Quiz Topic 12/Ln 3 (India)

Why did Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other Muslim leaders form the Muslim League?

• They did not trust the Congress Party to protect Muslim interests.

• They did not want to work in cooperation with Hindus.

• They wanted to insure that Muslims dominated the Indian government.

• They opposed Hindu calls for independence.

The British government promised Indians greater self-government in exchange for _____.

• financial aid from the United States
• military assistance from Pakistan in the war on terrorism

• their support during the Cold War

• their service during World War I

• increased trade agreements

During the Partition of India, approximately _____ people were displaced along religious lines, resulting refugee crises and large scale violence.

• 2 to 5 million

• 7 to 10 million

• 12 to 20 million

• 500, 000 to 1 million

• 25 to 50 million

___ beliefs and actions were Influenced by Gandhi. He launched a campaign of nonviolent protests against apartheid laws in South Africa. He was arrested for treason in 1963 and imprisoned for 27 years, until 1990.

• Desmond Tutu
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Nelson Mandela
• Winnie Mandela

One reason India gained it independence from Great Britain in 1947 was that...

• Great Britain was defeated in WWII.

• the Treaty of Versailles required Great Britain to give up its colonies.

• Great Britain did not have the resources to maintain an empire after WWII.

• India had supported the Axis Powers during WWII.

WIth its military might securing territorial control, the East India Company turned its attention into transforming the immense Indian subcontinent into a source of wealth. The company wielded monopolistic control over trade, in particular ___ ___ ___.

(a)  

How did the British begin their take over of India?

• They defeated the last Mughal Emperor in battle.

• They supported a native Hindu rebellion against the Mughal Emperor.

• They exploited rivalries between Indian princes and the Mughal Emperor to keep India divided.

• They used their profits from the tea trade to essentially buy India from the Mughals.

___ refers to when the British fired upon a large crowd of peaceful protesters, most of them Sikhs, in an enclosed field in northern India, killing nearly 400 people and wounding more than 1,100.

• Amritsar Massacre

• Punjab Uprising
• Arab Spring

• British Colonial Massacre
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Queen Elizabeth I granted the East India Company a royal charter in the 1600s that gave the company a ____ on English trade with the East Indies, providing it with a unique advantage.

• monopoly
• agreement
• contract
• license
• partnership

A company has a monopoly over a market when it is able to a) eliminate the competition, b) control the supply chain, and c) set the ____.

• distribution
• advertising
• demand
• price
• quality