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World History: India
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1. An organization of independent nations that were formerly British colonies.
British Commonwealth
Lord Mountbatten
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mahasabha
2. The date of Pakistani/Indian independence from Britain. Pakistan and India became different countries within the Commonwealth.
Jihad
Muslim League
August 15 - 1947
Hindu
3. A tax paid to avoid military service - this was imposed on all non-Muslims in Sind (NW India) by Muhammed ibn Qasim - though they had freedom to practice Buddhism or Hinduism.
Jizya
Ottoman Empire
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Shi'a
4. A young Englishman who defeated the French in battle over which country would hold greater economic control in India.
Shah Jahan
Dharma
Robert Clive
Reginald Dyer/Amritsar
5. 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.
Babur
Five Pillars
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Hindu
6. The Sunni empire to the west of Persia (Iran) which was centralized around Turkey.
Bhakti
Ottoman Empire
Allan Hume
Jizya
7. 'Self-reliance'/'Self-rule'
Atman
Sufism
Hindu
Swadeshi/Swaraj
8. 'The adventures of Rama' (a carnation of Vishnu) is an epic poem describing loyalty and faithfulness.
Aurangzeb
Jawaharlal Nehru
Safavid Dynasty
Ramayana
9. The Shi'a government established by Azeri conquerors in Iran.
Mauryas/Ashoka
Upanishads
Babur
Safavid Dynasty
10. The king of Delhi and former Mughal emperor to whom many sepoys pledged allegiance during the rebellion in 1857.
Bahadur Shah II
Sepoys
Hussein
Bante Mataram
11. The oldest and primary Hindu scriptures - these include hymns and chants - a guide to rituals - a source of information on magic - and musical notes.
Four Vedas
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Hindu
Rowlatt Bills
12. An Arab word meaning 'Submission to the will of God' which names the religion founded by Muhammed.
British East India Company
Upanishads
Indra
Islam
13. 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.
Cawnpore
Bhaktism
Samskara
Koran
14. The Arabic word for 'God' and in Islam - the One Almighty God - who spoke to Muhammed.
Hindu
Allah
Bhakti
Muslim League
15. An old spiritual leader who - in Hinduism - taught others his wisdom and insights.
Kaaba
Mosque
Guru
Sepoys
16. The rulers of the largest Indian dynasty and their greatest ruler - who demonstrated tolerance for other religions and was influenced by Buddhism.
Rajiv Gandhi
Mauryas/Ashoka
Warren Hastings
Direct Action Day
17. Islamic Law - imposed by fundamentalists to support a rigid and uncompromising set of traditions - laws - and beliefs.
Bhagavad Gita
Sulahkul
Sharia
Cabinet Mission Goals (LIST)
18. 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.
Karma
Shruti
Puja
Samskara
19. The daily worship of a Hindu.
Puja
Direct Action Day
Nepal
Brahmanas
20. The first British governor-general in India who increased British control over the region - yet did not want an English domination.
Ramadan
Government of India Act of 1935
British Commonwealth
Warren Hastings
21. The longest known epic poem - this tells the story of two warring families and emphasizes the relationship between humankind and the gods.
Mahabharata
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Jizya
22. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Vedism
Bhaktism
Honour Killings
Robert Clive
23. Successors of Muhammed who are political and spiritual leaders in Islamic communities.
Moksha
Caliph
Puranas
Sulahkul
24. The lowest level within the Caste System - these people are the poorest and least educated in India.
Bahadur Shah II
alit/Untouchable
Bhagavad Gita
Muslims
25. The 622 'departure' of Muhammed and his followers to the city of Medina in order to escape persecution within their tribe.
Dharma
Sati
Rowlatt Bills
Hjira
26. The Hindu system of societal classes determined by fate. From birth until death - people are stuck in a single social an economic class.
Mohammed
Caste System
Bante Mataram
Humayun
27. The Sunni empire to the west of Persia (Iran) which was centralized around Turkey.
Ottoman Empire
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
'Now or Never'
Muslim League
28. 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.
Ramadan
Ahimsa
Calcutta
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
29. The movement starting in the seventh century to simplify Hinduism into devotion to one personal god.
Hindus
Humayun
Bhaktism
Awani League
30. 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.
Kalidasa
Sharia
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Cawnpore
31. The attempt by Britain to mediate negotiations between major groups-the Muslim League - Congress Party - Unionists - and Sikhs-to form an independent India.
Moksha
Koran
Cabinet Mission of March 1946
Jizya
32. This man - the seventh reincarnation of Vishnu - was sent to eliminate evil forces in the world and was the ideal ruler in Hinduism.
Kaaba
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rama/Vishnu
Puja
33. (d.1530) The first Mughal ruler - an invader from Central Asia - who used technology to defeat the larger armies of India.
Babur
Mauryas/Ashoka
Humayun
Jawaharlal Nehru
34. The cube shaped building enshrining a sacred Black Stone around which Hajjis circle as the final destination of their pilgrimage.
Ramayana
Muezzini
Kaaba
Hjira
35. 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.
Five Pillars
Sati
Mahabharata
Khalsa
36. The most recent Shruti texts - these detail teachings of gurus in the form of dialogue with students.
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Rajiv Gandhi
Upanishads
Ali
37. 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.
Koran
Shah Jahan
Mughal Empire
Mecca
38. 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.
Sulahkul
August 15 - 1947
Medina
Samskara
39. The political organization of Muslims in India formed in 1906 to protect their rights.
Stafford Cripps
Muslim League
Twelver
Swadeshi/Swaraj
40. 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
Vedism
Khalsa
Puja
41. The cube shaped building enshrining a sacred Black Stone around which Hajjis circle as the final destination of their pilgrimage.
Brahman
Khadija
Kaaba
Twelfth Imam
42. The law that newly allowed Indian council members to legislate. However - the viceroy could still strike down any proposition. The act also recognized the concept of separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims as valid.
Indian Counsels Act of 1909/Morley-Minto Reforms
Shivaji
Caste System
Honour Killings
43. A man who calls out the five Muslim prayers from minarets.
Mahabharata
Muezzini
Bante Mataram
Babur
44. 'Forest books' that detail the meaning of fire rituals.
Jizya
Guru
Aranyakas
Brahmanas
45. The fifth month of the Muslim calendar during which time Muslims fast throughout all of sunlight. It is a test of obedience and self control.
Ramadan
Hjira
Stafford Cripps
Vedism
46. The soul of the individual - which continues to exist through reincarnation.
Atman
Jihad
Mahabharata
Fundamentalism
47. 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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48. The Hindu system of societal classes determined by fate. From birth until death - people are stuck in a single social an economic class.
Caste System
Bhagavad Gita
Rajiv Gandhi
Dharma
49. Texts describing the routines following a fire ritual.
Bante Mataram
Allan Hume
Brahmanas
Medina
50. Muslim mystics who - influenced by Bhaktis - believed that the soul was in exile from God and longed to return.
Mecca
Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro
Sufism
Government of India Act of 1919