Question

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. boycott Indians that formed part of the British army 2. partition acts of verbal or physical rebellion against civil authority 3. sedition to divide a nation into two or more parts 4. sepoys refuse to buy products or perform services as acts of rebellion against a company or government

Answer 1

Partition. to divide a nation into two or more parts
Sedition. Acts of verbal or physical rebellion against civil authority
Sepoys. Indians that formed a part of the british army
Boycott. Refuse to buy products or perform services as acts of rebellion against a company or goverment

Answer 2

1. Boycott --- Refuse to buy products or perform services as acts of rebellion against a company or government

2. Partition --- To divide a nation into two or more parts

3. Sedition --- Acts of verbal or physical rebellion against civil authority

4. Sepoys --- Indians that formed part of the British army

Step-by-step explanation:

1- A boycott consists of refusing to buy, sell, or practice any other form of commercial or other relationship with an individual, a company or a nation considered, by the participants in the boycott, as authors of something morally reprehensible.

2- Partitioning is the division of a national entity into several subgroups. For example, the partition of Czechoslovakia in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

3- Sedition is a public and tumultuous uprising against authority, public order or military discipline, without reaching the seriousness of rebellion or betrayal.

4- In the British Empire, a sepoy was a native of India recruited to serve in the colonial armies of the United Kingdom.