| A | B |
|---|
| Robert Clive | Leader of the British East India Company |
| Joseph Dupleix | Head of the French East India Company |
| Mohammed Ali Jinnah | Muslim leader who was responisble for the partition of Inddia into 2 separate countries |
| Vasco da Gama | Poruguese explorer who found the all water route to India |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Prime Minister who was assassinated by a Sikh due to the government's policies toward his people |
| Muslim League | Organization of Muslims its purpose was to end British rule |
| Indian National Congress | Organization of Hindus, purpose was to end British rule |
| Caste System | system of social groups based on birth |
| Jainism | minor religion of India believing in not killing any living thing |
| Satyagraha | Gandhi's method of non-violent resistance |
| Harappa | Early civilization in South Asia along the Indus River |
| Aryan | Light-skinned people who's ideas were the basis for Hinduism |
| Islamic | Empire from Middle East to South Aisa ruled by Sultans |
| Maurya | Leaders inclueded Asoka who spread Buddhism throughout South Asia |
| Mughal | Indvaders form Mongolia, founded by Babur |
| Gupta | India's "Golden Age" |
| British | Controlled the India from 1868-1947 |
| Akbar | Early Indian Leader who allowed European traders into India and brought temporary peace between Hindus and Muslims there |
| Imperialism | When a stronger country controls a weaker country for the benefit of the stronger country |
| Sepoy | Indian troops who served in the British Army and rebelled |
| Indira Gandhi | First prime minister of India who started India on the road to modernization |
| Nationalism | pride in ones country |
| Salt March | When Indians protested by walking to the ocean to get salt so they wouldn't have to pay taxes to the British |
| civil disobedience | use of nonviolent means to resist civil laws considered to be unjust |
