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British Colonization!

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened in the year 1717?

a)

The Mughal Empire was in the middle of collapse

b)

The Battle of Plassey

c)

The Permanent Settlement Act

d)

The Regulating Act

2.

What happened in the year 1784?

a)

The Mughal Empire was in the middle of collapse

b)

The Battle of Plassey

c)

The Permanent Settlement Act

d)

The Regulating Act

3.

Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to a commercial enterprise known as English East India Company in the year...

a)

1614

b)

1615

c)

1619

d)

1612

4.

Who was the first British governor-general of India?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Lord Edward Charles Cornwallis

c)

Lord Warren Hastings

d)

Queen Elizabeth

5.

It is the idea of ruling over a smaller country

a)

Colonialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Expansionism

d)

Sinocentrism

6.

The custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband

a)

Infanticide

b)

Sati

c)

Thuggi Sacrifice

d)

Sharda Act

7.

An open rebellion against the proper authorities is known as...

a)

Anarchy

b)

Revolution

c)

Mutiny

d)

Mercantilism

8.

It is the state of disorder of a country or state due to absence or non-recognition of authority.

a)

Anarchy

b)

Revolution

c)

Mutiny

d)

Mercantilism

9.

Which of the following choices correctly describes Raj?

a)

12 provinces and 230 districts

b)

11 Provinces and 250 districts

c)

250 provinces and 13 districts

d)

15 provinces and 230 districts

10.

What was the goal of the British East India Company?

a)

To colonize India, expand their territory, increase trade, and spread Catholicism.

b)

To attain the spices of India and export them back to Britain.

c)

To disrupt the Dutch's monopoly of spice trade.

d)

To stop Indian pirates from attacking their local ships.

11.

The act of mercantilism falls under...

a)

Political Dominance

b)

Economic Exploitation

c)

Socio-Cultural Subjugation

d)

Colonization

12.

If you have a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in...

a)

Persia

b)

Turkestan

c)

Istanbul

d)

Muscat

13.

A situation where, neither the officials nor revolutionaries are in control

a)

anarchy

b)

power vacuum

14.

the agreement that kept British's route to India safe and open

a)

Hussein McMahon Correspondence

b)

Ottoman Agreement

c)

Sykes-Picot Agreement

d)

Perpetual Maritime Truce

15.

A series of letters that lasted 6 months between the Sharif of Mecca and the British High Commissioner of Egypt

a)

Hussein McMahon Correspondence

b)

Ottoman Agreement

c)

Sykes-Picot Agreement

d)

Perpetual Maritime Truce

16.

it is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports/exports

(a)  

17.

the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

(a)  

18.

a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states

(a)  

19.

a state controlled & protected by another

(a)  

20.

territories placed under the protection of European powers until they are able to stand by themselves

(a)  

21.

exclusive posession or control of the suppy of or trade in a commodity or service

(a)  

22.

TRUE OR FALSE

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a mistake and disregarded the cultural beliefs of the people of West Asia

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

TRUE OR FALSE

The colonization of India was presented as a wonderful opportunity

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

TRUE OR FALSE

The colonization of South Asia was an act of betrayal

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE