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“QUEEN VICTORIA’S EMPIRE” MOVIE CLIP QUESTIONS
1.
How did Victoria describe India?
2.
Who “conquered” India? Who fought for them?
3.
Why did British men go to India?
4.
Who was the bee bee? What was their advantage?
5.
What were Victorian values?
6.
What did the British feel was their mission?
7.
What was the original way to get to India? How long did it take?
8.
What was the “short cut” to India? In what way did technology make it possible?
9.
Who came to India as a result of the shortcut? Describe ways their arrival changed British living
in India.
10.
Who else came to India as a result of the new route? What was their view of the Indian people?
What did they hope to accomplish?
11.
What was the tradition of sati?
12.
How did the Indians react to the changes the British imposed?
13.
When Aza Mula Kar went to England what did he expect to see? What did he actually see? Why
is this ironic?
14.
What rumors spread by Aza Mula encouraged Indians to rise up against the British?
15.
How many Indians served in the British military? How does this compare to the British army
overall?
16.
Why did the new Lee Enfield rifle spark the Great Mutiny?
17.
Describe the siege and massacres of Kanpur.
18.
Give examples of how the British retaliated against the Indians after the Great Mutiny.
19.
What reforms did the British make after the Great Mutiny?