- Foundations of empire
- Imperialism
- Define Imperialism and Colonialism
- In a paragraph, explain the political, economic and cultural motives
of imperialism.
- In paragraph explain the new modern transportation, communication and
military technologies that supported European Imperialism?
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- European imperialism
- The British empire in India
- Company rule under the English East India Company
- Who was Aurangzeb and was the result of his death?
- Define Sepoy.
- Explain Sepoy Rebellion.
- What replaced East Indian Company rule in 1858?
- Explain how the British restructured the economies of India and
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and made them dependent on the British.
- British rule did not interfere with Indian culture or Hindu religion
- From the lecture notes, what was one of the negative effects
of the English-style schools the British established Indian elites?
- What Indian customs were outlawed?
- Imperialism in central Asia and southeast Asia
- Define "The Great Game".
- What European power controlled Indonesia?
- Name the British colonies in southeast Asia.
- What colonies did the French have in South East Asia?
- What was the only area in South East Asia that did not fall under
European Imperial control? Why?
- The scramble for Africa
- Identify and explain the significance of the following people:
- David Livingstone -
- Henry Stanley -
- King Leopold II
- Cecil Rhodes
- Between 1875 and 1900, European powers seized almost the entire
continent
- Early explorers charted the waters, gathered information on resources
- To protect their investments and Suez Canal, Britain occupied
Egypt, 1882
- Who first settled South Africa?
- What did the Dutch use as labor in their agricultural society
they created in South Africa?
- Who seized the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century?
- What did they do in 1833 that led to British-Dutch tensions?
- The dutch responded to this by doing what?
- Why did the British then go into the interior and begin to settle
Dutch land?
- This results in what war? What was the outcome of the war?
- Explain the The Berlin Conference, 1884-1885 and what happened to
Africa by 1900.
- Colonial rule challenging and expensive
- Define "Concessionary companies":
- Explain the differences between Direct rule and in direct rule?
- European imperialism in the Pacific
- Introduction
- Explain the two main forms of Imperialism in the Pacific.
- Settler colonies in the Pacific
- Identify Captain James Cook.
- Who are the Maori?
- The British originally used Australia as a what?
- What discovery resulted in a surge of European migration?
- Imperialists in paradise: Explain why Europeans delayed colonization
of Pacific Islands until late nineteenth century?
- The emergence of new imperial powers
- Introduction: Who were the two main new Imperial powers?
- U.S. imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific
- Explain The Monroe Doctrine.
- Early U.S. Territory
- What land did the United States purchased from Russia in 1867?
- Who was Queen Lili’uokalani ?
- When did Hawaii became a protectorate?
- Explain the The Spanish-American War. What was the major result
of the War?
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- Identify Emilio Aguinaldo.
- How did the United States get The Panama Canal built?
- Imperial Japan
- What did the Japanese resent?
- Where was the Early Japanese expansion? i
- Explain the The Sino-Japanese War. What was the result of the war?
(1894-95)
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- Explain The Russo-Japanese War? What was the result of the war?
- Legacies of imperialism
- Explain the impact Imperialism had on the traditional economics of
the colonoies?
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- Labor migrations
- In a paragraph explain the two major migrations patterns caused
by Imperialism.
- What did these Large-scale migrations reflect?
- Empire and society
- Give an example of at least two Colonial conflicts.
- Define "Scientific racism." and Social Darwinism.
- Identify the following people:
- Gobineau.
- Charles Darwin.
- Herbert Spencer:
- How did Colonial experience reinforced popular racism?
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- Nationalism and anti colonial movements
- Who was Ram Mohan Roy? (
- What did he try to do in India?
- What was founded in 1885 in India?What was it's purpose.
- Educated Indians met, with British approval, to discuss public
affairs
- Congress aired grievances about colonial rule, sought Indian
self-rule
- What was founded in 1906 in India? What was it's purpose?
- What were the Limited reforms that were granted in 1909?
- What did the Indian nationalism eventually achieve later in the
20th century?