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Review Modern India
Review Sheet for Modern India Quest Global Studies 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sepoys | Indian soldiers serving under British command |
| Jewel in the Crown | ”British colony of India - so called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods - most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies |
| +and-Aspects of Colonialism | + railroad network, modernization, better sanitation and health, end to bandits and local warfare, - British held power, restricted Indian industry, loss of self-sufficiency |
| Sepoy Mutiny | 1857 revolt of Indian soldiers due to rumors of animal products used in the firing of guns |
| Indian National Congress | A political movement, primarily Hindu, founded in 1885 to increase Indian participation in government; later led the drive for complete independence and became the major political party in independent India |
| Muslim League | ”organization founded in 1906 in India to protect Muslim interests” |
| Raj | literally, “rule,” an Indian term usually used to describe the British Imperial rule in India |
| Amritsar Massacre/ Golden Temple Massacre | 4/13/1919 General Dyer had his troops open fire on a group of Indians who were meeting peacefully |
| Mohandas K. Gandhi | led the Indian independence movement,proposed non-violent resistance to British rule |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul", a name for Gandhi |
| Civil Disobedience | refusal to obey an unjust law |
| Ashram | word meaning, among other things, a religious community, a place of discipline and service |
| Harijans | Children of God |
| Salt March | Gandhi led a march over 240 miles to protest the British monopoly on salt in India |
| Modernization | |
| Westernization | |
| Asia for Asians | Japanese campaign that generated nationalism throughout Asia |
| “Quit India” Campaign | movement to get the British out of India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) once it was independent from Britain |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah | first Pakistan governor general |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | first Indian Prime Minister |
| Indira Gandhi | daughter of Nehru, became Prime Minister of India |
| Rajiv Gandhi | son of Indira, Prime Minister of India, assassinated |
| Kashmir | disputed area on the border of India and Pakistan that has led to high tensions between the two nations |
| Ceylon | Sri Lanka |
| Benazir Bhutto | first female Prime Minister of Pakistan – champion of democratic/civilian rule |
| Green Revolution | Begun by Nehru, the development of crops that have a higher yield and larger harvest due to genetic alteration and technology |
| Satyagraha | literally means “truth force,” it was Gandhi’s name for his non-violent resistance |
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