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World History: India
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1. The holy of book of Islam equivalent to the Bible or Torah. It was written after the prophet Muhammed's death to preserve his teachings.
Sunni
Kaaba
Allah
Koran
2. The lowest level within the Caste System - these people are the poorest and least educated in India.
alit/Untouchable
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Samskara
3. The release from material existence and unity with Brahman that is the ultimate goal of a Hindu's life.
Moksha
Brahmanas
Sulahkul
Lord Wellesley
4. The Hindu system of societal classes determined by fate. From birth until death - people are stuck in a single social an economic class.
Upanishads
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Sharia
Caste System
5. The British general and the location of the massacre he ordered of Indian protesters on April 13 - 1919.
Mahabharata
Cawnpore
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Brahmanas
6. The grandson of Babur Who is thought of as the Mughal Empire's greatest ruler. The British East India Company was founded at least partially in 1600 to capitalize on the empire's economic success.
Sikhs
Upanishads
Ahimsa
Akbar
7. The act that extended the voting population of India to 10% of adult males and formalized separate electorates for different racial and social groups.
Khadija
Government of India Act of 1919
Government of India Act of 1858
Mahabharata
8. The killings by which a family can seek revenge for inter-caste relationships and marriages - still common today.
Honour Killings
Hinduism
Ahimsa
Mahabharata
9. The concept of non-violence and the love within one void of violence.
Hinduism
'Now or Never'
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Ahimsa
10. The idea of universal tolerance put in place by Akbar which possibly endeared him to non-Muslims but led to him being called a heretic by Muslims.
Robert Clive
Aurangzeb
Abraham
Sulahkul
11. The idea of universal tolerance put in place by Akbar which possibly endeared him to non-Muslims but led to him being called a heretic by Muslims.
Shah Jahan
Ottoman Empire
Sulahkul
Bahadur Shah II
12. The son-in-law (married to Fatimah) of Muhammed that Shi'a Muslims favored to be his successor.
Ali
Sati
Bante Mataram
Allan Hume
13. The Shi'a government established by Azeri conquerors in Iran.
Safavid Dynasty
Mauryas/Ashoka
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Shivaji
14. The oldest and primary Hindu scriptures - these include hymns and chants - a guide to rituals - a source of information on magic - and musical notes.
Lucknow Pact
Four Vedas
Honour Killings
Sulahkul
15. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
August 15 - 1947
Bante Mataram
'Now or Never'
Mecca
16. The separate country requested by Sikhs in the Punjab - because partition would lead to their political division.
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17. A Shi'a ritual of self flagellation and mourning to commemorate the death of Hussein at the hands of Sunnis.
Akbar
Aranyakas
Government of India Act of 1935
Ashura
18. The first British governor-general in India who increased British control over the region - yet did not want an English domination.
Muslim League
Nepal
Shi'a
Warren Hastings
19. Laws from WWI which were extended beyond 1918 - these allowed people to be arrested and detained without charges or trials.
Ashura
Rowlatt Bills
Satyagraha
Sulahkul
20. 'Something very old -' these are smriti writings that tell the stories of Hindu gods and heroes. These are considered Vedas for the common people because they are easier to understand.
Hindu
Awani League
Hussein
Puranas
21. (d.1530) The first Mughal ruler - an invader from Central Asia - who used technology to defeat the larger armies of India.
Mahabharata
Akbar
Babur
Puranas
22. A governor general appointed by Britain in March 1947 who tried to avoid civil war in India by setting August 15 as the day of independence. After the secret borders were unveiled - massive exoduses of people to their 'respective' nations occurred -
Stafford Cripps
Lord Mountbatten
Safavid Dynasty
Sufism
23. The original followers of Muhammed - today anyone following the religion of Islam.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Allah
Muslims
Mosque
24. The Muslim empire beginning in the 1500s that created essentially India as it is known today.
Indra
Direct Action Day
Government of India Act of 1935
Mughal Empire
25. Akbar's grandson under whom the Mughal Empire reached the peak of its success. He rebuilt Delhi with walls and waterways and built the Taj Mahal.
