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9 Cards in this Set
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rani "Queen" Lakshmibai
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widow of ruler of state of Jhansi in central India, led separate revolt when the East India Company tried to take over her lands after her husband died
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What gave birth to Indian nationalism?
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Indian Rebellion
Jhansi revolt |
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Government of India Act of 1858
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Issued by British Government, by which Britain took direct control of India
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Queen Victoria
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British Parliament declared her the empress of India in 1876
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Indian troops, Muslim and Hindi, rebelled after being made to use cow/pig fat to grease ammunition cartridges, and angered over tightening British control, stormed and conquered Mughal capital at Delhi and declared independence of Indian nation
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sati
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a widow's self-immolation on her husband's funeral pyre
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Mekong Delta project
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French brought improvements to Cochin China which increased amount of cultivated land and spurred rapid growth of food supply
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Goal of Meiji Restoration 1868
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establish Japan as a modern, technologically powerful state free of Western control, Meiji meant enlightened rule, regime professed to combine "Western science and Eastern values" - hence a combination of restoration and innovation
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Sigmund Freud
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Viennese physician whose unconventional treatment, psychoanalysis - patient's dreams, sexual experiences and everyday life
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