Geography and Climate
Describe Northern India's climate
Seasonal temperatures with cool winters
What is India's largest ethnic group
Indo-Aryan
What is a sepoy
Indian soldier in the British Army
Massacre in which General Dyer ordered open fire on unarmed protesters
Amritsar Massacre
Most popular branch of Indian Cinema
Bollywood
Describe Southern India's climate
Hot and Dry
Dravidians are descendants from where
Indus Valley
This act instituted a land tax on all Indian
landowners; increased the tax over the
years to the point where most Indians
could not afford to pay
Permanent Settling Act of 1793
In this movement Gandhi called Indians to leave their jobs and the refusal to fight for Britain in World War 2
Quit India Movement
India's growing economy is thanks to many of its workers speaking which language
English
What mountain range separate India from the rest of Asia
The Himalayans
Name 5 religions practiced in India
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Bahai, Judaism, and Zoroastrainism
The British implemented this type of transportation in India to move product across the country
Trains/Railroads
Boycott of British clothing and its goal was economic freedom and freedom from British control
Homespun Movement
The top 1% of Indians make what percent of India's income
30%
Which two river valleys provide sustenance for India and what are they split by
The Indus and Ganges split by Indo-Gangetic plain
Name the 4 basic linguistic groups
Indo-Iranian, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman
This act renewed charter for
British East India Company and continued
their rule in India; renewed every 20 years
Charter Act of 1793
A peaceful protest in which Indians marched 240 miles to the ocean in opposition to a newly implemented tax set in place by the British
Salt March
The new generation is ran by the three what
Khans
What bodies of water surround the Indian Peninsula
Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian ocean
Around what time frame did Indo-Aryans migrate to the Indian religion
What were the five main products transported by the British in India
tea, indigo, cotton, coffee & opium
These series of wars have had four major conflicts, mainly take place in Kashmir, and are focused around control of Hindu and Muslim regions
Indo-Pakistani Wars
This slum residents live on less than $1
USD, lack proper sanitation, permanent
housing & clean water
Dharavi Slum