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India and China Today

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country did India gain its independence from?

a)

United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

Pakistan

d)

China

2.

In 1947, Great Britain partitioned India into which TWO countries?

a)

China

b)

Pakistan

c)

India

d)

Bhutan

3.

What was the main religion in Pakistan when the partition occurred?

a)

Islam

b)

Hindu

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

4.

What was the main religion in India when it was partitioned?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

5.

India today has what type of government?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictatorship

6.

India's population today ranks ____.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

7.

What river do most people live near in India?

a)

Indus

b)

Ganges

c)

Tigris

d)

Yellow

8.

India's PER CAPITA GDP is high or low?

a)

High

b)

Low

9.

India's GDP is high or low?

a)

High

b)

Low

10.

India's low per capita GDP tells us that many people live in _______.

a)

Poverty

b)

Rural areas

c)

Urban areas

d)

Wealthy villages

11.

What percentage of people in India live in rural villages?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

75%

12.

Why might someone move from a village to a city in India?

a)

Better jobs in the city

b)

They've always wanted to live in a big city

c)

Better cell signal

d)

Higher standard of living in the cities

13.

A government that controls all land and business is (a) ____.

a)

Democracy

b)

Communist

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Monarchy

14.

What are TWO examples of communism?

a)

All property, farms, and factories are owned by the government

b)

The government censors the internet and newspapers

c)

People can own their own businesses

d)

People elect their leaders

15.

What program did Mao Zedong institute in an attempt to improve industrialization?

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

Giant Leap Backwards

c)

One Small Step for Man

d)

One Giant Leap for Mankind

16.

What are TWO examples of ethnocentrism?

a)

The Chinese thought foreigners were barbarians

b)

Believing that we are all equal

c)

Thinking your culture or ethnic group is better than others

d)

Wanting everyone to get along and be friends

17.

What type of economy did Deng Xiaoping introduce in China?

a)

Mixed-Market

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

d)

Free Market

18.

Rapid economic growth results in ______.

a)

INCREASE in standard of living

b)

DECREASE in standard of living

19.

Most Chinese work in _______ or ________.

a)

Farming

b)

Primitive industry

c)

Education

d)

Hospitals

20.

Only ____ of China's land is farmable.

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

40%

21.

Most of China's farmland is in the _____.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

22.

The main crop in the northern regions of China is:

a)

Corn

b)

Wheat

c)

Rice

d)

Soy beans

23.

The main crop in the southern farmlands of China is:

a)

Corn

b)

Wheat

c)

Rice

d)

Soy beans

24.

Where does most of the population of China live?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West