Key Terms and People
This company controlled large parts of India before direct British Crown rule.
What was the British East India Company?
The Indian Rebellion began in this year.
What was 1857?
This happened to East India Company rule after the 1857 Rebellion.
What was the end of Company rule in India?
This modern country was historically known as Burma.
What is Myanmar?
This is Mr Turner's favourite flavour of ice cream
What is Mint Choc-Chip?
This term refers to an Indian soldier employed by the British East India Company.
What was a sepoy?
These two animal fats were rumoured to have been used on the new rifle cartridges, offending both Hindu and Muslim sepoys
What were cow and pig fat?
This government took direct control of India after 1858
What was the British Crown / British government?
These were the wars fought between Britain and Burma during the nineteenth century.
What were the Anglo-Burmese Wars?
The combined number of sisters and cats that Mr Turner Has.
What is 4?
This was the process of bringing Indian territories under British control.
What was annexation?
This is why Christian missionaries increased suspicion of British rule.
What is because some Indians feared the British wanted to convert them to Christianity?
This 1858 law officially transferred control of India from the East India Company to the British Crown.
What was the Government of India Act?
This Burmese king was removed after the Third Anglo-Burmese War.
Who is King Thibaw?
Mr Turner's favourite SLSO.
Who is Jess/Dennis?
This term refers to British rule in India.
What was the Raj?
This is why overseas service caused concern for some Hindu sepoys.
What is because crossing the sea could be seen as breaking caste rules?
This is why some Indian elites cooperated with the British after 1857.
What is because cooperation could protect their land, status, privileges, or power?
This war in 1885 led to the complete British annexation of Burma.
What was the Third Anglo-Burmese War?
This is Mr Turner's favourite Spice Girl.
Who is Scary Spice?
This Mughal emperor became a symbolic leader during the 1857 Rebellion.
Who was Bahadur Shah II / Bahadur Shah Zafar?
This British policy allowed the East India Company to annex some Indian states if a ruler died without a recognised male heir.
What was the Doctrine of Lapse?
This title was given to the British monarch’s representative in India.
What was the Viceroy of India?
This Burmese royal capital was captured by the British in 1885.
What is Mandalay?
Mr Turner's dream job.
What is a cinema usher?