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WorksheetsDecolonization and Globalization
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
Who was India's colonial ruler
France
Britain
Germany
United States
Who was the leader of Indian independence
Gandhi
Jinna
Neru
Buddha
Partition separated which countries from one another?
India & Nepal
Bhutan & Bangladesh
India & Pakistan (and later Bangladesh)
America & Britain
Match the word to the definition. Definition: separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
Displaced
partition
Parliament
Colonialism
The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi's actions such as the Salt March and the textile boycott was to
begin a cycle of armed revolution
draw attention to critical issues
increase the strength of the military
resist the power of religious leaders
Mohandas Gandhi’s protests during India’s independence movement were often successful because of his application of
an appeasement policy
civil disobedience
traditional caste beliefs
divide-and-conquer principles
The current political boundaries of African nations have been most influenced by
the topographic features of the continent
the patterns of European colonialism
traditional African language groups
the location of ancient African tribal kingdoms
A similarity of the goals of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi is that both leaders wanted to
secure political power for the majority of the people
encourage a greater degree of industrialization
improve the economy by expanding governmental control
gain independence from the Soviet Union
The policy of strict racial separation and discrimination that was implemented in the Republic of South Africa is called
collectivization
apartheid
intifada
communism
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
Jim Crow
Harriet B. Stowe
Rosa Parks
Abigail Adams
Coretta King
Which of the following agricultural inputs were the most recent technological innovations employed in less developed countries during the Green Revolution?
Metal plows and harvesting equipment
Irrigated farm fields
Seed hybrids and animal breeds
Chemical fertilizers and pesticides
Terracing in highland terrain
What did the ‘Green Revolution’ actually revolutionize?
Business Culture
Tissue Culture
Agriculture
Tradition and culture
An outstanding achievement made by Norman Borlaug’s ‘Green Revolution’ was making enough __________ available when the Earth’s human population crossed 3 billion people in 1973.
Televisions
Food
Refrigerators
Automobiles
The variety and amount of life in an area
biology
sustainability
biodiversity
GMO
This is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there.
Green Modified Organic Produce
Cyborg Fruits
Organic Crops
Genetically Modified Organism
Crops are _____ to be pest resistant, drought resistant, or grow quicker.
genetically modified
genetically re-arranged
planted
magically changed
The purpose of the Green Revolution was to
give everyone clean water
grow only organic food
encourage people to recycle
create new technology to solve food shortages
What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring?
pesticides
radiation
bacteria
floods
In the selection from Silent Spring, how do animal populations change after the town changes?
Animal populations mostly stay the same.
Birds are still plentiful, but most insects die.
Most birds disappear, but farm animals are fine
Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.
What would a blight most likely do to a farmer’s crops?
make them more plentiful
allow them to sell for a profit
help them to ripen sooner
cause them to rot or die
Where did Rachel Carson first work?
The Pennsylvania College for Women
The U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
The Baltimore Sun
The Johns Hopkins University
What was the main reason for Rachel to write Silent Spring?
To present a thesis.
To call for attention to the villagers of her town.
The massive use of synthetic chemical pesticides after WWII.
To investigate the harms of plastic.
He gave the official approval for the 9/11 attacks.
Ramzi Yousef
Osama bin Laden
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
On September 11, 2001,Flight 77, containing 59 total passengers, was hijacked and flown into what Washington D.C. building?
White House
Capital
Lincoln Memorial
Pentagon
On September 11, 2001, Flight 93's passengers bravely fought back against the terrorists in an attempt to take back the plane before it crashed where?
Crash into the North Tower
Crash into the South Tower
Crashed into Pennsylvania Countryside
Crashed into the Pentagon
On September 11, 2001, how many planes crashed into buildings in New York City?
1
2
3
4
