Imperialisms Old and New The Philosophy of Colonialism

1. How did nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europeans justify their imperialism?

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Chapter Introduction The Motives The Tactics Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New The Philosophy of Colonialism

2. What strategies did African and Asian peoples employ to cope with or resist European imperialism? To what degree were they successful?

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South The Emergence of Anticolonialism Traditional Resistance: A Precursor to Nationalism

3. Compare and contrast the strategies of European colonialism and neo-colonialism.

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Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New

4. Was Western imperialism an inevitable result of the advance of the Industrial Revolution? Why or why not?

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The Motives Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New The Philosophy of Colonialism Imperialism: The Balance Sheet

5. Discuss some of the non-economic motives for Western imperialism. In your opinion, were the economic or non-economic motives of primary importance, and why?

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The Motives The Philosophy of Colonialism Arab Merchants and European Missionaries in East Africa

6. How, and why, did the policies of European imperialists in West Africa and Southeast Asia differ? To what degree did economic motives explain these differences, and why?

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Colonial Regimes in Southeast Asia “Opportunity in the Orient”: The Colonial Takeover of Southeast Asia The Nature of Colonial Rule Empire Building in Africa Imperialist Shadow over the Nile The Scramble for Africa

7. Describe the institutionalization of European colonialism in terms of its philosophical underpinnings and the actual practices and policies that its practitioners employed.

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The Motives The Philosophy of Colonialism India Under the British Raj The Costs of Colonialism The Nature of Colonial Rule From Slavery to “Legitimate Trade” in Africa

8. "The Sepoy Rebellion was the major turning point in modern Indian history." Discuss, pro and con.

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The Sepoy Rebellion

9. Describe the strategies of resistance employed by colonized peoples. Where were they successful? Where did they fall short and why?

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Traditional Resistance: A Precursor to Nationalism

10. What made Africa so desirable to imperialist European nations? Be specific.

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The Scramble for Africa

11. "On balance, Western imperialism benefited the colonial peoples." Discuss, pro and con.

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Imperialism: The Balance Sheet The Costs of Colonialization

12. What does the text mean when it says, "modern nationalism, then, was a product of colonialism and, in a sense, a reaction to it"?

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The Emergence of Anticolonialism Stirrings of Nationhood

13. Compare and contrast eighteenth century colonialism with late nineteenth century imperialism. What are the differences, if any, and why?

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Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New

14. "Western imperialism was an inevitable consequence of the West's Scientific and Industrial Revolutions." Discuss, pro and con.

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Chapter Introduction The Motives The Philosophy of Colonialism Opposing Viewpoints: White Man’s Burden, Black Man’s Sorrow The Costs of Colonialization The Scramble for Africa Imperialisms Old and New

15. "The Boer War was a precursor and a paradigm of later twentieth century wars." Discuss, pro and con.

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South The Emergence of Anticolonialism Stirrings of Nationhood

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).

16. Cecil Rhodes

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Chapter Introduction The Motives

17. new imperialism

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The Spread of Colonial Rule Comparative Essay: “Imperialisms Old and New”

18. direct rule

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The Colonial System

19. Japan, Thailand, Afghanistan, Persia, and Ethiopia

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The Tactics

20. "might makes right"

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The Philosophy of Colonialism

21. Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden

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The Philosophy of Colonialism

22. assimilation

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Assimilation or Association?

23. Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Indian in Blood, English in Taste and Intellect

24. zamindar system

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The Costs of Colonialism

25. raj

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The Costs of Colonialism

26. indirect rule

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The Colonial System

27. Indochinese Union

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“Opportunity in the Orient”: The Colonial Takeover in Southeast Asia

28. Thailand's King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn

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“Opportunity in the Orient”: The Colonial Takeover in Southeast Asia

29. Commodore George Dewey

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“Opportunity in the Orient”: The Colonial Takeover in Southeast Asia

30. Emilio Aguinaldo

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“Opportunity in the Orient”: The Colonial Takeover in Southeast Asia

31. association

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Assimilation or Association?

32. "modernizing elite"

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Economic Development

33. slave trade vs. "legitimate trade"

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Empire Building in Africa From Slavery to “Legitimate Trade” in Africa

34. Liberia

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From Slavery to “Legitimate Trade” in Africa

35. Sierra Leone, Senegal, and the Gold Coast

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From Slavery to “Legitimate Trade” in Africa

36. Muhammad Ali, the pasha

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Imperialist Shadow over the Nile

37. Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Suez Canal

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Imperialist Shadow over the Nile

38. the Mahdi and Charles Gordon

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Imperialist Shadow over the Nile

39. Zanzibar and the slave trade

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Arab Merchants and European Missionaries in East Africa

40. David Livingstone

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Arab Merchants and European Missionaries in East Africa

41. Cape Colony

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South

42. Boers/Afrikaners

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South

43. the Great Trek

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South

44. Shaka and the Zulus

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South

45. Orange Free State and South African Republic/Transvaal

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Bantus, Boers, and British in the South

46. the "scramble for Africa"

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The Scramble for Africa

47. "missionary factor"

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The Scramble for Africa

48. "white man's burden"

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The Scramble for Africa

49. Fashoda

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The Scramble for Africa

50. informal empire

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From Slavery to “Legitimate Trade” in Africa

51. King Leopold II of Belgium

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The Scramble for Africa

52. Boer War

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Colonialism in Africa Indirect Rule

53. the "three Cs"

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The Scramble for Africa

54. social Darwinism

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The Scramble for Africa

55. high colonialism

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High Colonialism

56. "shanghaied"

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Colonialism and the Countryside

57. Kenya's central highlands

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Indirect Rule

58. Union of South Africa

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Indirect Rule

59. Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland

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Imperialist Shadow over the Nile Map 21.3

60. matrilineal

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Women in Colonial Africa

61. clitoridectomy

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Women in Colonial Africa

62. sepoys

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The Sepoy Rebellion

63. Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj

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The Path of Collaboration

64. anticolonialism

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The Emergence of Anticolonialism

65. Enfield rifles

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The Sepoy Rebellion

66. Neocolonialism

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Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New

67. 'Old' and 'New' Imperialism

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Comparative Essay: Imperialisms Old and New

68. resistance strategies

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Traditional Resistance: A Precursor to Nationalism

69. "New" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century included

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gold and silver.

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cloves and pepper.

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oil, tin and rubber.

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tea, silk, and porcelain.

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ivory and rayon.

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c

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The Tactics Economic Development

70. Whose last will and testament left a massive estate to be used to create a worldwide British Empire?

a.

Albert Sarraut

b.

Cecil Rhodes

c.

Muhammad Ali Jinna

d.

David Livingstone

e.

Paul Kruger

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b

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Chapter Introduction