International Studies P1, P5, P6 Final Exam

1. India has a film industry that is larger than the one in the United States. What is India's film industry best known as? (Standard 3--International Economies)

Lagaan

Bollywood

Indiwood

Khanwood

2. What is the holy river in India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Lohit River

Ganges River

Ghataprabha River

Girija River

3. Sassur was cremated. What does that mean? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Tied thumbs

Ceremonial burning of a body

He was fired because of computers

An educated man

4. What is Holi? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Ceremony of prayer

Cremation of a dead body

Celebration of spring with paint thrown

A religious place

5. Where are kolams created? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

On the walls

On canvas

Outside the home, in the doorway, on the earth/cement

In Bollywood

6. What is the shape of a cricket field? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Rectangle

Square

Oval

Circle

7. Koly had an arranged marriage. What does that mean?

She hated Hari

Her parents and Hari's parents decided they would marry

Their wedding was organized with garlands

There were garlands and puja ceremonies at the wedding

8. What color is auspicious in India? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Blue

White

Orange

Red

9. What is a tikka mark? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

A bindhi

Red mark on the forehead between the eyes

A tatoo

Henna or mehendi

10. What caused Hari's death? (Homeless Bird)

Broken heart

Disease

Tuberculosis

Infected water

11. What is a garland ? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

A type of cloth

A Bollywood movie

A rope made of flowers

A type of bean

12. What does Sass and Koly have in common? (Homeless Bird)

They both like muslin sarees

They can both read

They both enjoy each other's company

They are both widows

13. What does a saree look like?

A cricket field

A marble building that is a tomb

A temple or shrine with wheels

6 meters of embroidered cloth (could be muslin)

14. What is the rainy season in south Asia called? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Bandicoot

Lentil

Monsoon

Muslin

15. What is a kolam made out of? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Lentil flour

Rice paste

Rice flour

Wheat flour

16. Chandra's wedding was exactly like Koly's wedding in every way. (Homeless Bird)

True

False

17. Who is the author of the Homeless Bird? (Homeless Bird)

Pearl S. Buck

Gloria Whelan

Nicky Minaj

Jane Bingham

18. India is part of what continent? ((Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Asia

Europe

Oceania

China

19. What 4 things did the British bring to India when they colonized ? (Standard 3--International Economies)

Disease, tea, rice and cricket

Cricket, railways, tea, English

Trains, tea, television and movies

English, rice, caste system and arranged marriage

20. How many states in India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

India does not have states

38

28

18

21. What island is to the south east of India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Australia

Japan

Hawaii

Sri Lanka

22. India is the largest democracy in the world. (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

True

False

23. Two sacred animals in India are what? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Tigers and rats

Lions and tigers

Peacocks and cows

Cows and elephants

24. Who is Maa Kamala? (Homeless Bird)

Sass

She runs the widow's house

Mrs. Mehta's sister

Koly's mom

25. What country was once part of India but separated due to religious differences? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Pakistan

Bhutan

China

Myanmar

26. Koly's family expected her to go to school and learn to read.

True

False

27. What is India's main export? (Standard 3--International Economies)

Cars

Oil

Bindhis

Rice

28. Who is Raji? (Homeless Bird)

Chandra's brother

Rickshaw boy

Koly's husband

Koly's brother

29. What is Vrindavan? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Holy river in India

A type of small stitching

A type of spice

Holy city where widows are sent or abandoned

30. Who is Maa Kamala?

Koly's mother in law

Sass

She runs the widow house

Hari's sister

31. In the game of cricket what sits on top of the wickets? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Bails

Tikkas

Bindhis

Nothing

32. Who is Rabindranath Tagore? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

President of India

Best Cricket player in India

Poet laureate, author and artist of India

Author of The Homeless Bird

33. What was Sass's reason for taking Koli to Vrindavan? (Homeless Bird)

To show her the sites on a vacation

To bury Hari

To abandon her there

To pray for her

34. What was preventing Koly from getting her widow's pension? (Homeless Bird)

Mrs. Mehta

She didn't have an address

Her earrings

She didn't have a ride

35. What country was once part of India but separated due to religious differences? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Pakistan

