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What six countries claimed major parts of Africa |
Britian, France, Germany, BElgium, Portugal, and SPain |
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Imperalism |
Seizing land form one country for another |
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Racism |
The belief that one race is superior to others |
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Darwinsim |
"survival of the fittest" |
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What are five factors that allowed Europeans to eventually conqure Africa |
1. Technology-Europeans had technological superiorty 2. Traveling- Invention of steam engine allowed Europeans to easily travel especially wth boats 3. Communtication-Railroads cables and steam ships allowed communication with colonies and controlling country 4. African DisunityAfricans had a large amount of lanuage that discouraged Unity |
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What are two discoveried in South Africa that sparked Greater Intrest in colonizing Africa |
Discovery of Diamonds and Gold |
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What was the purpose of the BErlin confernce |
to prevent wars- lay down rules for divison of AFrica |
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Who were the Boers/ Afrikaners |
Dutch farmers/ settlers |
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How did the British Control Nigeria and other British Colonies |
Indirectly- Allowed existing politcal rulers to govern under British authority and local officals to manage daily affairs |
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What methods of management did the French use with their Colonies |
Direct Control- Through the policies if paternism and assimilaton |
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what was Alegerias resistance |
active resistance |
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What was East Africans reistance to Germany |
spirtual resistance- belief that magi water sprinkled n their bodies would ward off European bullets |
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Why was Ethiopia able to successfully resist Eueopean Rule |
Menelik II took advantage of rivilaries among Italians, French, British to avoid an aresal |
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How did Africans benefit from Colonial rule? |
-reduceed local warefare -Improved education, sanitation, transportation, and communication - African products became valued on national market |
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What were the negative consequences of colonial rule for the African government? |
-European diseases=death -famine -breakdown of traditional ways of life -artifical politcal divisons-> ethnic and Civil Wars
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what did active resistance lead to for africans |
loss of property |
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Paternalism |
managing a coutry in a fatherly way by providing for peoples needs but denying them rights |
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Assimilation |
Policy that assumed that the local position would become absorbed in the governing, culture, and patterns in local schools, courts, and busniesses on European models |
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How was the decline of the Muslim States affected by the death of Suleyman I (4) |
1. Sucession of weak rulers 2. Division into factions 3. Corruption 4. Economic ad Social decline |
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How was the decline of the Muslim States affected by the rise of nationlism |
inspred Greeks, serbs and other groups in the Ottoman Empire fought for self rule |
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who was inspired y the rise of nationlism |
Greeks and Serbs [and other groups] |
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How was the decline of the Muslim States affected by Geopolitics |
World powers formed allainces or waged war to gain control of the Ottoman empire because of its strategic location |
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How was the decline of the Muslim States affected by the Construction of the Suez canal |
When Egypt ran into problems paying for construction, British insited on overseeing financal control of the canal and occupied the country |
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when did Britian gain control of Ottoman |
1882 |
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How was the decline of the Muslim States affected by the discovery of Oil in Persia |
Persia lacked capital to develop resources so it granted conseccions to European Busniesses |
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DEscribe the pmuslim landsolicies European nations used to gai control of |
created spheres of influnce and practiced economic imperalism |
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what were the causes of the the Crimean War |
Discovery of oil |
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What did the Crimean War show if the Ottomans |
they lacked strong military |
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what was an outcome of the Crimean War |
Ottomans lost most of their land |
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Who was fighting in the Ottoman War |
Ottoman / / French British |
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What was the cause of East India company gaining control of india |
Company troops defeated Indian forces at the Battle of Plassery |
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What was the effect of The British establishing a railroad network in India (2.5) |
1. Railroads transported raw products 2. India became more profitble -> Modern day economy and was geographically unified |
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What was the effect of Britian restricting Indian owned industries (cotton textiles and food reduction for cash crops) |
Villagers were no longer self sufficent; food production declines and famine sets in |
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What was the cause of Britian gaining control of India and Racisim and mututal distrust |
Sepoy occurs and uprisings spread over much of northern India |
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What was the cause of Indians form indian national congress then the Muslim leauge, which eventuallly call for self government |
Calls by reformerss |
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What was the effect of the British partition Bengal into Hind and Muslim sections |
Acts of terrisom forced Britian to divide provinces in a different way to avoid rebellion |
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Why did the British view India as the Jewel in the Crown |
India was its most valuable colony. |
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What lands did the Dutch East India Company claim (8) |
-Molacca -Java -Sumatra -Indonesia [All of it] - Borneo -Celeus -Moulaccas |
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What were the major products of the Dutch East India Company (3) |
oil, tin, and rubber |
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What was The Dutch East India Company's impact of colonization |
created ridgid social class |
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What were lands claimed by the British (3) |
-Molay -Penisula -Burma |
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What was the immagration policy of the British |
encouraged Chinese to migrate to Malyasia |
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What was Britains impact of colonization (3) |
-Racial conflict between Maylasia and chinese -economic growth -modernizaton |
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What were lands claimed by the French (3) |
1. Malay 2. Penisula 3. Burma |
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What was French's method of management |
Direct (colnial) |
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What was the French's impact of colonization |
Decline of local industires, less food for peasants |
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What were lands claimed by Amercia (4) |
-Guam -Phillipean Islands -Putrio Rico -Hawaii |
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what was Amercias method of managemnt |
Some preperation foor Colinal self rule |
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What was Amercias impact of colonizzation (3) |
1. Economic exloration 2.modernization of transportation 3.Imrovement of health and education |
