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Ces exercices Empire et indépendances t’entraînent à manier le vocabulaire de la colonisation, à situer les grandes dates et à comprendre des documents sur Gandhi et la décolonisation. Les difficultés augmentent progressivement jusqu’à une courte production écrite.

Les exercices

Exercices Empire et indépendances : du vocabulaire à l’essai

Exercice 1 : associer les mots

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

  1. a settler
  2. to rule
  3. a legacy
  4. a subject
  5. to gain independence
  6. civil disobedience
  7. the mother country
  8. a freedom fighter

a. la métropole – b. un héritage – c. obtenir l’indépendance – d. un colon – e. un combattant de la liberté – f. gouverner – g. un sujet de la Couronne – h. la désobéissance civile

Exercice 2 : la famille de mots

Complète avec le mot de la même famille qui convient : colony, colonial, colonise, colonisation, colonists.

  1. Britain decided to ___ large parts of Africa.
  2. Jamaica was a British ___ until 1962.
  3. The ___ period left deep scars.
  4. The first ___ arrived in Virginia in 1607.
  5. Many historians study the effects of ___ on local cultures.
Exercice 3 : remettre les événements dans l’ordre

Classe ces événements du plus ancien au plus récent.

  1. Ghana becomes independent.
  2. The East India Company is founded.
  3. Gandhi leads the Salt March.
  4. Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India.
  5. India and Pakistan become independent.
  6. The Quit India movement is launched.
Exercice 4 : compléter avec le bon mot

Complète avec : boycott, ruled, arrested, gained, non-violent, oppressed.

  1. Britain ___ India from 1858 to 1947.
  2. Gandhi asked Indians to ___ British goods.
  3. His protest was always ___.
  4. Thousands of protesters were ___ by the police.
  5. Many colonised people felt ___ by unfair laws.
  6. Kenya ___ independence in 1963.
Exercice 5 : comprendre un texte

Lis le texte puis réponds en anglais par des phrases complètes.

Priya’s grandmother was twelve on 15 August 1947. She still remembers the sound of fireworks in Delhi and the new flag on every balcony. “We were dancing in the streets,” she says, “but a few weeks later our neighbours had to leave for Pakistan. We never saw them again.” Today, Priya studies history in London. She says that the Partition is rarely taught in British schools, and she wants to change that. Last year she recorded her grandmother’s memories and shared them online. Thousands of people listened, and many wrote to her with their own family stories.

  1. How old was Priya’s grandmother in 1947?
  2. What does she remember about Independence Day?
  3. What happened to her neighbours?
  4. What does Priya study and where?
  5. What problem does Priya point out?
  6. What did she do last year?
  7. How did people react?
Exercice 6 : vrai ou faux ? Justifie

Dis si chaque phrase est vraie (True) ou fausse (False) d’après le cours, et corrige les phrases fausses.

  1. The British Empire started as a trading company.
  2. Gandhi used violence to fight the British.
  3. The Salt March took place in 1947.
  4. The Partition created two states: India and Pakistan.
  5. Ghana was the last African colony to become independent.
  6. Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart.
Exercice 7 : lire une frise

Observe la frise et réponds aux questions en anglais.

1947India1957Ghana1960Nigeria1962Jamaica1963Kenya
Quelques indépendances dans l’ancien Empire britannique.
  1. Which country became independent first?
  2. When did Nigeria gain independence?
  3. Which Caribbean country appears on the timeline?
  4. How many years separate India’s and Kenya’s independence?
  5. Which two countries became independent in the 1950s or 1960s in West Africa?
Exercice 8 : corriger les erreurs

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Recopie-la correctement.

  1. The colons took the land of the farmers.
  2. India became independant in 1947.
  3. Gandhi was born in 1869 and he die in 1948.
  4. The british ruled a huge empire.
  5. India gained its independence of Britain.
  6. Millions of people was displaced during the Partition.
Exercice 9 : traduire en anglais

Traduis ces phrases en anglais.

  1. L’Inde a obtenu son indépendance en 1947.
  2. Gandhi croyait en la non-violence.
  3. Les colons ont pris les meilleures terres.
  4. La langue anglaise est un héritage de l’Empire.
  5. Des milliers de personnes l’ont rejoint pendant la marche.
  6. Le Royaume-Uni a gouverné le Kenya jusqu’en 1963.
Exercice 10 : traduire en français

Traduis ces phrases en français.

  1. The empire on which the sun never sets.
  2. Gandhi defied the salt law.
  3. Many families were torn apart by the Partition.
  4. Postcolonial writers tell history from their own point of view.
  5. The wind of change is blowing through Africa.
Exercice 11 : qui est-ce ?

Retrouve la personne décrite : Gandhi, Nehru, Kwame Nkrumah, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Queen Victoria.

  1. She became Empress of India in 1876.
  2. He led Ghana to independence.
  3. He wrote a novel about a boy born at midnight on 15 August 1947.
  4. He walked to the sea to collect salt.
  5. He was India’s first Prime Minister.
  6. He wrote about an Igbo village and the arrival of missionaries.
Exercice 12 : production guidée

Écris un paragraphe de 100 à 120 mots en anglais : Why is Gandhi still a source of inspiration today? Utilise au moins cinq de ces éléments : non-violence, civil disobedience, the Salt March, to defy, to inspire, legacy, however, that is why.

  1. Présente Gandhi en une phrase.
  2. Explique sa méthode.
  3. Donne un exemple précis.
  4. Cite une personne qu’il a inspirée.
  5. Termine par ton opinion personnelle.

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