Moguls in India
What religion did the Moguls practice?
They are Muslim, so Islam.
How many tons of food grains were available for storage in 1880?
5 million tons
What is another name for the British East India Company?
English East India Company
When Europeans first sailed to India, what were they looking for?
Spices
What year did Gandhi die?
1948
What kind of "church" did the Moguls bring to India?
Mosques
The production of ______ made food production be reduced, and led to famines.
Opium
Between what years did the British East India Company take place?
1600-1708
How many miles did merchants travel from India to Rome, black pepper for trade?
5000 miles
What was Gandhi's father's job?
He was prime minister for a small state.
How many centuries did the Moguls rule over India?
Two centuries
Name three crops that India exported in the 19th Century.
Indigo, opium, cotton, or silk are acceptable answers.
Why did the British East India Company form?
They formed because of the East Indian spice trade.
In the Middle Ages, what was the Indian spice that Europeans wanted?
Ginger
For how many years did he practice law in South Africa?
20 years
Who was the founder of the Mogul Dynasty?
A Chagatai Turkic prince named Babur.
Which cash crops slowly began to replace indigo and opium?
Raw jute, tea, food grains, and oil seeds.
Through what century's did the British East India Company become and agent of British Imperialism?
18th century through mid 19th century.
Which two great powers saw an opportunity to gain power in the spice trade with India?
The English and the Dutch.
What was Gandhi influenced by that promotes non-violence to all beings?
Jainism
In what year did the Mogul Dynasty control all of northern India?
1530
Because on those farms they were only growing cash crops.
What did the Regulating Act, and the William Pit the Younger's India Act do?
It made government control of political policy through a regulatory board responsible to Parliament.
What country started a war with the English that made the Dutch's power of India weaken?
Holland
How did Gandhi believe people should have lived?
Simply; in small communities where they would make their own clothes and food.