MP3 HW2

1. How big is India?
India is 1.2 million square miles big.

2. What is it's relative location (between which bodies of water)
The relative location is between the Bay of Bengal on the left and Arabian sea on the right.

3. What 'raw materials' are among their crops?
Tea, Indigo, Coffee, Cotton, and Jute are "raw materials" among their crops.

4. Who was the MUSLIM ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522?
Barbor was the Muslim ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522. He was related to Ghenghis Khan.

5. Who attacked the Moguls in the 1600s?
Martha people of west central India attacked the Moguls in the 1600s.

6. How were the Hindus treated by the Muslims after this attack?
The Muslims destroyed temples and forced Hindus to pay a special tax.

7. What British Company came to India in the 1600s?
The British Easy India Company came to India in the 1600s.

8. When did that company start to take over?
In 1707 they started to take over.

9. Why?
They took over to control resources directly instead of through trade.

10. They built the trains. What were the trains used for?
The very first train was for hauling contruction material in Roorkee. Afterwards, trains were used for transporting raw products for villages to the ports and brought back manufactured goods.

11. They also built roads that helped people communicate. Was this a positive? (your opinion) please explain.
I think it was mostly a positive idea since people had it easier to travel and transport goods.

12. What percentage (%) of India was Muslim?
India was 12% Muslim.

13. What percentage was Hindu?
India was 82% Hindu.

14. Why did the Sepoy Rebellion start?
The British lacked respect for the religions of India. They lined up meat to convert them to Christianity.

15. WHERE did it start?
The Sepoy Rebellion started in Meerut and eventually marched to Delhi.

16. What was the punishment for the people who rebelled?
As punishment, some rebels were placed in front of a cannon to be blown apart.