi, Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter She worked towards transforming India into a modern nation |
| How did Indira Gandhi die? | she was murdered by two bodyguards |
| What were some problems in Pakistan? | military dictatorships, economy declines, an difficulty finding jobs. |
| Why was Bangladesh formed | East pakistan felt ignored by the government in west pakistan. Bangladesh was formed. Both still suffer from poverty |
| Indian money | rupees |
| council of state | Rajya Sabha |
| Buddhist Wheel of life found in flag | Dharma Chakra |
| River that is important to India's farmers | Ganges River |
| Hindu social classes | castes |
| belief that a soul has many lives on Earth | Reincarnation |
| Belief that one's situation in life depends on his or her action | Karma |
| Spoken by 30% of the population | hindi |
| a popular rural sport that is a blend of tag and wrestling | kabbadi |
| hindu scripture | vedas |
| more than 80% of Indians are this religion | hindu |
| cars are driven on this side of the road | left |
| color that stands fro courage and sacrifice | orange |
| religions born in india | Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| three-wheeled vehicles common in India | Rickshaws |
| house of people | loksabha |
| Duties and responsibilities of someone's class | Dharma |
| Please | Kripyaa |
| Mughals came from what is now this town | Uzbekistan |
| rice pudding | kheer |
| one of india's many gods | Vishnu, Shiva, Hanuman etc, |
| No | Nahi |
| Only ______ has more people then india | China |
| Heavy rains that come between June and September | monsoons |
| SPORT introduced to India by British | Cricket |
| Animal herders from Central asia who came to northern India | aryans |
| famous tomb built in 17th century | Taj Mahal |
| celebrates the end of cold season | Holi |
| festival of lights | Diwali |
| number of houses in parliment | two |
| one of India's official languages other then hindi | english |
| India's national fruit | mango |
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