Unit 4 India Partition Vocabulary Quiz (30 points)

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10 questions
Choose the BEST answer to the definition:

imperialism
The Raj
Viceroy
Decolonization
Atlantic Charter
Dominion status
Hindu
Muslim
Sikh
Nationalism
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
“Quit India” movement
Hindu National Congress party
Muslim League
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
Jawaharlal Nehru
“Federated India”
Lahore Resolution
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Bengal
Kashmir
“the Partition massacres”
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 (First Kashmir War)
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The first prime minister of the newly independent India.

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Launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942 (during World War II), ____________________________ demanded an end to British Rule of India.

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The process of Imperial countries of giving up their rule of foreign lands.

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A joint declaration issued during World War II by the United States and Great Britain pledging to support a nation’s right to choose its own government, the easing of trade restrictions, and a plea for postwar disarmament.

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During the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the violence of independence became exceptionally savage, especially in Punjab.

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Originally a separate kingdom, ______________________________ became a state in India. It is largely Muslim, and has been the source of tension between India and Pakistan ever since independence

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Before independence, this called for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India.

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Originally called East Pakistan and part of Pakistan, this largely Muslim country became independent in March 1971.

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The Leader of the Muslim League and leader of Pakistan.

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Is the underlined vocabulary word used correctly in the following sentence? If yes, write "YES" in the box. If not, then please write a new sentence, correctly using the word.
Mahatma Gandhi became the Raj after the partition of India.