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Global:India Flashcards

1
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Vindhya Mts.

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boundary between Norhtern and Southern India

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Eastern & Western Ghats

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Mountains on either coast of India

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monsoon

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seasonal wind

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aryans

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nomadic conquering people

invaded india through kyber pass, took about 100 years

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Gupta Empire

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golden age

great expansion of empire

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sepoy rebellion

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sepoys learned that cartridges of their rifles were sealed with beef and work fat
refused to use cartridge because of religon

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satyagraha

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civil disobiedience refuse an unjust law nonviolently

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Homespun Movement

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india boycott of british made cloth

would weave their own

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amritsar massacre

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while a peaceful protest of Roulette act was taking place officals ordered open fire on them, killed 400 and injured 1200

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salt march

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gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to coast to make their own salt

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Indian national congress

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national political party

claimed to represent all of India, mostly hindu run

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Muslim league

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Mohammed Ali JInnah: leader
believed a mostly run hindu govn. bad
wanted partition of India

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Partition of India

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British parliament passed an act to partition India

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Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean effects

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trade

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HImalaya Mts. and Hindu Kush Mts.

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separates South Asia from rest of Asia

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Khyber Pass

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way to get through Hindu Kush Mts.

17
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Indo-Gangetic Plain

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fertile soil for farming

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Indus River

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provide transportation

fertile soil

19
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Ganges River

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fertile soil
bad flooding
sacred river to Hindu’s

20
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Thar Desert

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dry barren area covering a great portion of India

21
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Deccan Plateau

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many rivers great for farming

22
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What did Gandhi fight against

A

the independence movement

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