India Independence - SS7H3a

Multiple Choice

The belief that people should be loyal to those with which they share a common history, customs, origins, and sometimes language and religion.

• boycott

• Muslim League

• Segregated

• nationalism

Multiple Choice

In 1919, British soldiers starting shooting a large group of Indians because they were gathering illegally.

During this terrible tragedy, over 400 people were killed and 1200 were injured. Where did this happen?

• The streets of London

• Pakistan

• Temple of Amritsar

• Temple of Doom

Multiple Choice

After WWI, the British Parliament promised that Indians would be able to have this

• become British citizens

• land in the Middle East

• more control of their government

Multiple Choice

What were the first two groups that worked for the rights of Indians ?

• National Congress in 1885 and the Muslim League in 1906.

• National Congress in 1885 and the African National Congress in 1906.

• Apartheid in 1885 and the Muslim League in 1906.

Multiple Choice

At first Great Britain was only looking to do what when they came to India?

• To trade goods like spices, sugar, vanilla

• To find a short passageway to China and trade slaves

• To attain elephants for Great Britain's circuses

• They came to India for building materials from the vast rainforest

Multiple Choice

Under British rule Indians began to resent being ruled by a foreign government because

• Indians didn't like Britain because they couldn't get married

• Great Britain took all their land and sold it to other foreign countries

• They didn't like British food and drink

• Of inequality and they were treated unfairly and treated as second-hand citizens

Multiple Choice

Indians were also ________________ ___________ by the British on goods that were found in their own country.

• allotted food

• supplied heavily

• protected much

• taxed heavily