This is a world cultures test, which contains 50 multiple choice questions. Please try to get a good grade, I really need it. The test is attached below.
Course Name: World Cultures 2: Africa and the Eastern
Hemisphere
Student: Aryash Chauhan
Course ID:
SSTH054058
ID: F68560331
Submittal:
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Progress Test 2
This Progress Test covers the course materials that were assigned in Units 4 and 5. Although the progress test is
similar in style to the unit evaluations, the progress test is a closed-book, proctored test. You may not have access
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Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1.
Due to their low per capita GDP, most South Asian countries are classified as
a.
b.
c.
____ 2.
Which of the following statements is true?
a.
b.
c.
____ 3.
helping people find jobs
building secondary cities
starting new industries
Early Chinese inventions included
a.
b.
c.
____ 7.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
What is one solution for easing overcrowded cities?
a.
b.
c.
____ 6.
warfare.
overpopulation.
drought.
Reincarnation, or the rebirth of the soul into another physical life is a belief in which religion?
a.
b.
c.
____ 5.
There was only one Silk Road.
Silk was made and traded by all Asian countries.
The Silk Roads included land and sea routes.
According to economists, poverty in Bangladesh is caused in part by
a.
b.
c.
____ 4.
developed nations.
developing nations.
undeveloped nations.
paper money, moveable type, and a floating magnetic compass.
cotton cloth, metal coins, and block printing.
papyrus, porcelain, and sailing ships.
How did the Bhagavad Gita help Gandhi?
a.
b.
c.
It helped him persuade the British to let India become independent
It helped him maintain inner peace in difficult times.
It helped him become a powerful military leader.
____ 8.
Which of the following is caused by Japan’s location on the Ring of Fire?
a.
b.
c.
____ 9.
forest fires
earthquakes
monsoon winds
What do China and Mongolia have in common?
a.
b.
c.
Both are on the Asian mainland.
Both are on a peninsula.
Both are island countries.
____ 10. Which of the following were features of the Harappan civilization?
a.
b.
c.
advances in metal work, mathematics and astronomy
religious texts written in Sanskrit
well-planned cities and a system of measurement
____ 11. Which of the following describes the Ganges Delta?
a.
b.
c.
the place where the Ganges splits into two separate rivers
the place where the Ganges begins in the Himalaya Mountains
the place where the Ganges empties into the Bay of Bengal
____ 12. How does a growing human population lead directly to more pollution of the Ganges River?
a.
b.
c.
There is increased use of industrial chemicals that are dumped into the river.
There is more human waste to dispose of.
There is more run-off from fertilizer and pesticides.
____ 13. Whose job was it to protect the landowning lords estates under Japan’s feudal system?
a.
b.
c.
the shoguns
the samurai
the Minamoto
____ 14. More fireworks are manufactured and exported from this country than from any other.
a.
b.
c.
Taiwan
China
Japan
____ 15. For the past 25 years, the literacy rate in South Asia has been
a.
b.
c.
steadily improving.
steadily declining.
staying the same.
____ 16. The golden quadrilateral is part of India’s
a.
b.
c.
infrastructure.
democracy.
constitution.
____ 17. What is one result of North Korea’s policy of self-reliance?
a.
b.
c.
isolation from other countries
friendly international relations
plenty of local food
____ 18. One effect of China’s population policy is that
a.
b.
c.
the fertility rate dropped.
young workers began to outnumber the elderly.
family sizes increased.
____ 19. Which of the following statements about China is true?
a.
b.
c.
It exports more than any other single country.
It has the highest standard of living in the world.
It has the world’s largest economy.
____ 20. Which of the following statement is correct?
a.
b.
c.
Anime is mostly based on American cartoons.
All the anime films are about superheroes.
Anime is closely related to Japanese comic books.
____ 21. Why is one of the parks in the southern part of the Gobi Desert of great interest to paleontologists?
a.
b.
c.
It is a rich source of gold and other minerals.
It is one of the richest sources for dinosaur fossils in the world.
It is a refuge for large numbers of wildlife.
____ 22. What is Confucianism?
a.
b.
c.
a philosophy tells told people how to live and how to structure society
a form of government in the government owns everything
a religion based on the goals of the Qin dynasty
____ 23. What effect does rising air temperatures have on water availability in South Asia?
a.
b.
c.
Rising temperatures make the air dryer and decrease the summer rains.
Rising temperatures melt glaciers faster and increase the amount of water in lakes.
Rising temperatures increase evaporation and decrease the amount of available water.
____ 24. Who was Shi Huangdi?
a.
b.
c.
