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1 Trivia Game!!!! Rules: 1.No yelling out, talking, or disruptive behavior 2.No notes, book, phones, or cheating 3.Each question is worth 10 pts 4.You may wager as many points as you have on the bonus questions 5.Any rule breaking results in losing 10 points and sitting out a question.

2 What country was called “The Jewel of the British Crown”? India

3 Colonies = Profit is a simple way to remember what term? Mercantilism

4 Who led the Indian people in a campaign of non- cooperation Gandhi

5 What was the 1st colony of the British Ireland

6 BONUS ROUND 1 Bet as many point as you would like!!!!!

7 Identify these countries in order 1 2 3 4 5

8 ANSWER: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, India Ha Ha India is there twice (did I fool you?)

9 What was the name of the 1857 rebellion that saw Indian soldier mutiny against the British East India Company Sepoy Rebellion

10 What was the final economically viable colony to leave the British Empire Hong Kong

11 What is the process of building an empire through political, economic, and military dominance? Imperialism

12 What is the primary occupation in India and South East Asia for much of the 20th century Farming/agriculture

13 What influential and controversial piece of writing did Rudyard Kipling Write? The White Man’s Burden

14 What were the two main sources of conflict between Ireland and Britain? Religion and Nationality

15 Bonus Round Two!!!!! You may wager as many points from round two as you wish

16 What was the Easter Rebellion? An Irish uprising against the British

17 What is the current population of India? 1.23 billion but anything between 1.2 and 1.3 is acceptable

18 What is the major religion in India and Pakistan respectively? Hinduism/Islam (muslim)

19 What do we call the British dividing up the Indian Colony in 1947? The partition

20 What single event primarily led to the rapid decline of the Empire? WWII (that was easier wasn’t it)

21 What happened in October it 1947? India and Pakistan got in a war over the Kashmir

22 Final Bonus Question!!!! You may wager as many points as you have in the bank.

23 Finish this stanza from “White Man’s Burden” Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, half devil and half child.

24 Tiebreaker 1: What is this? Gibraltar

25 Tie Breaker 2: What was the approximate population of India in 1930. (closest wins) 350,000,000


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