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WorksheetsMigration to Britain from India
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the British East India Company?
A slave trading company that transported slaves from the West coast of Africa to the Americas.
A tea trading company in India that started in the 1600s as part of the British Empire. It traded across Asia.
A tea trading company that transported goods only from India to Britain.
A tea trading company in India that started in the 1800s as part of the British Empire. It traded across Asia.
Why did more and more British people begin to live in India during the 1700s and 1800s?
Religious reasons: They were fleeing persecution in Britain.
Environmental reasons: They were finding somewhere with more food than in Britain.
Economic reasons: They were making lots of money from the East India Company so set up trading posts in India.
Social reasons: As more and more workers for the East India Company moved to India people moved to be with friends.
When did the British government take direct control of India?
1833
1857
1858
1876
Who were the lascars?
Women who were employed to be the nannies of rich British families living in India.
Indian sailors who did not like the East India Company's trading boats.
The nickname for the wealthy workers of the East India company when they returned to Britain.
Indian sailors who would work on the trading boats of the East India Company.
Who were the nabobs?
Women who were employed to be the nannies of rich British families living in India.
Indian sailors who did not like the East India Company's trading boats.
The nickname for the wealthy workers of the East India company when they returned to Britain.
Indian sailors who would work on the trading boats of the East India Company.
Who were the ayahs?
Women who were employed to be the nannies of rich British families living in India.
Indian sailors who did not like the East India Company's trading boats.
The nickname for the wealthy workers of the East India company when they returned to Britain.
Indian sailors who would work on the trading boats of the East India Company.
By 1813, how many lascars lived in Britain?
1,000
10,000
20,000
100,000
Why did the lascars (sailors) end up living in Britain?
Choose two.
They were treated very well by the East India Company.
They were sometimes abandoned by the British Captain of their ship.
They were freed from slavery so travelled to Britain to find a new life.
If the weather was too bad to sail, they would end up staying for a long time in port cities like Bristol.
Why did the ayahs (nannies) end up living in Britain?
They were freed from slavery so moved to Britain for a better life.
The ayahs were sometimes abandoned by the East India Company in Britain so had to saty.
The rich families that they worked for moved back to Britain and brought the ayahs with them.
They were treated very well by the East India Company.
How did the lascars (sailors) begin to adapt to their new environment in Britain?
Choose two.
Their communities grew as they married British women and had children.
They began to teach Indian words to the British.
They began to open up their own trading company.
They brought Indian cooking to the port cities and opened hostels for sailors to stay.
How did words like bungalow, chutney and pyjamas enter into the British language?
Nabobs used them when they returned from India.
The Ayahs would use them with the children they cared for, so more and more people began to use them.
The lascars opened their own trading company and used these words.
They were the names of the ships owned by the East India Company.
How were the ayahs (nannies) often treated in Britain?
Choose three.
Exceptionally well, like Indian princesses.
Very badly - they suffered from intense racism.
Ayahs were sometimes thrown out by their British families and so forced to beg on the streets.
Ayahs did not have their own identity - they had to use the name of the family they worked for.
How did Indian contribute to WW1?
Over 1 million Indian troops fought with the British.
Over 1 million Indian troops fought with the Germans.
Over 100,000 Indian troops fought with the British.
Over 100,000 Indian troops fought with the Germans.
How did WW1 lead to mass migration?
Choose two.
The European Empires clashed, meaning that soldiers from their empires migrated to Europe to fight.
Millions of people fled from Britain to escape the fighting.
Countries from all over the world wanted to join in and fight against the European armies.
Indian soldiers that were badly injured were brought back to Britain for treatment.
What did the British government do after the end of World War Two to get more Industrial workers?
They announced pay rises for people working in the Empire.
1948 they started the NHS to provide free health care.
1948 the British Nationality Act encouraged people from the Empire to come and work in Britain.
1948 they forced people from India and the Empire to work in Britain.
What areas in Britain did Indian and Pakistani migrants move to after WW2?
Port cities like Bristol, London, Cardiff and Liverpool.
Industrial cities like Leicster, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds.
Big cities like London, Manchester and Bristol.
Small cities with Indian communities like Oxford.
What two Acts were passed by the British government in 1948 that encouraged migration?
The National Health Service was set up.
The British Nationality Act.
That Act of giving India its independence from the British Empire.
The Act of allowing Indian migrants from East Africa to settle.
How did the Partition of India in 1947 lead to migration?
Choose two.
There was Civil War in Pakistan which led to the creation of Bangladesh.
There was lots of violence as religious groups clashed throughout India.
Communities found themselves on the wrong side of the partition, so Hindus ended up in Pakistan.
Millions of people lost their jobs in partition so searched for work in Britain.
What happened to India in 1947?
Independence from the British Empire.
Ide Armin expelled Indians from Uganda.
The British Nationality Act encouraged workers from India to come to Britain.
Partition of India and Pakistan.
Why did more Indian people migrate to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s?
Choose two.
Indians were thrown out of East African countries like Uganda.
Some communities found themselves on the wrong side of partition.
There was Civil War in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The NHS was set up meaning that there was free health care in Britain.
