history chapter 12 study guide

colonial government in which local officials are replaced by officials from the colonizing country

Direct rule

What is the policy of joining a country's economic and foreign-policy interest

Dollar diplomacy

Describe the constitution of 1917 in Mexico

It was a document that set up a government led by a president and created land reforms in Mexico

What was the immediate goal of the Indian national Congress

Was to get a share in the governing process of India

describe land ownership Mexico under porfirio diaz

A few wealthy families owned most of the land in mexico

What was life like for Africans under European rule

African saw little benefit from their hard work

How did the British appease the boers after the Boer war

By agreeing that only whites and propertied Africans could vote

Who was the British explorer who helped develop the Congo river basin

David livingstone

What was one reason the great rebellion did not succeed in India

Hindus and Muslims cannot get along and work together

What is the central American waterway that opened in 1914

Panama canal

Who was the noble prize winning indian author

Rabindranath tagore

What is the waterway that connects the Mediterranean and red seas

Suez canal

What document created the guidelines for the colonization of Africa

The Berlin conference

what positive changes did the British implement in India?

The British improved communications by developing railroads, telegraph, and telephones. They improved education by setting up a new school system.

explain the Monroe doctrine and Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

The Monroe doctrine was the statement by President Monroe that said all Americans were off-limits to any colonization efforts by European countries. The Roosevelt corollary furthered the Monroe doctrine saying that the US has the right to intervene in Latin American countries guilty of misconduct

between 1800 and 1900, some 30 million Indians died of starvation. Based on the chart above, what were some of the causes of Indian poverty and hunger?

The growth of the British textile industry put thousands of people out of work. Heavy land taxes forced many persons to become tenants or lose their land entirely. The British encouraged farmers to switch from growing food to growing cotton and as a result, food supplies couldn't keep up with the population.

Which social class in south east Asia played a key role in resisting colonial rule?

The peasant farmers

Why did Europeans want to colonize west Africa

West Africa have many useful raw materials

in the 1800s European nations competed with each other to conquer and colonize countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Their goal is to take the raw materials of the weaker countries to further their own rapid industrialization. Consider how these takeovers affected peoples lives in the colonized countries. Use information in this chapter to explain the chapters enduring understanding statement: industrialization and the desire for resources can motivate countries to seek control over other countries.

Western nations had a strong economic motives to colonize countries that had raw materials and cheap labor they needed for their manufacturing processes. Western nations also needed places to sell their manufactured goods as well as routes to get their goods to market. Western nations success in colonizing overseas led to extreme competition. Almost every country in Africa and Asia was fought over by a western power. people and government from the conquering nations controlled their indigenous people's' lives and destroyed many of their cultural institutions. eventually, the indigenous people rebelled against their conquers, often with a bloody results. Thousands of people lost their lives in the fight for independence

A colonial government in which local rulers keep their positions of authority?

indirect rule

which two nations rivalry began the colonial take over of south east Asia?

it began with the rivalry between Great Britain and France

As a result of the prosperity that came from increased exports in Latin America what happened

middle sectors of society saw growth

explain why the united states sent military forces to cuba, mexico, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama, colombia, haiti, and the dominican republic in the early 1900s compared this with today's reasons for sending US military troops to foreign countries.

the united states sent troops to certain latin america countries in the early 1900s to protect US investments there because they had expanded and become more valuable. the united states wanted to collect debts those countries that owed the us govt. the US also used those debts as an excuse to take over certain countries. in today's world the US sends military forces to many foreign countries for various reasons. for example, US troops in 2010 in order to help that country restore order from the chaos of the earthquake and to assist in cleanup. according to the US census the US sends foreign military and financial aid to countries in the middle east, africa, latin america, asia, europe and more.

Why did European nations begin to search for new overseas colonies after 1880?

to obtain raw materials for their industries and open new markets for their goods