Starter quiz
- Which word describes the movement of people into a new area or country?
- 'migration' ✓
- Complete the sentence: Enslaved people were forcibly transported to the Americas from West Africa in the ______ Slave Trade.
- 'Transatlantic' ✓
- Which of the following were the most important factors in causing migration in the 16th and 17th centuries?
- role of individuals - William the Conqueror's actions
- war - the Hundred Years' War
- religion - the Reformation ✓
- economic resources - the early formation of the British Empire ✓
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- During the 16th and 17th centuries, where did migration lead to a distinct identity emerging?
- America ✓
- England
- Scotland ✓
- Ireland ✓
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- Put the following time periods in chronological order.
- 1⇔medieval
- 2⇔early modern
- 3⇔18th and 19th centuries
- 4⇔modern
- In which direction did migration occur in the 16th and 17th centuries?
- northward
- eastward
- southward
- westward ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which word describes exclusive control over a supply of or trade in a commodity or service?
- 'monopoly' ✓
- Who ruled the Indian subcontinent prior to the arrival of Britain?
- Mughals ✓
- Vikings
- Normans
- Angevins
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- Which company was founded in 1600 and soon established trading posts in Surat, Madras and Bombay?
- 'the British East India Company' ✓
- Who ruled over the Hindu princes, creating a vast and stable empire in India from 1556 to 1605?
- Alexander the Great
- Akbar the Great ✓
- Genghis Khan
- Aurangzeb
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- Which of the following products were exported by the EIC from India?
- cotton cloth ✓
- silver
- opium ✓
- gold
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- Who led the EIC to victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
- Akbar the Great
- Robert Clive ✓
- Aurangzeb
- Siraj-ud-Daula
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Key learning points
- Prior to the arrival of Britain, the Indian subcontinent was ruled by the Muslim Mughal Empire.
- Under the rule of Aurangzeb, the power of the Mughals decreased due to war and economic difficulties.
- In 1600 the East India Company was founded and was given a monopoly over trade in East Asia.
- In the 1757 Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive's East India Company gained control over India.
- In the 18th and 19th centuries the East India Company expanded its control along with government involvement.
Common misconception
The British were the only European power trying to gain control over India.
The British, French and Dutch were all attempting to gain a foothold in India and expand their influence there.
Keywords
Monopoly - exclusive control over a supply of or trade in a commodity or service
Sepoy - an Indian soldier serving in the British or another European order
Nawab - a native governor during the time of the Mughal Empire
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