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| What does Punjab mean? | "land of five rivers" |
| Who arrived in South Asia in 1498? | Vasco de Gama |
| Who was the first ruler of the Maurya Empire? | Chandragupata Maurya |
| When did the Maurya Empire begin? | 321 BC |
| How long did the Maurya dynasty last? | 140 years |
| How big was the Maurya Empire? | large |
| Where was the Maurya Empire located? | Northern India |
| Who did the emperor appoint to help him? | many officials and tax collecters |
| What was the capital of the Maurya Empire? | Pataliputra |
| What was the economy like under Chandragupta's rule? | period of properity, peace |
| Who was Chandragupta's sucessor? | his grandson, Asoka |
| How were the two related? | Asoka was the grandson of Chandragupta |
| How long did Asoka rule? | from 269 BC to 232 BC, 37 years |
| How did Asoka rule? | harshly at first, but then peaceful |
| What happened while Asoka was at rule? | He converted to Buddhism |
| What did Asoka preach? | nonviolence, toleration |
| What are stupas? | shrines containing the remains of Buddha |
| What did the people think of the conversion to Buddhism? | it spread widley |
| What happened to the Maurya Empire after Asoka? | it declined |
| What happened in Northern India after Asoka? | It underwent 500 years of battles |
| Where did the Greeks come from? | Bactria |
| Where did the Pahulas come from? | Persia |
| Where did the Kashans come from? | Central Asia |
| What happened to the strong Hindu cultures? | new cultures were absorbed |
| Who were the people of South India? | Dravidians |
| What was Tamil? | the language of the Dravidians |
| What religion slowly spread to South India | Hinduism |
| When harbors in South India were improved what happened? | trade flourished |
| Who was the king of the Gupta dynasty? | Chandragupta 1 |
| When did he take over? | 1320 AD |
| How long did the Gupta Empire last? | 320 AD to 535 AD, 215 years |
| What did the Gupta Empire bring? | a Golden Age to India |
| What form of writings flourished during the Gupta Empire? | art |
| Who wrote Shakuntala? | Kalidasa |
| What lead to the decline of the Gupta Empire? | invasion of the Huns |
| What happened in the next 1000 years? | chaos |
| Why did this happen? | rival princes battled one another |
| Where are the Mongols from? | Cental Asia |
| What are sultans? | rulers |
| When did the Muslims set up the capital Delhi? | 1200 |
| How long did the Muslims rule most of India? | 300 years |
| How did the lavish court get established? | taxes on non-muslims |
| What does "Mughal" mean | Mongol in Persian |
| When did the Mongols invade? | 1398 |
| Who was the leader of the Mongols? | Tamerlane |
| What did Tamerlane do? | Attacked and destroyed New Delhi and the population |
| What happened after this? | Brief restoration of sultans |
| Who was the head of the Mongol Army? | Babur |
| What did Babur found? | The Mughal Empire |
| When did Islamic civilization reach its height in India? | During the Mughal Empire 1526 |
| What was the culture of the Mughal Empire like? | Blending of Hindu & Muslim art |
| When did the Hindus & the Muslims make first contact? | The Mughal Empire |
| What language was developed during this time? | Urdu-Persian & Hindu written in Arabic script |
| Who was the grandson of Babur? | Akbar |
| How long was the reign of Akbar? | 1556-1605 AD |
| What laws did Akbar make? | Religious toleration |
| When did the Mughal Empire start to decline? | 1700's |
| Why did it decline? | Because of wasteful spending, persecution of Hindus, civil wars & advent of Europeans. |
| What Portuguese sailor came to India in 1498? | Vasco de Gama |
| Where did he dock? | Goa |
| Who sailed with him? | Catholic missionaries |
| What is a monopoly? | Total domination or control over a market or a product |
| Who arrived in Goa in the 1600's? | The Dutch & the French |
| What did England set up in the 1600's? | East India Company |
| What 3 cities did companies win the rights to build trading posts? | Madras, Bombay, & Calcutta |
| What was Bombay's old name? | Mumbai |
| What was the old name for Madras? | Chennai |
| What was the main trading item of the East India Company? | Cotton, silk & tea |
| What was France to England? | A rival |
| Who was the head of the British East India Company? | Robert Clive |
| What country did Clive take over? | France & Bengal |
| What did the BEIC do for the Mughal Empire? | Collected its taxes |
| What kind of rule did the BEIC have over India? | Direct & indirect rule |
| What was the upper house of Parliament called? | House of Lords |
| What was the lower house of Parliament called? | House of Commons |
| Who was the head of Parliament? | Prime Minister |
| What did the British do to the Indian culture? | Outlawed Sati, raised taxes, tried to covert them to Christianity |
| What is a sepoy? | An Indian man serving in the British army |
| What were 2 rumors sepoys didn't like? | Pork & beef fat and transferring between countries |
| When did the sepoy rebellion break out and where? | 1857 near Delhi |
| What year did the British exile the last Mughal rulers? | 1858 |
| What did Queen Victoria declare herself as? | Empress of India |
| What did she say India was to her? | A jewel in her crown |
| What was the Indian National Congress? | A group of urban Hindu members |
| After WWI, what happened to the INC? | In became more forceful |
| What was the Muslim League called? | Jinnah |
| What kind of family was Mahatma Gandhi born into? | middle-class |
| What did his family want him to be? | lawyer |
| Where did he move to? | South Africa |
| What is apartheid? | disciminitory laws passed in South Africa against any person of color |
| What was Ghandi's philosophy? | Satyagraha |
| What does Satyagraha mean? | "truth force" |
| What were some influences of Gandhi? | Hinduism, Gospel, Thoreau |
| Who was the leader of the Muslim club? | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| When was India free? | 1947 |
| Where did Muslims go? | East and West Pakistan |
| Where did Hindus go? | India |
| What didEast Pakistan become? | Bangladesh |
| What did West Pakistan become? | Pakistan |
| When was Gandhi assasinated? | 1948 |
| Whatperiod followed the Maurya Empire? | 500 years of chaos |
| What period followed the Gupta Empire? | 1000 years of chaos |
| What did Hinduism play during this period? | stabilized India |
| What was India's government made up of? | state and central gov. |
| How many state governments? | 25 |
| How many territory governments? | 7 |
| What is a word to describe the Indian Government? | parlimentary democracy |
| What were some parties of the Indian government? | Congress, Bharata Janata |
| What is the Upper House of the Indian govern. | Rajya Sabha |
| Lower house of the Indian gov. | Lok Sabha |
| What was the voting age? | 21 later became 18 |
