Important Dates
What year did India declare independency?
1947
What were the two continents that Trevor Noah highlighted early on, in which Britain explored to colonize?
Africa & Asia
What is the name of the law that was implemented in South Africa by the National Party in 1948?
Apartheid Law
Who is an anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Nelson Mandela
How many Anglo-Boer wars happened?
2
First Anglo-Boer war was between 1880-81
Second Anglo-Boer war was between 1899-1902
What year did Nelson Mandela become president of South Africa?
1994
What is the name that the Trevor Noah created to call India during the conversation?
Great India
What is the name of the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries?
"Boers"
The name of the group is derived from "boer," which means "farmer" in Dutch and Afrikaans
Who is an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule?
Mahatma Gandhi
What is the name of the region that India and Pakistan battle for ownership?
Kashmir
In what decade did the British East India Company arrive in India?
1750s
What is the traditional Indian dish that Trevor Noah mentioned during the show?
Curry
What is the name of the company that imposed itself in India?
British East India Company
What is the name of the canal which greatly improved trade between Britain and India?
The Suez Canal
What is the name of the massacre that occured in Punjab, due to a protest against the arrest of pro-Indian independence leaders. This massacre is responsible for the deaths of 379 and 1000 people and over 1,200 other people being injured. It occured in 1919.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre
How many years did Nelson Mandela stay in Prison for?
27 years
How did Trevor Noah reference horsers later on in the video?
Skinny Cow
What is the name of the historical event that Gandhi commenced in 1930?
The Salt March
was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India, regarding mainly on the British Salt Tax
What is the name of the South African activist who was killed by the police while being restrained in a jail cell in 1976?
Steve Biko
How many people were killed in the event known as Soweto Youth Uprising, in where black students were protesting against apartheid?
600 people
In what year was the Apartheid Law implemented?
1948
What is the name of at least 1 of the 3 Indian gods that Trevor Noah mentioned?
Shiva, Lakshmi, Hare Krishna
What is the name of the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947
The British Raj or The Raj
What is the name of the big British colony that was founded Dutch East India Company arrived to South Africa in 1652?
Cape Colony
It was later seized by British forced in 1795
What happened at Sharpville, South Africa on the 21nd of March, 1930?
The Sharpeville massacre occurred at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal. After a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. It caused the death of 69 people and 180 injured.