Unit 7 Test Flashcards
The world’s largest dam is the ________ Dam on the Yangtze River.
Three Gorges
India’s most beloved celebration is ________, the Festival of Lights.
Diwali
The world’s longest canal is the ________ Canal in China.
Grand
China is divided geographically into Outer China and ________ China.
Inner
The Tibetan Plateau is in ________.
China
________ leader Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Communist
This city is Pakistan’s capital since the 1960s.
Islamabad
Turkey’s ancient name was ________.
Anatolia
The “Three Perfections” are _______, painting, and poetry.
calligraphy
________ united Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India to form the Mughal Empire.
Babur
The Indo-Gangetic Plain is between two rivers in ________.
India
Characteristics of Chinese culture were soundly established during the ________ Dynasty.
Han
The law code based on Islamic teachings is ________ law.
shari’a
Mongol leader Kublai Khan defeated the ________ Dynasty in the 1270s.
Song
________ is the largest religion in India.
Hinduism
This city was captured by Mehmed II in 1453.
Constantinople
For helping establish the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal earned the title of ________.
Atatürk
_________ leader Chiang Kai-shek led his followers to Taiwan after defeat against the communist Chinese.
Nationalist
The Bay of ________ is the world’s largest bay.
Bengal
Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s efforts to create an independent Muslim state earned him the title Father of ________.
Pakistan
The capital of India is ________.
New Delhi
________ does not teach the existence of gods, but of a balancing and unifying force.
Taoism
Peaceful methods of resistance called ________ were taught by Mahatma Gandhi.
satyagraha
The ________ are a large ethnic group living in eastern Turkey, western Iran, and northern Iraq.
Kurds
