Cool Facts
Vocabulary
Gandhi in India
Gandhi in South Africa
By the Numbers
100
Gandhi was forced to participate in these two physical activities by his headmaster.

What are cricket and gymnastics?

100

tricked or fooled

What is deceived?


100

Gandhi formed one of these places which was open to all castes.

What is an ashram?

100

This was Gandhi's first job in South Africa.

What is a lawyer?

100

Gandhi was this age when he got married.

What is 13?

200

Gandhi had to pay a fine using this Indian currency.

What are annas?

200

memory or recall

What is recollection?

200

Gandhi made this tool for making cloth a symbol of Indian self-reliance and independence.

What is a spinning wheel?

200

Gandhi was thrown off one of these because he was Indian, even though he had a ticket.

What is a train?

200

Gandhi was in this grade when he was accused of lying to his teacher.

What is 7th?

300

Gandhi worshipped in this religion.

What is Hinduism?

300

flaw or mark

What is blemish?
300

Gandhi marched to this body of water during the Salt March.

What is the Arabian Sea?

300

While in South Africa, Gandhi tried to fight against this right being taken away from Indians.

What is suffrage, or the right to vote?

300

About this many Indians were imprisoned for violating the Salt Acts.

What is 60,000?

400

Gandhi organized his first civil disobedience campaign and called it this, meaning truth and firmness.

What is Satyagraha?

400

required or mandatory

What is compulsory?

400

Gandhi fasted for six days to draw attention to the problems faced by these members of Indian society.

Who are the untouchables?

400

Gandhi was once asked to remove this while in a South African courtroom.

What is a turban?

400
Gandhi walked this many miles on the Salt March.

What is 240?

500

Mohandas Gandhi was also called this, meaning "great soul."

What is Mahatma?

500

not participating in something

What is abstaining?

500

Gandhi launched the "Quit India" movement to get rid of this country's control over India.

What is Great Britain?

500

Gandhi was successful in abolishing this, which made it difficult for Indians to vote in South Africa.

What is a poll tax?

500

This is the year that Gandhi was assassinated.

What is 1948?

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