WorksheetsWC B Final Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
This river primarily flows through India
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
Indus River
Nile River
This mountain range separates India and Nepal from China
Atlas
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Himalayas
This is a seasonal wind in South Asia
Jet stream
Cyclone
Monsoon
Rainy season
Hindus believe that each person possesses this, the soul, which ultimately is part of the same universal force.
Atman
Moksha
Nirvana
Karma
Which of the following Hindu gods is incorrectly matched with their power?
Brahma - creation
Shiva - destruction
Vishnu - wealth
Ganesh - overcoming obstacles/good luck
According to Hinduism, the goal of life should be to
Free the soul from the cycle of reincarnation
Memorize all prayers in the Vedas
Worship cows
Obey they laws set out by the Buddha
Hinduism is unlike the other religions we’ve studied because it
Has no gods at all
Teaches about what happens in the afterlife
Has no specific religious founder
Teaches respect for life forms
What term describes the duties and obligations that a person must fulfill?
Nirvana
Muezzin
Dharma
Manifestation
According to Hinduism, the goal of life is to achieve ____, which happens when you are no longer reborn
Nirvana
Moksha
Atman
Dharma
Many rules within the caste system were meant to
Help people remain spiritually pure
Keep lower caste people from being reincarnated
Prevent conversion to Islam
Keep the British from becoming Hindus
This man is leader of the Tibetan Buddhists
Mao Zedong
Guru Nanak
Dalai Lama
Lao Tsu
For a Buddhist, the way to achieve enlightenment is to
live by the rules of one's caste
worship one and only one God
to follow the Eightfold Path
to follow the Eight Pillars of Faith
Known as The Buddha, this man discovered the cause of suffering
Dalai Lama
Siddhartha Gautama
Lao Tsu
Guru Nanak
This branch of Buddhism, which emphasizes the role of the community, is more open interpretation some followers may even worship Buddha.
Theravada
Mahayana
Orthodox
none of these
This branch of Buddhism holds closely to the teachings of The Buddha and believes that hard spiritual work on the part of the individual is the key to enlightenment.
Theravada
Mahayana
Orthodox
none of these
What form of government does India have?
Parliamentary democracy
Parliamentary dictatorship
Monarchy
Communism
The term for what Gandhi saw as the best way to end British rule in India was
Varna
Samsara
Nirvana
Satyagraha
The Salt March that Gandhi led in the 1930s was an example of
Nonalignment
Ethnic conflict
Civil Disobedience
Nationalism
What issue has created tension between India and Pakistan since the 1940’s?
Punjab separation
Sri Lanka civil war
Control over Kashmir
Building hydroelectric dams on the Ganges River
What did the Indian government do in 1991 that has led to rapid economic growth in the last twenty-five years?
The government took over all major industries to gain more control over economic decision making.
The government severely limited foreign access to trade in the Indian market.
The government loosened regulations and opened India to more foreign companies.
The government reintroduced elements of the cash-crop economy to generate export money.
The loess soil region of China is found
along the Yangtze River
near the Himalayan Mountains
in southern "tropical" China
along the Yellow River
What are the ethnic people of China called?
Hans
Tibetans
Uighurs
Mongols
What part of China do the majority of people live, due to its ability to support large populations
North
South
East
West
What School of Thought emphasized the link between people and nature?
Legalism
Daoism
Confucianism
In Chinese history, ruling families (dynasties) defended their power by saying the gods granted them permission to rule on earth. In return, the people were to give the dynasty complete loyalty. What was this called?
The Totalitarian system
The Mandate of Heaven
Oracle Bones
Filial Piety
This man authored an early book on his travels to China and is believed to be the first Westerner to have travelled to China
Shi Huangdi
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
Who led the Nationalists during the Long March?
Sun Yatsen
Mao Zedong
Yuan Shikai
Chiang Kai-Shek
All of these are current problems China faces, except
Widespread air and water pollution
Human rights violations
Decreasing military presence
Gender imbalance
Which of the following goals accurately describes the program of Deng Xiaoping?
to create a classless society
to modernize China
to return to Confucian values
to make war on capitalism
Mao turned China into this which meant the government controlled every aspect of a person's life through a single-party dictatorship
Totalitarian state
Filial piety
Nationalism
Imperialism
Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Under Putin, much of Russia’s economic growth is due to
Oil exports
Fishing exports
nanotechnology
mineral resources
What region did Putin annex in 2014?
The Urals
The Baltic states
Crimea
The Caucasus
What region of Russia is made up of large numbers of Muslims, who have sought autonomy and independence?
The Urals
The Baltic States
Crimea
The Caucasus
All of the following are examples of Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian style of government, except
Russia’s cooperation with the United States on the War on Terror
the silencing of outspoken journalists and critics
a fixed election process
using Russian military power to intimidate former Soviet Union countries