Bhutan

China

Myanmar

36. What is dowry? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Indian wedding

A type of bean

Property that a bride gives to her new husband

A wedding dress

37. What was Koly's wedding gift to Chandra? (Homeless Bird)

Embroidered quilt

Earrings

Saree

Rickshaw

38. What is lagaan? (Standard 3--International Economies)

Rice tax

Wheat tax

Rice paste

Rice flower

39. What are the two most widely spoken languages in India? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Hindi and English

Hindu and English

American and Hindi

British and Hindi

40. What are the tabla and sitar? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

Spices

Instruments

Dialects

States in India

41. What six countries border India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

China, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Bangladesh

Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Japan, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nepal

Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Tajikstan, Bhutan and Myanmar

42. What was Koly forced to donate for Chandra's wedding? (Homeless Bird)

Her wedding saree

Her dowry

Her Tagore book

Her earrings

43. What is the Taj Mahal? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Mausoleum

A place of prayer

A temple

A shrine

44. India is surrounded by what bodies of water? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean

Arabian Sea

45. How many players on a cricket field per team at a time? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

11--10 batsman and 1 wicket keeper

11--5 batsman, 5 bowlers and 1 wicket keeper

11--5 wicket keepers, 5 bowlers and 1 batsman

11--4 fielders, 4 batsman, 2 bowlers and 1 wicket keeper

International Studies P1, P5, P6 Final Exam

1. India has a film industry that is larger than the one in the United States. What is India's film industry best known as? (Standard 3--International Economies)

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What is the holy river in India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

3. Sassur was cremated. What does that mean? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

4. What is Holi? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

5. Where are kolams created? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

6. What is the shape of a cricket field? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

7. Koly had an arranged marriage. What does that mean?

8. What color is auspicious in India? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

9. What is a tikka mark? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

10. What caused Hari's death? (Homeless Bird)

11. What is a garland ? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

12. What does Sass and Koly have in common? (Homeless Bird)

13. What does a saree look like?

14. What is the rainy season in south Asia called? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

15. What is a kolam made out of? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

16. Chandra's wedding was exactly like Koly's wedding in every way. (Homeless Bird)

17. Who is the author of the Homeless Bird? (Homeless Bird)

18. India is part of what continent? ((Standard 2--Global Geographies)

19. What 4 things did the British bring to India when they colonized ? (Standard 3--International Economies)

20. How many states in India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

21. What island is to the south east of India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

22. India is the largest democracy in the world. (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

23. Two sacred animals in India are what? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

24. Who is Maa Kamala? (Homeless Bird)

25. What country was once part of India but separated due to religious differences? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

26. Koly's family expected her to go to school and learn to read.

27. What is India's main export? (Standard 3--International Economies)

28. Who is Raji? (Homeless Bird)

29. What is Vrindavan? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

30. Who is Maa Kamala?

31. In the game of cricket what sits on top of the wickets? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

32. Who is Rabindranath Tagore? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

33. What was Sass's reason for taking Koli to Vrindavan? (Homeless Bird)

34. What was preventing Koly from getting her widow's pension? (Homeless Bird)

35. What country was once part of India but separated due to religious differences? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

36. What is dowry? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

37. What was Koly's wedding gift to Chandra? (Homeless Bird)

38. What is lagaan? (Standard 3--International Economies)

39. What are the two most widely spoken languages in India? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

40. What are the tabla and sitar? (Standard 1 --World Culture)

41. What six countries border India? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

42. What was Koly forced to donate for Chandra's wedding? (Homeless Bird)

43. What is the Taj Mahal? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

44. India is surrounded by what bodies of water? (Standard 2--Global Geographies)

45. How many players on a cricket field per team at a time? (Standard 1 --World Culture)