Indian Independence and Gandhi

What country ruled over colonial India?

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

What is nationalism?

• loyalty based on location

• feeling of belonging to a group based on education and wealth

• sense of belonging based on a written document

• loyalty to a group based on common history, culture, and/or religion

When and why did Great Britain come to India

• In the 1601, Great Britain came to India through the East India Trading Company to set up trading forts.

• In 1901 Great Britain came to India as missionaries to convert Hindu's to Christianity.

• in 1492, Great Britain was trying to expand their world wide power and took over India's government through a bitter war that lasted many years.

• India asked Great Britain to come to their aid in 1601, because their economy was failing and there was a bitter rivalry between Pakistan and the Indian people

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

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.

• •National Congress in 1958 and the Muslim League in 1957

Mohandas studied this in England

• Psychology

• law

• medicine

• teaching

Gandhi's first experience with discrimination in S. Africa happens on the....

• plane
• train
• taxi
• city bus

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

What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?

• violent

• popular

• guerrilla

• non-violent

Gandhi developed what he called a system of _______________________ _____________________and believed that it would make the world recognize the injustice in India and force change without using violence

• unrivaled unrest

• protest and food

• non eating

• civil disobedience