Question

name
date
period
vocabulary quiz gandhi a
a. apartheid
h. general strike
n. pass laws
b. ashram
i. homespun cloth
o. rebate
c. boycott
j. indigo
p. segregation
d. caste system
k. miner
q. sedition
e. civil disobedience
l. non - cooperation
r. strike
f. civil rights
m. partition
s. untouchables
g. commission
t. viceroy

1. ___a system of dividing indian society into classes of social status that each person inherits fro his/her family.
2. ___a group of people officially responsible for a certain task.
3. ___the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality.
4. ___a place for religious living or creating a special community. originated in india in the hindu tradition.
5. ___refusing to obey a law or policy as a way to protest.
6. ___refusing to obey certain laws to pay taxes and fines, as a form of peaceful political protest.
7. ___when workers refuse to work, in order to protest against rules made by their employers.
8. ___a strike of workers in all or most industries.
9. ___refusing to buy something as a form of protest. also, refusing to obey a policy or take part in an event as a form of protest.
10. ___people outside the caste system, with very low social status.
11. ___the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country or community.
12. ___a system of racial segregation or discrimination in south africa.
13. ___laws in south africa that segregated the population and placed strict limits on the movements of nonwhite people. non - white people in south africa were required to carry pass books that gave them permission to travel outside their hometowns. these laws were one of the major features of apartheid.
14. ___cloth made at home on a loom.
15. ___a person who works in a mine to find metal and minerals underground.
16. ___a tropical plant used to create dark blue dye.
17. ___a partial refund to someone who has paid too much money for tax or rent.
18. ___speech or action that encourages people to rebel against the rulers of a country or place.
19. ___a ruler in a colony who represents colonial power.
20. ___dividing a country into separate parts.

Explanation:

1. The caste system divides Indian society into social - status classes inherited from family.
2. A commission is a group responsible for a task.
3. Civil rights are about political and social freedom/equality.
4. An ashram is a place for religious living (Hindu tradition).
5. Civil disobedience is refusing law/policy to protest.
6. Non - cooperation is refusing laws, paying taxes/fines (peaceful protest).
7. A strike is workers refusing to work against employer rules.
8. A general strike involves workers in all/most industries.
9. Boycott is refusing to buy or obey (protest).
10. Untouchables are outside the caste system (low status).
11. Segregation is enforced racial separation.
12. Apartheid is South African racial segregation/discrimination.
13. Pass laws were South African segregation laws (pass books).
14. Homespun cloth is made at home on a loom.
15. A miner works in a mine (metal/minerals).
16. Indigo is a tropical plant (dark blue dye).
17. Rebate is a partial tax/rental refund.
18. Sedition encourages rebellion against rulers.
19. A viceroy represents colonial power in a colony.
20. Partition divides a country into parts.

Answer:

1. D. caste system
2. G. commission
3. E. civil rights
4. B. ashram
5. F. civil disobedience
6. L. non - cooperation
7. R. strike
8. H. general strike
9. C. boycott
10. S. untouchables
11. P. segregation
12. A. apartheid
13. N. pass laws
14. I. homespun cloth
15. K. miner
16. J. indigo
17. O. rebate
18. Q. sedition
19. T. viceroy
20. M. partition