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| a peaceful protest against Salt Acts in 1930 in India which Mohandas Gandhi led his followers on a 240 mile walk to the sea where they made their own salt from evaporated sea water. |
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| killing by British troops of nearly 400 indians gathered at amristar to protest the rowlat acts. |
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| British East India Company |
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| A private British company that controlled India before the Sepoy Mutiny. |
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| A group of Indian soldiers who were working for the British East India Company began attacking the English. The result was the rebellion was that the British government had to send troops to put down the rebellion and made India a colony of the British Empire. |
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| The British took over India and controlled it as a colony. |
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| Positive Impacts of British Imperialism of India |
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-created schools
-created roads and railroads
-created ports
-created telephone wires |
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| Negative Impact of British Rule on India |
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-Forced Indians to grow cash crops which led to famine.
-treated Indians as second class citizens in their own country
- forced Indians to pay for British products.
- Did not allow India to industrialize |
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| The Indian movement to force the British out and create their own government. Two groups were most vocal in the movement - I.N.C. and Muslim League. |
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Leader of the Indian Nationalist movement.
- he was able to get Muslims and Indians to work together.
- organized protests like the British Boycott and the Salt March |
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| When did the British finally leave India? |
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| An ethic/religious group living in the Punjab region of India that has wanted independence since 1949. They have used various forms of terrorism to try to gain independence. |
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| What countries were formed from British Colony of India after the British left in 1949? |
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| India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) |
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| Why did Hindus and Muslims clash after the British left after 1949? |
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| After it was decided to split the subcontinent of India into two seperate nations (India for Hindus and Pakistan for Muslims) those who were on the wrong side of the boarder had to move. Both sides were bitter about this because it caused massive hardship for both and this caused clashes on both sides. |
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Using modern techonolgy to increase crop production.
- genetic splicing
- irrigation
- fertilizers
- mechanization |
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| Formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh |
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Originally in 1949 Pakistan was broken into two parts - East Pakistan and West Pakistan split by India.
Overcoming the geographical split was too much so West Pakistan became known as Pakistan and East Pakistan became Bangladesh. |
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| Leader of the Muslim League during the nationalist movement and the first President of Pakistan |
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| Small island off the coast of India which has a group called the Tamil who have tried to become independent from the country of India. |
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| nationalis Muslim group formed to force the British out of India |
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| Nehru's daughter who became Prime Minister of India. She was killed by her Sihk body guard. Rememeber Sihks want independence for the Punjab region. |
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| Gandhi's right hand man during the independence movement. Nehru became India's first Prime Minister after independence. |
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| Arms Race Between Pakistan and India |
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| Both countries currently nuclear powers and have threatened to use these weapons against each other in the event of war. |
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| Upon independence from the British (1949) India was split into a Hindu India a Muslim Pakistan. Would be considered "ethnic cleansing" because hundreds of thousands were killed as both sides moved to their new countries. |
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| Social system in India with Brahmans at top and untouchables at the bottom. Hindus believe that if you follow your roles in life (Dahrma) in your next life you will be reincarnated higher up on the caste syste. |
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| Lowest level of the castes system. Often discriminated against. Hindus beleive that if a person from a higher class is touched by an untouchable their karma will be ruined. |
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| Viceroy of India when India was given independence. feared Hindus and Muslims would never live in peace so he decided to partition India. Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. |
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| Current tensions between India and Pakistan |
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| There have been multiple border skirmshes but most of the real fighting has been over the area of Kashmir in the northern part of the subcontinent of India. |
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| Passed in 1919 during WWI - Gave British officials the right to imprison anyone suspected of terrorism (speaking out against England) two years in jail without a trial. This greatly violated Indian's right to speech. |
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- Reincarnation
- Karma
- Dahrma
- No Founder
- Caste System |
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| No founder but developed over years as traditions were meshed. |
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| Sacred Texts of the Hindus |
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| 2 famous epic hindu poems |
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| Hindu beleif that all people have role in life based on your position in the Caste System. Your goal in life should be to fulfill that goal. |
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| Hindu belief that what happens in this life will affect what happens in your next life or where in the Caste System you will be born when you are reincarnated. |
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| What Hindus call their soul - the contious flow of life (birth, life, death, reincarnation back to birth) |
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| Belief in many Gods - both Hinduism and Buddhism are polytheistic |
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| What is the relationship that Hindus have between Castes. |
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| None - People of different Castes are supposed to interact as little as possible so as not to disrupt their Karma or Dharma. |
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| The belief that when a being dies it's soul moves onto and is reborn as another living thing. |
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| Unique religion found mostly in South Asia (India) |
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| Buddhism originated in .... |
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| In India and spread to Southeast Asia before becoming a world religion. |
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| Founder of Buddhism - Buddha - The Enlightened One |
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The Four Rules of Buddhism
1. All life is suffering.
2. Suffering is caused by desire for worldly things.
3. Suffering can be eliminated.
4. There is a path to end all worldly desires. |
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Also called The Middle Way
The 8 things a Buddhist needs to follow in order to get rid of desire and reach Nirvana (Buddhist Heaven). |
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| Marriages set up by older family members for younger family members. The young members are often bound to these marriage commitments by their families. In India this is the traditional way. |
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| What do Hindus do with their dead family members. |
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| Traditionally in India the same house has multiple generations of family members living in the same house. Son's often live with their parents and children. |
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| Hindu Kush and Himalaya Mountains |
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| Acted as barrier to cultural diffusion for the subcontinent of India for centuries. As a result, India has developed some unique cultural characteristics such as the hinduism and the caste system. |
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| Sacred Hindu River - The River of Life. |
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| Using non-violent protest to force a government to make changes or grant independence. Protests may include marches, speeches and boycotts. |
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