India Review Part 2
Across
- 3. Babur, the leader of Turkish and Mongol armies set up the _________ dynasty in India.
- 5. A group of nomadic warriors from Central Asia called the ___________ took over the Indus River Valley around 1500 BCE.
- 8. The ___________________ was a set of class divisions set in place by the Aryans in the Indus River Valley.
- 9. The Hindu custom of calling for a widow to join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral fire
- 10. Indian soldiers who served in the name of the East India Company.
- 11. The issuing of new rifles, which required the use of animal fat to grease the gun barrel created a huge problem for the sepoys and their Hindu beliefs, and led to the ___________________.
- 12. As a result of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, the British stepped up and began to _____ rule India as a colony.
- 13. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his _______.
- 14. The start of Muslim rule in Northern India was with the __________ sultanate.
Down
- 1. Some people condemned the Indian traditions of rigid caste distinctions, child marriage, sati, and ____________.
- 2. Western educated Indians learned about ____________ and equality, and wanted to end British imperial rule.
- 4. Hindus were allowed to practice their religion under the Delhi sultans as long as they _______ _________.
- 6. The earliest civilizations in India were large cities such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, they settled in the _____________________.
- 7. During British rule of India, they began clearing large sections of trees to help fuel the industrial revolution in Europe; this process is known as _____________________.