Whap Ch 24 Notecards

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Kingdom of Matarm

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controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; Dutch Eat India Company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness allowed Dutch to exert control over Java

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Spoys

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troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India

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British Raj

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British political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Belgium in India

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Plassey (1757)

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battle between British East India Company and Sir aj-ud-daula, ruler of Bengal's Indian army; British victory led to control of north India

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Robert Clive

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architect of British voctory at Plassey; established foundatiosn of British Raj at north India in the 18th century

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Presidencies

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three districts that made upt eh bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutla, and Bombay

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Princely States

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domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of Eat India Company were stationed at the ruler's courts to ensure compliance; over 2/3 of British Indian Empire

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Nabobs

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name given to british representatives of the East India Company who went to India to make fortunes through exploitation

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Charles Cornwallis

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reformer of the East India Company administration of India in the 1970s; reduced power of local British administration; cheeked widespread corruption

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Gunboat Diplomacy

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staple of international parlance in the mid- 19th century

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White Dominions

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colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical British holdings in north american and australia with growing independence in the 19th century

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Contested Settler Colonies

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featured large-scale European settlement despite the existence of large, indigenous populations, generally resulted in clashes over land rights, resource countrol, social status, and differences in culture; typical of South Africe, New Zealand, Kenya, Algeria, and Hawaii

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Great Trek

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movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of south Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal

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Boer Republlics

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established to assert independence of Boers from British colonial government in Cap Colony in 1850s; discovery of diamonds and gold caused British migration in Boer areas in 1860s

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Isandhlwana

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location of Battle fought in 1879 between British and Zulu armies in south Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of four victories of African forces over western Europe

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Settlement Colonies

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areas (north America/Australia) conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made the colonized areas their permanent home and dispersed/decimated the indiginous inhabitants

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White Racial Supremacy

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Belief in the inherent mental and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance decades before World War I; supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer

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Cecil Rhodes

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British entreprenuer in south Africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics; encouraged Boer War as a means of destroying Boer independence

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Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most colonial acquisitions by European states _____

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*tended to be improvised and influenced by local officials and local actions

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The British had first acquired their empire in India during the 18th century _____

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*following successful wars against France for possessions in South Asia

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Traditionally, British colonial practicce in India during the 19th century was to _____

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*leave defeated princes on the throne and control them through advisors

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All of these institutions and technologies were transmitted by the British to India through their colonial rule _____. This was not _____.

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*telegraph, road, western-style education, application of science to farming/environment, social reforms including an end to sati
**an alphabet and an advanced literate culture

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In what way was the intrusion of the British East India Company in India similar to the Dutch entry into Java _____

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*the intervention into local squabbles among indigenous princes in return for authority over land

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The bulk of territories that the British East India Company ruled directly were administered through the three _____

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*presidencies

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Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning the Indian resistance to British colonialism _____

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*Indian princes continued to fear and fight with each other despite the ever growing power of the British Raj

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Nabobs were _____

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*representatives of the British East India Company who went out to secure sudden wealth, often through corruption

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In order to survive in the hot tropical environments of south and southeast asia, the Dutch and English were force to _____

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*accomodate to ancient ways of Asian colonies

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The rise of the British Raj in Idia owed much to _____

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*the rivalry between the British and French

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A succession of reforms in India culminated in sweeping measures taken in the 1790's by _____

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*Lord Cornwallis

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The following statement is accurate regarding African and Asian reaction to colonialization _____

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*African and Asian peoples often fiercely resisted colonial rule, although without realistic chances of permanent success

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By 1914, the only independent nation in southeast Asia was _____

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*Siam

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European-style language schools and education had the greatest impact on the _____ colonial peoples

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*the children of elite groups

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The European educated colonial peoples tended to _____

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*cling to the European rulers but became the leaders of future independence movements

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The most likely reason for the success of European colonial acquisitions during the 19th century would be _____

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*superior European military and transportation technology

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With regard to social policies towards the colonial peoples, European governing officials _____

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*legally mandated racial and ethnic segregation

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Economically, European colonial powers encouraged their colonies to _____

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*remain dependent on the mother country

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Which of the following is an example of a "white dominion" _____

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*Australia