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World History: India
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1. Disciples of the Guru Nanak - often peaceful farmers - who did not believe in the Caste System and emphasized ethics.
Rajiv Gandhi
Direct Action Day
Sikhs
Ottoman Empire
2. The Sunni empire to the west of Persia (Iran) which was centralized around Turkey.
Jizya
Awani League
'Now or Never'
Ottoman Empire
3. Successors of Muhammed who are political and spiritual leaders in Islamic communities.
Shi'a
Caliph
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Honour Killings
4. A man who calls out the five Muslim prayers from minarets.
Muezzini
Twelfth Imam
Aranyakas
Nepal
5. The majority group of Muslims who believed that Muhammed's successor should be chosen by his followers and the general public.
Sepoys
Awani League
Sunni
Hindus
6. The 'Foundations' of Islam important to a Muslim's faith: Faith - Prayer Almsgiving (charity) - Fasting - and Pilgrimage (to Mecca).
Hussein
Ramayana
Rama/Vishnu
Five Pillars
7. A man who calls out the five Muslim prayers from minarets.
Ali
Caste System
Islam
Muezzini
8. The Shi'a government established by Azeri conquerors in Iran.
Hindu
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Five Pillars
Safavid Dynasty
9. The first prime minister of India. He declared India democratic and secular - with a constitution modeled after Britain's. He governed with socialist policies and maintained neutrality in the Cold War.
Mahasabha
Five Pillars
Bante Mataram
Jawaharlal Nehru
10. The rulers of the largest Indian dynasty and their greatest ruler - who demonstrated tolerance for other religions and was influenced by Buddhism.
Shruti
Indira Gandhi
Mauryas/Ashoka
Aurangzeb
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.
Caste System
Four Vedas
Aurangzeb
Lucknow Pact
12. 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 -
Sharia
Humayun
Nepal
Lord Mountbatten
13. The lowest level within the Caste System - these people are the poorest and least educated in India.
Hussein
Swadeshi/Swaraj
alit/Untouchable
Government of India Act of 1858
14. A political party in East Pakistan that argued in favor of splitting Pakistan into two autonomous states - east and west. After they won the 1970 elections - violence erupted; they and India supported Bengali rebels against Pakistan which led to war.
Ottoman Empire
Awani League
Khadija
Sati
15. The release from material existence and unity with Brahman that is the ultimate goal of a Hindu's life.
Bahadur Shah II
Moksha
Brahman
Smriti
16. A sacred text included in the Mahabharata - This is spoken by Krishna and describes the meaning of life and nature of the indestructible soul.
Bhagavad Gita
Sulahkul
Aurangzeb
Guru
17. The act that made India a federation of 11 British states and several hundred Indian ones. A specific number of government positions were reserved for both Hindus and Muslims at any time.
Government of India Act of 1935
Rajiv Gandhi
Mughal Empire
Indra
18. Muslim mystics who - influenced by Bhaktis - believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return.
Fundamentalism
Shivaji
Sunni
Sufism
19. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
Indra
Bante Mataram
Hinduism
Karma
20. A coalition of 80 merchants formed in 1600 who wanted to avoid violence and focus on wealth production.
August 15 - 1947
Mahabharata
British East India Company
Shi'a
21. The religion of early Indo-European settlers in the Punjab. Also known as Brahmanism - it would come to evolve into modern Hinduism.
Bhaktism
Lord Wellesley
Smriti
Vedism
22. An Arab word meaning 'Submission to the will of God' which names the religion founded by Muhammed.
Islam
Ottoman Empire
Shruti
Stafford Cripps
23. A young Englishman who defeated the French in battle over which country would hold greater economic control in India.
Hindus
'Now or Never'
Robert Clive
Sufism
24. 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)
Five Pillars
Mahabharata
Stafford Cripps
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
25. Laws from WWI which were extended beyond 1918 - these allowed people to be arrested and detained without charges or trials.
Rowlatt Bills
Samskara
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
Vedism
26. A Scotsman who helped form the Indian National Congress in 1885 with a number of professional Indians who were educated in English.
Humayun
Hindus
Allan Hume
Moksha
27. A popular form of scripture in the form of devotional songs - these are of the love between personal gods and a person. These are commonly recited in temples.
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Bhakti
Koran
Cawnpore
28. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Bhaktism
Bante Mataram
Puranas
Awani League
29. 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.
Government of India Act of 1919
Akbar
Dharma
Lord Mountbatten
30. A prophet in a long line of Islamic prophets who holds a somewhat divine status. He was an Arab merchant who declared himself the Prophet of Allah and urged his people to join him in recognition of this God in the sixth century BCE.
Khalsa
Muezzini
Mahabharata
Mohammed
31. 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.
Abraham
Sunni
Khalsa
Upanishads
32. The Muslim equivalent of a temple or church where they go to pray. No idols or imagery are allowed in the Mosque.
Government of India Act of 1935
Mosque
'Now or Never'
Fundamentalism
33. 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.
Lucknow Pact
Sati
Mecca
Bhagavad Gita
34. The most recent Shruti texts - these detail teachings of gurus in the form of dialogue with students.
Lord Mountbatten
Fundamentalism
'Now or Never'
Upanishads
35. The 622 'departure' of Muhammed and his followers to the city of Medina in order to escape persecution within their tribe.
Four Vedas
Hjira
Shi'a
Hindus
36. 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.
Muezzini
Upanishads
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
37. 'Tradition' or 'that which is to be remembered -' including the Puranas - Mahabharata and Ramayana.
'Now or Never'
Moksha
Awani League
Smriti
38. The son of Babur who helped to create the Mughal Empire through conquest.
Khalsa
Kaaba
Humayun
Rajiv Gandhi
39. The date of Pakistani/Indian independence from Britain. Pakistan and India became different countries within the Commonwealth.
August 15 - 1947
Ramayana
Mughal Empire
Government of India Act of 1858
40. The god of rain Who was of chief importance in Vedism.
Aranyakas
Sikhs
Rowlatt Bills
Indra
41. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Sharia
Ramayana
Medina
Honour Killings
42. Texts describing the routines following a fire ritual.
Bhaktism
Moksha
August 15 - 1947
Brahmanas
43. 'Tradition' or 'that which is to be remembered -' including the Puranas - Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Smriti
Ashura
Akbar
Fundamentalism
44. 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.
Kaaba
Koran
Rishis
Jihad
45. The date of Pakistani/Indian independence from Britain. Pakistan and India became different countries within the Commonwealth.
Ali
August 15 - 1947
Lucknow Pact
Mohammed
46. A city 200 miles north of Mecca and site of Muhammed's Hjira.
Caliph
alit/Untouchable
Babur
Medina
47. An organization of independent nations that were formerly British colonies.
British Commonwealth
Stafford Cripps
Guru
Smriti
48. An old spiritual leader who - in Hinduism - taught others his wisdom and insights.
Guru
Puranas
Twelver
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
49. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
August 15 - 1947
Khalsa
Bante Mataram
Brahmanas
50. The 'Foundations' of Islam important to a Muslim's faith: Faith - Prayer Almsgiving (charity) - Fasting - and Pilgrimage (to Mecca).
Indira Gandhi
Five Pillars
Shruti
Ahimsa