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World History: India
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1. The daily worship of a Hindu.
Atman
Puja
Mahabharata
Caste System
2. The killings by which a family can seek revenge for inter-caste relationships and marriages - still common today.
Rowlatt Bills
Lucknow Pact
Honour Killings
Jizya
3. A city 200 miles north of Mecca and site of Muhammed's Hjira.
Hussein
Medina
Smriti
Government of India Act of 1919
4. The majority group of Muslims who believed that Muhammed's successor should be chosen by his followers and the general public.
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Sunni
Caliph
Government of India Act of 1935
5. 'Tradition' or 'that which is to be remembered -' including the Puranas - Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Smriti
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Kaaba
Brahmanas
6. A settlement allowed the British by the Mughal Empire in 1696 originally known as Fort William.
Caliph
Bante Mataram
Mosque
Calcutta
7. The Muslim empire beginning in the 1500s that created essentially India as it is known today.
Bahadur Shah II
Ashura
Jizya
Mughal Empire
8. The Arabic word for 'God' and in Islam - the One Almighty God - who spoke to Muhammed.
Dharma
Allah
Dharma
Bante Mataram
9. The belief that any actions in the mortal life affect the next - be they good or bad. This is especially evident in the belief of reincarnation.
Brahman
Karma
Ramayana
Mecca
10. The category of Hindu Scriptures that describes 'that which is heard.'
Shruti
Ramayana
Upanishads
Lord Wellesley
11. The son-in-law (married to Fatimah) of Muhammed that Shi'a Muslims favored to be his successor.
Indira Gandhi
Muslim League
Ali
Hussein
12. 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.
Muezzini
Cawnpore
Hindus
Government of India Act of 1858
13. 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.
Mosque
Rowlatt Bills
Akbar
Robert Clive
14. (d.1530) The first Mughal ruler - an invader from Central Asia - who used technology to defeat the larger armies of India.
Dharma
Hindus
Robert Clive
Babur
15. 'The adventures of Rama' (a carnation of Vishnu) is an epic poem describing loyalty and faithfulness.
Ramayana
Sati
Sunni
Awani League
16. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Indra
Nepal
Sharia
Satyagraha
17. The ancient sages who revealed the gods' revelations to humankind through the shruti.
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Direct Action Day
Rishis
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
18. 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.
Islam
Hinduism
Hindu
Sunni
19. The ideal (especially in religion) that a group should revert to traditional values and customs and follow a rigid or literal understanding of texts like the Bible or Koran.
Fundamentalism
Khadija
British East India Company
Government of India Act of 1935
20. The idea taught in the Bhagavad Gita - meaning to work according to one's duty but without attachment to the result.
Karmayoga
Cawnpore
Babur
Hussein
21. 1. To establish a free and united India - hopefully within the Commonwealth. 2. To create an interim government to assist the Viceroy until independence.
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Babur
Vedism
Muezzini
22. The 622 'departure' of Muhammed and his followers to the city of Medina in order to escape persecution within their tribe.
Shivaji
Hjira
Guru
Ali
23. The rulers of the largest Indian dynasty and their greatest ruler - who demonstrated tolerance for other religions and was influenced by Buddhism.
Rowlatt Bills
alit/Untouchable
Mauryas/Ashoka
Karmayoga
24. Two ancient Indian cities from 4000 years ago which were planned around a grid. Residents were very technologically advanced.
Direct Action Day
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Khadija
Puja
25. The 'greatest leader' of the Marathas Who was somewhat like Robin Hood in his rebellion against Aurangzeb's government.
Rajiv Gandhi
Shivaji
Rowlatt Bills
Cabinet Mission of March 1946
26. The daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru who became prime minister in 1965. After the Green Revolution and nationalization of industry and business - she declared a state of emergency to imprison political opponents. She was killed by her own bodyguards.
Bhagavad Gita
Jihad
Indira Gandhi
Bahadur Shah II
27. The British general and the location of the massacre he ordered of Indian protesters on April 13 - 1919.
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Sunni
Fundamentalism
Ramadan
28. The holy city of Islam and destination of a Muslim's Haj - or pilgrimage.
Mecca
Five Pillars
'Now or Never'
Guru
29. 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.
Aurangzeb
Sati
Ali
Ali
30. 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
Sikhs
Rama/Vishnu
Caste System
31. 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
Muslims
Humayun
Sufism
32. The date of Pakistani/Indian independence from Britain. Pakistan and India became different countries within the Commonwealth.
Muslim League
August 15 - 1947
Bhakti
Mahabharata
33. A settlement allowed the British by the Mughal Empire in 1696 originally known as Fort William.
Sharia
Mahasabha
Calcutta
Puranas
34. The idea taught in the Bhagavad Gita - meaning to work according to one's duty but without attachment to the result.
Jizya
Hindu
Karmayoga
Hjira
35. Ali's son who led the Shi'a Muslims in an act of defiance to the Sunni caliph. All 72 of them died.
Kalidasa
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Jihad
Hussein
36. 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.
Shruti
Bahadur Shah II
Lucknow Pact
Humayun
37. 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.
Karma
Twelfth Imam
Ramadan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
38. A young Englishman who defeated the French in battle over which country would hold greater economic control in India.
Lord Wellesley
Smriti
Shah Jahan
Robert Clive
39. 'Pure -' a term for the Sikh religious order established by the Guru Gobind Singh which gave Sikhs a reputation for being formidable warriors.
Khalsa
Puja
Karmayoga
Robert Clive
40. The killings by which a family can seek revenge for inter-caste relationships and marriages - still common today.
Honour Killings
Bhagavad Gita
August 15 - 1947
Koran
41. 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.
Abraham
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Bhakti
Fundamentalism
42. 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.
alit/Untouchable
Hindus
Sati
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Humayun
Muezzini
Awani League
Bhaktism
44. 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.
Twelver
Twelfth Imam
Rajiv Gandhi
Hindus
45. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Sharia
Caliph
Rama/Vishnu
Sepoys
46. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
Mecca
Bante Mataram
Babur
Warren Hastings
47. The concept of non-violence and the love within one void of violence.
Bahadur Shah II
Muslim League
Ahimsa
Allan Hume
48. The longest known epic poem - this tells the story of two warring families and emphasizes the relationship between humankind and the gods.
Kalidasa
Medina
Bahadur Shah II
Mahabharata
49. The son of Gandhi influenced by capitalism who became prime minister in 1985. He was killed by a Tamil terrorist.
Aurangzeb
Rishis
Brahman
Rajiv Gandhi
50. The religion of early Indo-European settlers in the Punjab. Also known as Brahmanism - it would come to evolve into modern Hinduism.
Vedism
Ramadan
Government of India Act of 1935
Sepoys