Marvellous Mughals
The dynasty that preceded (came before) the British in India
Who are the Mughals?
Indian soldiers in the British army
What is a sepoy?
the city where there was a massacre in 1919
What is Amritsar?
The presence of many of these caused tension and suspicians that Britain wanted India to be Christian
missionaries
Many of this mode of transport was installed throughout India
railway/ railroad
The arguably most successful Emperor
Who was Akbar?
The company that governed India
What was the East India Company?
The reason Hindu and Muslim soldiers rebelled in 1857
Cow fat and pig fat on bullets
A crop grown for export and profit, rather than to feed people
A cash crop
Which future nationalist leader studied abroad at Oxford?
Mahatma Gandhi
The Dutch and the Portuguese
Which 2 European powers dominanted trade in the Indian Ocean?
The decisive battle that gave Britain power over much of India
Battle of Plassey
What is World War One?
The unequal social structure that the British perpetuated in India
dams, bridges, and irrigation canals
What did the British install in India during the Raj?
Cotton, sugar, pepper, diamonds
Which goods made the Mughals rich?
The term for how the East India Company was structured - a JSC
Joint stock company
The most important consequence of the Sepoy Mutiny
The British government took over India
The political party calling for nationalism led by Mahatma Gandhi
Indian National Congress
The messaging system that the British put in place through India
The telegraph
Who was Nur Jahan?
Full control over trading one good
What is a monopoly?
The general who ordered his soldiers to fire on unarmed protesters during the Amritsar Massacre
General Dyer
The french word for the British economic system which arguably led to famine in part
Laissez-Faire
The Hindu tradition of widows being burned with their dead husbands, outlawed by the British
Sati