Semester One Final (Social Science) Flashcards
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation declared what?
The British would not interfere with Indian religious beliefs
In the 1990s, India’s economy became what?
More liberalized
What term refers to goods produced in India?
Swadeshi
Which geographic area is a fertile agrarian land between two river systems?
The Indo-Gangetic Plain
The first India-Pakistan war was fought over which territory?
Kashmir
Britain granted India independence immediately after which event?
World War II
Elite warriors in Vijayanagara were called what?
Nayakas
Which building was a mosque built on a site sacred to Hindus?
The Babri Masjid
A zamindar was a what?
Indian landowner
Why do many Indian nationalists admire the Mughal emperor Akbar?
Akbar successfully united almost all of India
Both the 1947 Partition and the 1984 assassination of Indira Gandhi resulted in what?
Violence between religious groups
Who led the Total Revolution campaign?
Jayaprakash Narayan
What do Mohandas Gandhi and Anna Hazare have in common?
They both led civil disobedience movements
Guru Nanak founded what?
Sikhism
In Operation Blue Star, the Indian army attacked a site sacred to which group?
Sikhs
Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan developed which movement?
Aligarh movement
How does India’s Constitution treat oppressed castes and tribal groups?
The Constitution creates some provisions for the equality of oppressed groups
Under Jawaharlal Nehru, India had a mixed economy that consisted of what?
Socialist and free market elements
During WWII, large numbers of Indians continued to do what?
Advocate for self rule
Under the theory of paramountcy, the ultimate ruler in India was who?
the East India Company
What was the most significant consequence of the 1857 Indian Rebellion?
The rule of India passed from the East India Company to the British crown
What was the initial motivation of the East India Company?
To seek trade and profit
How did Indira Gandhi respond to the invalidation of her 1971 election in 1975?
She suspended due process and free speech
The ideology of Anglicism does what?
Rejects all aspects of Indian culture in favor of British culture
How did the 1905 Partition of Bengal most differ from the 1947 Partition?
The Indian people successfully resisted the 1905 Partition through a protest
Which political party did Jawaharlal Nehru lead?
the Indian National Congress
The term talak means what?
Divorce
What happened after Jawaharlal Nehru offered refuge to the Dalai Lama in 1959?
Tensions between India and China increased
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel dealt with the challenge of what?
Integrating the princely states into independent India
The Bharatiya Janata Party most strongly advocates for what?
Hindu nationalism
The right to the diwani refers to the right to do what?
Collect revenue
Which country became independent during Indira Gandhi’s administration?
Bangladesh
Which term describes an arrangement in which a territory paid a fee to the East India Company in exchange for the protection of the Company’s troops?
Subsidiary alliance
Which commodity was most important for trade in Gujarat, the Coromandel Coast, and Bengal when the East India Company first came to India?
Textiles
Bhim Rao Ambedkar most advocated for the rights of which group?
Dalits
Under the doctrine of lapse, the East India Company could claim a territory if the ruler failed to what?
Produce a male heir
What is the most likely reason that an India Muslim in the year 1900 would want separate electorates for Muslims?
Hindus outnumbered Muslims, so Muslims needed their own elections
How did both Vijayanagara and the Mughal Empire succeed at expanding their territories?
They incorporated conquered lands into their culture and political institutions
Which organization served to bring together Hindu and Christian thinkers?
the Brahmo Samaj
Who financed the East India Company?
Indian merchants
What was the most significant consequence of the Battle of Plassey?
The East India Company became a territorial ruler for the first time
Which term means “expel poverty”
Garibi Hatao
The Firangi Mahal and the Aligarh movement both sought to do what?
Adapt Islamic learning to a changing world
Varna and jati are components of what?
India’s caste system
Nomadic groups living in India’s forests are called what?
Adibasis
Who most strongly advocated for ahimsa and satyagraha?
Mohandas Gandhi
Indian nationalists would most likely admire the 1857 Indian Rebellion for what reason?
Diverse Indian groups worked together to resist colonial rule
The diarchy divided power between which two groups?
Indians and the colonial state
Dadabhai Naoroji advanced which theory?
The drain of wealth theory
About what percentage of Indians are Hindu today?
80%
