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During which period did the first known use of stone tools by hominins occur?

Bronze Age

Stone Age (correct)

Iron Age

Protohistory

Which civilizations were the first to develop their own scripts and keep historical records?

Ancient Greece and Rome

Inca and Moche

Sumer and Mesopotamia, Indus Valley Civilisation, and ancient Egypt (correct)

Maya and Aztec

What is the period called when a culture is written about by others, but has not developed its own writing system?

Prehistory

Bronze Age

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Iron Age

What was Gandhi's role in the Indian National Congress and what were some of the campaigns he led?

Gandhi assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule. Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the challenges to Gandhi's vision of an independent India, and how did he respond to them?

Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a Muslim nationalism which demanded a separate homeland for Muslims within British India. He responded by attempting to alleviate distress and undertaking several hunger strikes to stop the religious violence. Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the personal practices and choices that Gandhi adopted as a means of both introspection and political protest?

Gandhi adopted the short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn as a mark of identification with India's rural poor. He began to live in a self-sufficient residential community, to eat simple food, and undertake long fasts as a means of both introspection and political protest. Signup and view all the answers

Gandhi adopted the short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn as a mark of identification with Indias ______ poor.

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Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and, above all, achieving ______ or self-rule.

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In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a ______-majority Pakistan.

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