British in India 12.3

1. Indian soldiers working for the British East India Company were called:

• Sepoys

• Natives

• Hindus

• workers

What was the immediate cause of the Sepoy Mutiny?

• A rumor that new bullets were greased with cow & pig fat.
• The execution of an Indian leader for treason.
• The Sepoys killed the British viceroy.

What did Parliament and Queen Victoria do as a result of the uprising?

• Transferred the powers of the East India Company directly to the British gov't.
• Sold their territories in India to the Mogul Emperor for $15 million.
• Declared war against India's ally the Ottoman Empire.

What was the title of the British official, a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch?

• Viceroy
• Senator
• Consul

What was one of the benefits of British rule?

• Brought order & stability and honest government.
• British manufactured goods drove local industries out of business.
• Indians paid heavy taxes to the British rulers.

What resulted from the introduction of British textiles & other manufactured goods?

• British manufactured goods drove local industries out of business.
• A new school system was set up.
• India & Britain formed a free-trade agreement.

What led to the rise of an Indian nationalist movement?

• British racial attitudes & arrogance
• The building of railroads & telegraph lines
• An epidemic of bubonic plague

Who became active in the independence movement, using his experience in South Africa to set up a nonviolent resistance movement?

• Mohandas Gandhi
• George Sanderson
• Nelson Mandela
• Simon Bolivar

What means "the extension of a nation's power over other lands"?

• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Communism
• Industrialization

Who controlled India before the Sepoy Mutiny?

• Great Britain
• Britain East India Company
• China
• France