China’s first emperor
a great explorer
China’s moral teacher
____ 25. Which statement best describes a zaibatsu in Japan?
a.
b.
c.
company specializing in one business
large family–run business group
government-controlled industry
____ 26. The Green Revolution in India resulted in
a.
b.
c.
decreased pollution in the rivers.
increases in the amount of arable land.
greatly increased food production.
____ 27. Buddhism teaches that
a.
b.
c.
all deities are the representation of one supreme being, often Brahman.
suffering is a part of life and that it is possible to move beyond suffering.
there is one god, truthful and living, and all humankind is equal.
____ 28. The group of people once called “Untouchables” under the Indian caste system, but now called the Dalit,
includes
a.
b.
c.
laborers and servants.
garbage collectors and animal skin tanners.
priests and scholars.
____ 29. Which country’s official name is the Republic of China?
a.
b.
c.
Taiwan
China
North Korea
____ 30. Under the caste system in India, how was a person’s place in society determined?
a.
b.
c.
family and occupation
place of birth
religion
____ 31. In India, what is the key “pulling” factor that brings people to the cities?
a.
b.
c.
a promise of better jobs
poverty in rural areas
drought in rural villages
____ 32. Which Hindu deity is an avatar of Vishnu and is often pictured playing his flute?
a.
b.
c.
Brahma
Shiva
Krishna
____ 33. Shinto is most similar to what other spiritual tradition?
a.
b.
c.
Animism
Daoism
Confucianism
____ 34. Why did China send expeditions to India, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa during the 1400s?
a.
b.
c.
to acquire colonies for China
to spread Confucianism
to demonstrate China’s power
____ 35. One way that India’s growing prosperity reaches even its poorest citizens is through
a.
b.
c.
microlending.
charitable gifts.
taxes.
____ 36. What is a monsoon?
a.
b.
c.
a season of heavy rain
a seasonal wind pattern
a type of irrigation
____ 37. What is true about India’s film industry?
a.
b.
c.
It began in the southern city of Chennai.
Bollywood films are made in India but the actors speak only English.
It produces more feature films than any other country.
____ 38. Which of the following would best describe the economy of Shanghai, a Chinese Special Economic Zone?
a.
b.
c.
It is a market economy based on exports of electronics and shipbuilding.
It is based on agriculture and controlled by the central government.
It is a market economy fueled by multinational corporations.
____ 39. Today, high-speed trains use Maglev technology to achieve a top speed of 268 mph in
a.
b.
c.
Japan.
China.
South Korea.
____ 40. The Huang He is often called the ___________ because it flows through an arid region that contains loess,
a fine soil that is carried by the wind and deposited in the river.
a.
b.
c.
Yellow River
Hongshui River
Yangtze River
____ 41. What is one drawback of building the Three Gorges Dam built on the Chang Jiang river in China?
a.
b.
c.
It improved the habitat for endangered species.
It displaced 1.5 million people.
It has produced no new energy.
____ 42. What was India required to do while they were a British colony?
a.
b.
c.
import all their raw materials from Britain.
ship all their manufactured goods to Britain.
import manufactured goods from Britain.
____ 43. What effect do experts feel Japan’s changing population will have on its economy?
a.
b.
c.
Japan will have a shortage of workers and entrepreneurs by 2050.
Japan will see a shift from service industries to manufacturing.
Japan’s workforce will grow because the population will be 20 percent larger.
____ 44. Which statement best describes industry in North Korea?
a.
b.
c.
Limited natural resources cause them to import much of what they need for industrial production.
Many of its industries produce only military equipment.
Its industries include shipbuilding, steel, and the manufacture of automobiles and electronics.
____ 45. Traditionally, what have Indian women used to decorate their hands for weddings and festivals?
a.
b.
c.
shalwar-kameez
masala
henna
____ 46. The _____________________ formed as a result of the collision of tectonic plates in South Asia 50 million
years ago.
a.
b.
c.
Himalaya Mountains
Deccan Plateau
Ganges Delta
____ 47. Today, India’s government is a form of democratic government in which voters elect representatives and the
central government shares power with the states. This is called a
a.
b.
c.
constitutional monarchy.
federal republic.
direct democracy.
____ 48. Most Mongolians who live in gers make their living by
a.
b.
c.
hunting animals.
growing rice.
livestock herding.
____ 49. What natural disaster frequently occurs in Bangladesh?
a.
b.
c.
cyclones
volcanoes
wildfires
____ 50. What was the goal of the Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s?
a.
b.
c.
to create more access to art and literature in rural areas
to make China’s economy grow faster
to remove all anti-Communist elements from China
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