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World History: India
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1. The Arabic word for 'God' and in Islam - the One Almighty God - who spoke to Muhammed.
Karmayoga
Puja
Vedism
Allah
2. An organization of independent nations that were formerly British colonies.
Bhagavad Gita
Ahimsa
British Commonwealth
Allan Hume
3. A young Englishman who defeated the French in battle over which country would hold greater economic control in India.
Robert Clive
Smriti
Ali
Government of India Act of 1858
4. The release from material existence and unity with Brahman that is the ultimate goal of a Hindu's life.
Moksha
Sati
Allan Hume
Government of India Act of 1919
5. This man - the seventh reincarnation of Vishnu - was sent to eliminate evil forces in the world and was the ideal ruler in Hinduism.
Rama/Vishnu
Medina
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahabharata
6. The British general and the location of the massacre he ordered of Indian protesters on April 13 - 1919.
Indira Gandhi
Satyagraha
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
Stafford Cripps
7. The minority group of Muslims largely concentrated in Iran and southern Iraq who believed that Muhammed's successor should be a member of his family - Ali in particular.
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8. 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
Bhakti
Hindu
Khadija
9. 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
Ahimsa
Direct Action Day
Mughal Empire
10. 'The adventures of Rama' (a carnation of Vishnu) is an epic poem describing loyalty and faithfulness.
Ramayana
Direct Action Day
Abraham
Hjira
11. 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.
Jawaharlal Nehru
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
Muslim League
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
12. 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
Ottoman Empire
Muslim League
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
13. A song - 'Hail to thee - Mother -' written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that would become the Congress Party's anthem.
Ottoman Empire
Brahmanas
Bante Mataram
Ramayana
14. A Scotsman who helped form the Indian National Congress in 1885 with a number of professional Indians who were educated in English.
Allan Hume
Stafford Cripps
Cawnpore
Brahman
15. The religion of early Indo-European settlers in the Punjab. Also known as Brahmanism - it would come to evolve into modern Hinduism.
Allah
Ottoman Empire
Vedism
Karmayoga
16. Texts describing the routines following a fire ritual.
Brahmanas
Kaaba
Kaaba
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
17. 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.
Cawnpore
Bhaktism
Humayun
Cabinet Mission of March 1946
18. Disciples of the Guru Nanak - often peaceful farmers - who did not believe in the Caste System and emphasized ethics.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sepoys
Sikhs
19. The Shi'a government established by Azeri conquerors in Iran.
Mauryas/Ashoka
Government of India Act of 1858
Muezzini
Safavid Dynasty
20. 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.
Lord Mountbatten
Bhagavad Gita
Government of India Act of 1935
Puranas
21. Disciples of the Guru Nanak - often peaceful farmers - who did not believe in the Caste System and emphasized ethics.
Jihad
Medina
Jizya
Sikhs
22. The lowest level within the Caste System - these people are the poorest and least educated in India.
British East India Company
alit/Untouchable
Medina
'Now or Never'
23. An Arab word meaning 'Submission to the will of God' which names the religion founded by Muhammed.
Honour Killings
Islam
Mohammed
Stafford Cripps
24. Ali's son who led the Shi'a Muslims in an act of defiance to the Sunni caliph. All 72 of them died.
Kalidasa
Hussein
Brahmanas
Medina
25. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Karmayoga
Sharia
Satyagraha
Muslim League
26. Muslim mystics who - influenced by Bhaktis - believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return.
Mosque
Fundamentalism
Sufism
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
27. 'Pure -' a term for the Sikh religious order established by the Guru Gobind Singh which gave Sikhs a reputation for being formidable warriors.
Koran
Mosque
Khalsa
Warren Hastings
28. 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
Nepal
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Khalsa
29. The political organization of Muslims in India formed in 1906 to protect their rights.
Rowlatt Bills
Muslim League
British Commonwealth
Smriti
30. The only country on Earth officially sponsoring the religion of Hinduism.
Caste System
Nepal
Aranyakas
Aurangzeb
31. Muslim mystics who - influenced by Bhaktis - believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return.
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Sufism
Caliph
Bhakti
32. Successors of Muhammed who are political and spiritual leaders in Islamic communities.
Samskara
Caliph
Sepoys
Fundamentalism
33. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Bhaktism
Sikhs
Jawaharlal Nehru
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
34. A settlement allowed the British by the Mughal Empire in 1696 originally known as Fort William.
'Land of the Pure'/Khalistan
Calcutta
Khadija
Jizya
35. A Hindu nationalist group in the 1920s that launched the shuddhi movement - an effort to reconvert Muslims back to Hindus.
Mahasabha
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
Jihad
Sulahkul
36. The category of Hindu Scriptures that describes 'that which is heard.'
Vedism
Akbar
Abraham
Shruti
37. August 6 - 1946 - a day of protest organized by Jinnah's Muslim League to show Muslims' disapproval of Congress. It led to catastrophic violence on both sides.
Government of India Act of 1919
Direct Action Day
Rajiv Gandhi
Brahmanas
38. An old spiritual leader who - in Hinduism - taught others his wisdom and insights.
Aranyakas
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Puja
Guru
39. 'Tradition' or 'that which is to be remembered -' including the Puranas - Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Muezzini
Smriti
Bahadur Shah II
40. August 6 - 1946 - a day of protest organized by Jinnah's Muslim League to show Muslims' disapproval of Congress. It led to catastrophic violence on both sides.
Rishis
Direct Action Day
Lord Mountbatten
Puranas
41. 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.
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Ashura
Aranyakas
42. A religion with many gods (polytheistic) which focuses primarily on the god Brahman. It has no one holy book - but many.
Hinduism
Kalidasa
Aranyakas
Koran
43. The holy city of Islam and destination of a Muslim's Haj - or pilgrimage.
Ramayana
Mecca
Muslims
Abraham
44. The main god in Hinduism - also referred to as The One - The Ultimate Reality - and The World Soul.
Government of India Act of 1935
Brahman
Rishis
Caste System
45. 'Self-reliance'/'Self-rule'
Hinduism
Swadeshi/Swaraj
Sepoys
Bhagavad Gita
46. The four stages of life- childhood - youth - middle age - and old age - are marked by these rites of passage performed by the head of the household.
Direct Action Day
Allan Hume
Samskara
Rajiv Gandhi
47. The idea taught in the Bhagavad Gita - meaning to work according to one's duty but without attachment to the result.
Mohammed
Karmayoga
Lord Wellesley
Bahadur Shah II
48. The original followers of Muhammed - today anyone following the religion of Islam.
Shah Jahan
Muslims
Khadija
Sikhs
49. Successors of Muhammed who are political and spiritual leaders in Islamic communities.
British Commonwealth
Caliph
Stafford Cripps
Guru
50. 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.
Aurangzeb
Twelfth Imam
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Mohammed