Colonizers
The country that controlled India from 1857-1947
The United Kingdom (Britain, British, UK are acceptable answers as well, NOT ENGLAND/ENGLISH)
Who made up most of the EIC soldiers
Native born Indian soldiers called sepoys
Acceptable: Indians/natives/locals/sepoys
Who puts money into a company?
Investors
What is the country with the largest population in the world
India
What is the Name of the stadium across the Dan Ryan?
(Comiskey or the Cell/ US Cellular Field is acceptable)
(White Sox park/stadium is not acceptable)
The first European country to sail to the east indies to trade
Portugal (the Portuguese)
Why were British armies able to defeat larger Indian ones?
They had better weaponry
Acceptable: better guns, better technology, better weapons, better artillery, more firepower
What is the ONE job any company focuses on
Profit: making money that they can give to the people who gave to them first.
Why do spices grown easily in the Indies?
Warm weather/appropriate climate for agriculture
Who did Klay Thompson recently cheat on?
Greatest rival of the British in the Indies
The Dutch (Holland and the Netherlands are acceptable as well)
Name ONE of the Indian Kingdoms that resisted British Rule
Mughals
Marathas
Mysore
Why did all of this happen over spices/seasonings?
They were extremely valuable in Europe and common in the Indies
Name one of the three largest rivers on the Indian Subcontinent
Indus
or
Ganges
or
Brahmaputra
How did the Celtics Season end?
Losing in the first round of the Playoffs
Queen of England who gave the EIC it's charter
Elizabeth I
What caused the Sepoy Rebellion/Revolt of 1857
Rumors that they were being forced to work with animal grease that is made of beef/pork, which is forbidden in the most common religions they practiced (Islam and Hinduism)
Who controlled the East India Company?
Private (British) Investors.
Answer must include investors, "the British" or "The English" is not enough.
Pakistan
Who is better?
G Herbo or Kendrick Lamar. Juice Wrld. 200 points for
Acceptable answers may very.
YB, Durk, and Rod Wave are unacceptable answers.
The first Governor-General of the EIC
Warren Hastings
What battle led to the British gaining control over most of India
The battle of Plassey/Palashi
Why didn't the European colonizers care about the people they colonized in the Indies?
Either: They only cared about making money
or
They were racist and thought that they were incompetent
What is the capitol city of India?
New Delhi (Delhi)
The savior of the current White Sox roster
Munetaka Murakami
(aka Mune/Moonie or the Southside Samurai)