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Question 1

Who was Vasco da Gama?

Answer 1

Portuguese captain who reached India in 1498

Question 2

Who were the first Europeans to gain a foothold in India? Who followed soon after?

Answer 2

Portugal

Dutch, French, and British

Question 3

Who set up the East India Company?

Answer 3

England

Question 4

What was the Mughal Empire?

Answer 4

In the early 1700s they started to rule India

Question 5

Who was Robert Clive? Who did he lead against the French?

Answer 5

Administrator of the East India Company

British

Question 6

To protect its interests, the East India Company set up two things. Name them.

Answer 6

A law code and a court system

Question 7

Hindus were outraged when the British outlawed ritual _______. What kind of people were doing?

Answer 7

Suicide by widows

Question 8

What was the sepoy Rebellion?

Answer 8

The sepoys heard rumors that the carriages for their new rifles were greased with beef or pork fat. Since Muslims can’t touch pork and Hindus think caws are sacred, they turned on the British

Question 9

In 1858, the British government took over ______ as a colony/

Answer 9

India

Question 10

In 1876, Queen Victoria of Britain took the title ______ ___ _______.

Answer 10

Express of India

Question 11

What was stronger than the British-educated elite?

Answer 11

Indian nationalism

Question 12

What does INC stand for and what did they want?

Answer 12

Indian National Congress

They wanted the British to open more government jobs to Indians

Question 13

What happened at the Amritsar Massacre?

Answer 13

10,000 Indians were gathered in a public area, and General al Dyer told his troops to fire. 379 Indians died and more than 1,100 were wounded

Question 14

Why did Gandhi move to South Africa?

Answer 14

To practice law

Question 15

What does satyagraha mean?

Answer 15

Truth force

Question 16

Gandhi/s followers called him _______ or _______ _______.

Answer 16

Mahatma or Great Soul

Question 17

Gandhi called the untouchables Harijan or __________ ___ ______.

Answer 17

Children of God

Question 18

What happened at the Salt March?

Answer 18

50,000 people marched 200-miles to the ocean

Since it was illegal for Indians to make salt, they decide to protest. When they got to the ocean they made salt. The nonviolent protest was responded with force and this made the British people in Britain wonder if their government should hold on to India.

Question 19

What was the Quit India movement?

Answer 19

People followed a policy of non-cooperation with the British.

Question 20

When did the British pass the Indian Independence Act?

Answer 20

1947

Question 21

In the January of 1948, what happened to Gandhi? Why did they do it?

Answer 21

Man who thought he had betrayed his people, shot him

Question 22

The upper hous is called the Rajya Sabha, or __________ ________ _______.

Answer 22

Council of State

Question 23

The lower house is called the Lok Sabha or _______ ___ ______ _________

Answer 23

House of the people