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NAME: ____________________________ PERIOD: ___ DATE: ____________

MRS. BRANFORD GLOBAL HISTORY 10

~ INDIA: CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING ~

Base your answer to the questions on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

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|_____ |1. What do the dark-gray areas on this map represent? |

|(1) |the British Empire |(3) |newly independent French colonies |

|(2) |countries attending the Berlin Conference |(4) |members of the Hanseatic League |

|_____ |2. Which letter identifies the peninsula where the Sepoy Mutiny occurred? |

|(1) |A |(2) |B |(3) |C |(4) |D |

Base your answer to the questions on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

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|_____ |Speaker A: The British East India Company does not respect my beliefs. I cannot follow dharma |

|3. What is the primary focus of |and remain their soldier. I will return to my family in a Tamil village. |

|these speakers? | |

| |Speaker B: My rebellious countrymen cannot accept my new religion and so they hate me and my |

|(1) |“foreign devil” friends. The missionaries leave Beijing tomorrow for England. I must join them |

|religious persecution |before the church compound is surrounded. |

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|(2) |Speaker C: The czar’s soldiers came again today, looted our village, drove off our livestock, |

|civil war |and trampled anyone in their way. They even burned our synagogue. Our way of life is gone. It |

| |is time to emigrate to Palestine. |

|(3) | |

|economic reforms | |

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|(4) | |

|colonial oppression | |

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|_____ | |

|4. Which of these speakers is | |

|closely associated with the | |

|Sepoy Mutiny? | |

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|(1) | |

|Speaker A | |

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|(2) | |

|Speaker B | |

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|(3) | |

|Speaker C | |

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|(4) | |

|none of these speakers | |

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|_____ |5. The Sepoy Rebellion is considered an important event in Indian history because it was one cause of |

| |the |

|(1) |creation of the Mughal Empire by Muslims. |(3) |secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan. |

|(2) |establishment of French colonies in India. |(4) |independence movement in India. |

|_____ |6. Once way in which the Sepoy Mutiny in India, the Zulu resistance in southern Africa, and the |

| |Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that each resulted from |

|(1) |government policies of ethnic cleansing. |(3) |native reaction to foreign interference in the region. |

|(2) |government denial of access to fertile farmland. |(4) |attempts by democratic forces to overthrow the monarchy. |

Compare and contrast imperialism in Africa and imperialism in India:

AFRICA INDIA

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B

C

D

A

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