10 Questions
What was the date of the Battle of Hastings?
14 October 1066
Who was the leader of the Norman-French army?
William, the Duke of Normandy
Who was the Anglo-Saxon King that led the English army?
Harold Godwinson
What was the outcome of the Battle of Hastings?
A decisive Norman victory
What tactic did the Normans adopt to defeat the English army?
Pretending to flee in panic and then turning on their pursuers
What was Gandhi's profession?
Lawyer
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
South Africa
What was the main goal of Gandhi's campaigns in India?
All of the above
What was the Dandi Salt March?
A campaign against British-imposed salt tax
What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's last hunger strike in Delhi?
Pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
Study Notes
The Battle of Hastings
- The Battle of Hastings took place in 1066.
- The leader of the Norman-French army was William, Duke of Normandy.
- The Anglo-Saxon King who led the English army was Harold II.
- The outcome of the Battle of Hastings was a decisive Norman victory, leading to the Norman Conquest of England.
Mahatma Gandhi
- Gandhi's profession was a lawyer.
- Gandhi first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in South Africa.
- The main goal of Gandhi's campaigns in India was to achieve independence from British rule through nonviolent resistance.
- The Dandi Salt March was a 24-day march in 1930, where Gandhi and thousands of followers marched 240 miles to the sea to protest the British salt tax.
- The indirect goal of Gandhi's last hunger strike in Delhi was to improve the lives of the untouchables, the poorest and most marginalized Indians.
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