Decolonization Quiz Review

Mohandas Gandhi...

• Created apartheid

• Was the non-violent leader for Indian independence.

• Brought armed resistance to Great Britain.

Why did the Indians agree to help the British in WWI?

• They thought it would give everyone jobs.

• All Indians were eager to fight.

• They believed it would encourage GB to give them more freedom.

What took place immediately after India gained independence?

• The Partition of India

• The housing crisis was solved.

• Jobs started being outsourced overseas.

The Salt March of 1930 was when

• 60,000 Indians journeyed to the ocean to harvest salt.

• Violent protestors rioted in Bengal.

• Amritsar protesters gave interviews about their experiences.

Which event led to the Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion of 1857?

• Sepoys refusing to wear their uniforms.

• Sepoys not being willing to learn English.

• Sepoys refusing to load their guns with cartridges rumored to be greased with cow and pig fat

What happened when Hindus and Muslims peacefully gathered at Amritsar?

• Indians were immediately given independence.

• British troops fired into the crowd, killing hundreds and wounding thousands.

• Muslims and Hindus formed an alliance with the British.

Gandhi’s practice of nonviolence in all aspects of life, or “truth force,” was called

• Satyagraha

• Bengal

• Nehru

The Indian National Congress

• was an organization made up of mostly Hindus who fought for self-government.

• fought for Pakistani independence.

• wanted India to remain a British colony.

The Muslim League

• caused Britain to lose both WWI and WWII.

• was an organization made up of mostly Muslims who fought for self-government.

• encouraged India to colonize the rest of Asia.

An example of an act of civil disobedience led by Gandhi was

• the Sepoy Rebellion.

• refusing to buy British textiles and pay British taxes.

• the partition of India.