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World History: India
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1. The main god in Hinduism - also referred to as The One - The Ultimate Reality - and The World Soul.
British East India Company
Sepoys
Stafford Cripps
Brahman
2. Ruling from 1658-1707 - Shah Jahan's son was the longest ruling Mughal and a strict Muslim. He appointed censors and disallowed immoral behavior and reimposed the jizya. After his death - the empire was fought over by potential successors.
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Aurangzeb
Awani League
Jizya
3. (d.1530) The first Mughal ruler - an invader from Central Asia - who used technology to defeat the larger armies of India.
Samskara
Babur
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mecca
4. The Muslim empire beginning in the 1500s that created essentially India as it is known today.
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Puranas
Mughal Empire
Five Pillars
5. The son of Babur who helped to create the Mughal Empire through conquest.
Indira Gandhi
Humayun
Ramadan
Aranyakas
6. A coalition of 80 merchants formed in 1600 who wanted to avoid violence and focus on wealth production.
Akbar
British East India Company
Warren Hastings
Government of India Act of 1919
7. The category of Hindu Scriptures that describes 'that which is heard.'
Shruti
Lord Mountbatten
August 15 - 1947
Bahadur Shah II
8. The act following the British takeover of India in 1857 that placed a British viceroy in charge with an Indian council of 8-12 members which held no power.
Government of India Act of 1858
Smriti
Puranas
Muslims
9. The Persian name for the river Sindhu - which later became the name for the people who lived near the river - then anyone not a Muslim - and today anyone believing in Hinduism.
Shi'a
Sepoys
Hindu
Lord Wellesley
10. A pamphlet written by Choudhary Rahmat Ali - an Indian Muslim in England - in 1932. It called for a Pakistan independent from India.
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11. The 'high point of cooperation between Congress and the Muslim League.' This agreement created separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims and guaranteed that where Muslims were a minority - they were to have a certain number of seats.
Lucknow Pact
Sikhs
Caliph
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
12. 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.
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Satyagraha
Safavid Dynasty
Akbar
13. The act following the British takeover of India in 1857 that placed a British viceroy in charge with an Indian council of 8-12 members which held no power.
Government of India Act of 1919
Government of India Act of 1858
Mosque
Sikhs
14. The leader of the Muslim League Who was educated in law in London. After trying to cooperate with the Congress Party - he pursued an independent Pakistan.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Ahimsa
Warren Hastings
Hindu
15. 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
Mauryas/Ashoka
Mughal Empire
Abraham
16. 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.
Akbar
Caste System
Dharma
Sufism
17. A Shi'a ritual of self flagellation and mourning to commemorate the death of Hussein at the hands of Sunnis.
Sufism
Lucknow Pact
Ashura
Sikhs
18. An Arab word meaning 'Submission to the will of God' which names the religion founded by Muhammed.
Islam
Direct Action Day
Brahman
Bhakti
19. A Shi'a ritual of self flagellation and mourning to commemorate the death of Hussein at the hands of Sunnis.
Ashura
Ottoman Empire
Mauryas/Ashoka
Government of India Act of 1935
20. The rulers of the largest Indian dynasty and their greatest ruler - who demonstrated tolerance for other religions and was influenced by Buddhism.
August 15 - 1947
Sati
Safavid Dynasty
Mauryas/Ashoka
21. The first British governor-general in India who increased British control over the region - yet did not want an English domination.
Khalsa
Five Pillars
Allan Hume
Warren Hastings
22. The son of Gandhi influenced by capitalism who became prime minister in 1985. He was killed by a Tamil terrorist.
Rajiv Gandhi
British East India Company
Ali
Safavid Dynasty
23. The Sunni empire to the west of Persia (Iran) which was centralized around Turkey.
Mecca
Ali
Ottoman Empire
Koran
24. A sacred text included in the Mahabharata - This is spoken by Krishna and describes the meaning of life and nature of the indestructible soul.
Satyagraha
Bhakti
Bhagavad Gita
Sunni
25. A young Englishman who defeated the French in battle over which country would hold greater economic control in India.
Rajiv Gandhi
Moksha
Bhakti
Robert Clive
26. A city 200 miles north of Mecca and site of Muhammed's Hjira.
Government of India Act of 1935
Lord Wellesley
Ali
Medina
27. A religion with many gods (polytheistic) which focuses primarily on the god Brahman. It has no one holy book - but many.
Upanishads
Hinduism
Bhaktism
Smriti
28. The idea taught in the Bhagavad Gita - meaning to work according to one's duty but without attachment to the result.
Karmayoga
Mughal Empire
Lucknow Pact
Sunni
29. The god of rain Who was of chief importance in Vedism.
Indra
Lord Wellesley
Babur
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
30. Texts describing the routines following a fire ritual.
Guru
Ahimsa
'Now or Never'
Brahmanas
31. The ancient sages who revealed the gods' revelations to humankind through the shruti.
Rishis
Allah
Swadeshi/Swaraj
Muslim League
32. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
Jizya
Bante Mataram
Government of India Act of 1935
Sharia
33. 'Self-reliance'/'Self-rule'
Swadeshi/Swaraj
Ramadan
Muslims
Smriti
34. A Hindu nationalist group in the 1920s that launched the shuddhi movement - an effort to reconvert Muslims back to Hindus.
Vedism
Jizya
Mahasabha
Stafford Cripps
35. The release from material existence and unity with Brahman that is the ultimate goal of a Hindu's life.
Ashura
Indra
Moksha
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
36. The Shi'a Imam (a leader of sorts) also known as the Hidden Imam who went into hiding in the 10th century. Some believe he will return at the end of time.
Mecca
Jawaharlal Nehru
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Twelfth Imam
37. 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.
Koran
Babur
Sunni
Puja
38. The separate country requested by Sikhs in the Punjab - because partition would lead to their political division.
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39. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Ali
Hindu
Aurangzeb
Bhaktism
40. A man who calls out the five Muslim prayers from minarets.
Muezzini
Muslim League
Puja
Caste System
41. The son of Gandhi influenced by capitalism who became prime minister in 1985. He was killed by a Tamil terrorist.
Rajiv Gandhi
Honour Killings
Moksha
Muezzini
42. The Sunni empire to the west of Persia (Iran) which was centralized around Turkey.
Ottoman Empire
Karma
Shruti
Swadeshi/Swaraj
43. The category of Hindu Scriptures that describes 'that which is heard.'
Shruti
Khalsa
Islam
Awani League
44. Laws from WWI which were extended beyond 1918 - these allowed people to be arrested and detained without charges or trials.
Moksha
Vedism
Rowlatt Bills
Sikhs
45. 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 -
Lord Wellesley
Ramayana
Ahimsa
Lord Mountbatten
46. The fifth British governor-general in India who conquered much coastal territory in the 1790s. He believed the British presence was a blessing to the locals.
'Now or Never'
Lord Wellesley
Islam
Medina
47. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Abraham
Dharma
Lord Mountbatten
Sharia
48. A BEIC trading center on the Ganges where angry sepoys rebelled against the British - killing all the men - and capturing women and children. When a British army came to rescue them - the women and children were also killed.
Awani League
Cawnpore
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Rowlatt Bills
49. The original followers of Muhammed - today anyone following the religion of Islam.
Lucknow Pact
Muslims
Hussein
Ahimsa
50. The king of Delhi and former Mughal emperor to whom many sepoys pledged allegiance during the rebellion in 1857.
Allan Hume
Bahadur Shah II
Hussein
Honour Killings