East India Company

East India Company

8th Grade

9 Qs

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East India Company

East India Company

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which English monarch provided the charter (license) for the East India trading company

Henry VIII

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Charles I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was the captain of the first EIC ship that sailed to India

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir William Hawkins

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Rrival traders tried to murder the captain of the first ship - where were they from?

Portugal

Spain

India

France

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the ship finally returned in 1612, the crew reported that: (choose 3)

The Mughal Emperor granted special trading rights to the EIC.

Indian officials had taken away all of Hawkins’ money.

They had collected very few valuable goods

Hawkins died on board the ship on its return to England.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following factors made it challenging for the EIC to trade (choose 3)

The EIC trade had the protection of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor.

After Aurangzeb died, his children fought each other to take his place and scrambled for land and riches.

Rival foreign traders buy all the goods from your regular contact

A local festival happening in your area means no trade can happen that week

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

After a slow start, the company set up three trading bases in India - where?

Bombay, Chennai and Madras

Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

Bombay, Chennai and Calcutta

Chennai, Calcutta and Madras

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How old was Clive when he was sent to Madras in India to work for the East India Company.

14

16

18

21

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