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Decolonisation and the partition of India

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Decolonisation and the partition of India”, from the unit “Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?” (Year 9 History) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. When was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formed?
  2. What did most Irish nationalists campaign for in the late 19th century?
  3. Why was there an increase in support for the republican cause after the Easter Rising?
  4. Who established the Irish Republican Party (IRA)?
  5. What word means to divide something into parts, especially two parts of a country into new states or countries?
  6. Put the following events into chronological order.
  7. Why did many Indian people demand independence from British rule in the late 19th century?
  8. What was the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1921?
  9. What complicated the creation of an independent India after World War Two (WW2)?
  10. What is the term for someone appointed by a monarch or ruler to govern a territory or colony in their name?
  11. When was partition implemented in India?
  12. Match the following people to their descriptions.

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