[Based on the film Mangal Pandey]

1. What tools or technologies help the British keep control of India?

2. Explain how opium links England, India, and China. What impact does the opium trade have on Indians?

3. The "cartridge controversy" is the centerpiece of this film. Describe the cartridge controversy and then explain how that controversy is symbolic of the relationship between the British and Indians more generally?

Over time, historians have changed the ways they study the past because they have: o a. emphasized the study of oral history passed down in communities for generations. o b. started to explore history through the perspectives of many different groups. c. focused on uncovering archaeological evidence rather than analyzing documents. d. largely abandoned studying comparative and cultural history in favor of microhistory.