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6 Flashcards

1
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In what year did the Indian Mutiny break out?

A

1857

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2
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What was the trigger cause of the Indian Mutiny?

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Cartridge row

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3
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What was a long term cause of the Mutiny?

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Economic/westernisation

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4
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What was the name given to Indian soldiers in the EICs army?

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Sepoys

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5
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Where did the Mutiny break out?

A

Meerut

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6
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What northern cities were seized by rebels?

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Agra, Lucknow, Cawnpore

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7
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When did Britain reassert control?

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June 1858

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8
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What name was given to India by the British after the Mutiny?

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Raj

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9
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What benefits of British rule were there in India?

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Railways, markets for products, irrigation, cheap British goods, schools and universities, jobs

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10
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What negatives were there of British rule in India?

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Railways for troops, most villages lacked roads, specialisation of Indian products led to to India becoming dependent on imports, only 6% land irrigated, India’s economy undercut, only privilege benefitted from education, jobs for a minority, poverty continued, famines

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11
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Who was the Viceroy of India in 1859?

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Canning

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12
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What reforms were made to win Indians over?

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Land and titles returned to native Indians, star of India medals introduced, more educational establishments opened

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13
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Which cities were universities established in?

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Calcutta, Bombay, Madras

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14
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What were the names of the elite schools in India?

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Rajkumar College, Mayo College and Bombay’s Cathedral School

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15
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What were elite schools set up for?

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Produce Westernised Oriental Gentleman

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16
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How many Indians entered university between 1857 and 1887?

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60,000

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17
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How many Indians studied law at university?

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2,000

18
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Who was the social reformer who visited India four times between 1856 and 1875?

A

Mary Carpenter

19
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What did Mary Carpenter establish?

A

British teachers, schools for girls in Bombay and Ahmedabad, a college to train female Indian teachers

20
Q

What did tea plantations increase from in 1851 to 1871?

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1 to 295

21
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What was the name of the two republics in the hands of the Boers?

A

Transvaal and Orange Free State

22
Q

Where were the diamonds discovered when in 1867?

A

Kimberley

23
Q

Where did Britain annex in 1868?

A

Basutoland

24
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Where did Britain annex in 1871?

A

West Griqualand

25
Q

Where did 2,000 Griquas establish in 1873?

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East Griqualando

26
Q

What did Britain propose to the Boers in 1875 which was rejected?

A

A federation of British and Boers terrritories

27
Q

What war broke out between 1877-78?

A

Xhosa War

28
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Which tribe did the Boers fight at this time?

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Pedi Tribe

29
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Who did the British say they were protecting the Boers from when they seized the Transvaal?

A

Zulus

30
Q

Where did Britain invade in Jan 1879?

A

Zululand

31
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Where did the British defeat the Zulus in 1879??

A

Ulundi

32
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Where did the Boers defeat the British in 1881?

A

Majuba Hill

33
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What was the peace treaty called?

A

Convention of Pretoria

34
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What did the Convention of Pretoria state?

A

Boer self-government in the Transvaal but British control over external affairs

35
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What did Britain fear with Germany?

A

Boer-German alliance

36
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What did Britain do as a result in 1885?

A

Annexed a section of territory between German South-West Africa and the Transvaal called Bechuanaland

37
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Where was gold discovered in 1886?

A

Witwatersrand

38
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What were the non-Boer Europeans known as?

A

Outlanders

39
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What famous traveller received charter in 1886?

A

Cecil Rhodes

40
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What was Rhode’s ultimate aim for the British Empire?

A

Continuous British land route from Cape Town to Egypt

41
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Where did Rhode’s company establish a fort in 1890?

A

Salisbury in Mashonaland

42
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What examples were there of Bantu mistreatment?

A

Land was eroded by white settlers, profits from gold and diamond did not go to them, laws passed which limited rights of Black Africans to mines or trade, relegated to performing manual labour

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