Rama/Vishnu
Humayun
Rowlatt Bills
Shah Jahan
26. The political organization of Muslims in India formed in 1906 to protect their rights.
Jihad
Sharia
Kaaba
Muslim League
27. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Calcutta
Ottoman Empire
Sharia
Cawnpore
28. The holy city of Islam and destination of a Muslim's Haj - or pilgrimage.
Hinduism
Mecca
Koran
Shruti
29. The attempt by Britain to mediate negotiations between major groups-the Muslim League - Congress Party - Unionists - and Sikhs-to form an independent India.
Cabinet Mission of March 1946
Bante Mataram
Lord Wellesley
Smriti
30. An old spiritual leader who - in Hinduism - taught others his wisdom and insights.
Twelver
Rama/Vishnu
Government of India Act of 1935
Guru
31. An organization of independent nations that were formerly British colonies.
alit/Untouchable
British Commonwealth
Guru
Sharia
32. The 'greatest leader' of the Marathas Who was somewhat like Robin Hood in his rebellion against Aurangzeb's government.
Shivaji
Guru
Safavid Dynasty
Direct Action Day
33. The native soldiers who comprised most of India's army who were responsible for much of the 1857 unrest.
Mauryas/Ashoka
Sepoys
Mohammed
Satyagraha
34. 'Self-reliance'/'Self-rule'
Swadeshi/Swaraj
Direct Action Day
Caste System
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
35. Akbar's grandson under whom the Mughal Empire reached the peak of its success. He rebuilt Delhi with walls and waterways and built the Taj Mahal.
Shah Jahan
Caliph
Ashura
Dharma
36. The separate country requested by Sikhs in the Punjab - because partition would lead to their political division.
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37. A man sent by the British government in 1942 to gather support for the British war effort who proposed independence and a constitutional convention in return for help. (the plan fell apart)
Stafford Cripps
Sharia
Honour Killings
Medina
38. 'The Indian Shakespeare -' Who was known for his Sanskrit plays.
Warren Hastings
Bhakti
Kalidasa
Twelver
39. The man to whom Jews - Christians and Muslims all trace their lineage. (Jews to his son Isaac - Muslims to his son Ishmael) He is key in the Old Testament and Koran.
Shruti
Abraham
Rajiv Gandhi
Mecca
40. The 622 'departure' of Muhammed and his followers to the city of Medina in order to escape persecution within their tribe.
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Hjira
Mecca
Muezzini
41. 'The adventures of Rama' (a carnation of Vishnu) is an epic poem describing loyalty and faithfulness.
Ramayana
'Now or Never'
Koran
Hjira
42. 'Forest books' that detail the meaning of fire rituals.
Rama/Vishnu
Ottoman Empire
Aranyakas
Mohammed
43. 1. To establish a free and united India - hopefully within the Commonwealth. 2. To create an interim government to assist the Viceroy until independence.
'Now or Never'
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Sunni
alit/Untouchable
44. The Hindu custom in which a widowed woman would be burned on the funeral pyre of her dead husband. It was outlawed by the British in 1829.
Muezzini
Bante Mataram
Rowlatt Bills
Sati
45. The son of Gandhi influenced by capitalism who became prime minister in 1985. He was killed by a Tamil terrorist.
Muezzini
'Now or Never'
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Rajiv Gandhi
46. The daily worship of a Hindu.
Sulahkul
Four Vedas
Puja
Ashura
47. The 'greatest leader' of the Marathas Who was somewhat like Robin Hood in his rebellion against Aurangzeb's government.
Satyagraha
Samskara
August 15 - 1947
Shivaji
48. Muslim mystics who - influenced by Bhaktis - believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return.
Sufism
Lord Mountbatten
Kalidasa
Kalidasa
49. The king of Delhi and former Mughal emperor to whom many sepoys pledged allegiance during the rebellion in 1857.
Bahadur Shah II
Koran
Puja
Allah
50. The attempt by Britain to mediate negotiations between major groups-the Muslim League - Congress Party - Unionists - and Sikhs-to form an independent India.
Bante Mataram
Cabinet Mission of March 1946
Aurangzeb
Jawaharlal Nehru
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