WorksheetsDecolonization and Nationalism in India
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What country ruled over colonial India?
(a)
What was established by Indian nationalists in 1885 to fight for Indian self-rule?
Indian Congress
National Congress
Indian Independence Congress
Indian National Congress
Who became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
King George
Indira Gandhi
What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?
violent
popular
guerrilla
non-violent
Which two religious groups could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India?
Christians and Buddhists
Hindus and Christians
Christians and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims
Under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League believed in the creation of a separate Muslim state. They created the nation of:
(a)
Under British rule Indians began to resent being ruled by a foreign government because
they couldn't get married.
Great Britain sold the land to other foreign countries.
they didn't like British food and drink.
they were treated as second-class citizens.
In 1919, British soldiers shot at a large group of Indians in an enclosed public square, killing hundreds who could not escape. In what town did this happen?
Amritsar
Delhi
Lahore
Mumbai
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
Which event was used by Mohandas Gandhi to bring world attention to the injustices of British colonialism?
(a)
The belief that people should be loyal to those with which they share a common history, customs, origins, and sometimes language and religion.
boycott
Muslim League
Segregated
nationalism
This was the original goal of the British when they came to India in the 1600s.
To trade goods like spices, sugar, vanilla
To find a short passageway to China and trade slaves
To attain elephants for Great Britain's circuses
For building materials from the vast rainforest
Partition means to
Divide
Conquer
Overtake
Throw out
What was NOT a reason most colonies were given their independence after WWII?
It was hypocritical for Britain and France to have empires after liberating the Nazi Empire.
Many colonists fought alongside their European rulers during the war.
Most European countries were in serious debt after the war was over.
European countries were looking to take over new territories after the war.
Since the partition, border conflicts between India and Pakistan still occur in which northern region that shares its name with the type of wool?
(a)
How did Gandhi die?
suffered a heart attack
contracted lung cancer
exhausted from the Salt March
assassinated by a Hindu militant
Which American activist was inspired by the teachings of Gandhi?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X
Princess Diana
Harriet Tubman
