British in India

What is a Sepoy?

• A Hindu from India

• An Indian soldier who works for the British government

• An Indian soldier who works for the British East India Company

• A British soldier who is stationed in India

When did the British East India Company first begin trading in India?

• The 1800s

• The 1500s

• The 1600s

• The 1700s

After the Sepoy Mutiny, what happened to the British East India Company

• They had to apologize to the Queen.

• They had to sell all of their stock

• They had to stop controlling India

• They had to pay the Indian government reparations

The Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean Sea to the _________ Sea.

• Suez

• Red

• Black

• Caspian

The Suez Canal was built by what country using forced Egyptian labor?

• Egypt

• Britain

• France

• Israel

What was the main purpose/use of the Suez Canal

• To help the French make money

• To bring jobs and stability to Egypt

• To make safer oceans

• To make it way faster for Europeans to get to India/Southeast Asia

What is the main reason that countries do Imperialism?

• To spread their religion and ideas with the world

• Raw materials

• Becoming powerful

• To make themselves appear strong

When the British make a new government in India, it was called

• The Raj

• The Taj Mahla

• The Mudzaheer

• The Bagheera

The French built the Suez Canal and the British eventually took it over. T or F?

• True

• True

• False

• False

Explain why the Sepoy Mutiny started and say what happened to the British East India Company after the mutiny was over.