Governments
What are the 3 branches of government in most countries?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
All of the people in a country able to work is the...
Labor Force
When was India formally colonized by Britain?
1858
What was Gandhi's education?
He was educated as a lawyer in England.
What mountain range is Mt. Everest a part of?
The Himalayas
Who are civil servants?
People, non-military, doing the work of government.
The percentage of people who can work but do not have a job is the ...
unemployment rate
What was Partition?
The division of India into Hindu majority India and Muslim majority Pakistan as a stipulation for India's independence from Britain.
Where & why did Gandhi become politically active and begin practicing nonviolent civil disobedience?
South Africa because he saw how the Indian minority were treated inhumanely as secondary citizens by the white government
What desert is on the border of India and Pakistan?
Great Indian (Thar) Desert
What are the three governments in most countries (like the US)?
National/federal; state/provincial; municipal/local
What is the GDP of a country?
Value of all goods/services sold in a year within a country
What happened on April 13, 1919?
The Amritsar massacre, where British opened fire on peaceful Indian demonstrators, killing hundreds. It was a turning point in the movement toward independence.
Gandhi was a member of what political party?
Indian National Congress
Where is the Palk Strait?
Between Southern tip of India and Northern tip of Sri Lanka.
What type of government is the US?
Republic, presidential democracy, representative democracy
Does the US spend more money importing goods or make more money exporting goods?
spends more importing goods, (Trade Deficit)
What was the result of Partition, including today's conflicts?
Over 15 million people forced to move; violent protests, riots, and conflicts over land; ~2 million died; still conflict between India & Pakistan over the Kashmir region
Where and how did Gandhi choose to live?
On ashrams where he lived in poverty and everyone was equal (men, women, all castes) and were equally responsible for all of the labor
The Ganges River flows into what body of water?
Bay of Bengal
In a parliamentary democracy, who chooses the leader of the executive branch (usually a prime minister)?
The majority party in parliament, those representatives choose.
A System of producing and consuming goods/services in a country
economy
How were the lines of Partition drawn/decided?
Goal was to create an independent Muslim state and independent Indian state; drawn by a British official who'd never been to India and looked at population majorities; thus there was at first an East Pakistan (became Bangladesh in 1971) and West Pakistan; over 500 sovereign Indian princely states had choice to join one of the countries and most did within the first few years.
What event/protest began Gandhi spinning cloth, the tool he became known for because of the pictures published in Life Magazine.
Protest where Gandhi encouraged everyone to boycott British cloth and spin their own to 1. hurt British economy and 2. prove self resilience
The Narmada River valley is between which two mountain ranges?
The Vindhya Range and Satpura Range