World History Chapter 7

Identify the negative effects of British rule in India

British textiles put thousands out of work and damaged the Indian textile industry, and The British decreased the food supply by encouraging Indian farmers to grow cotton.

What was the point of the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885

Carving up Africa for Europeans countries that did not have a colony there

A colonial government in which local elites were removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the colonizing country is known as

Direct Rule

The Indian National Congress reflected the concerns of Muslims in Indian society.

False

A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status is known as

Indirect Rule

Which statements are true of informal empires?

Industrialized nations would threaten violence against nonindustrialized nations to obtain beneficial economic arrangements. They formed as nonindustrialized countries became dependent on industrialized countries.

Identify a consequence of Britain's use of indirect rule in Africa

It created class and ethnic tensions in the long term.

What was an effect of the Great Rebellion of 1857 in India

It helped fuel Indian nationalism

How did racism influence European attitudes toward imperialism?

It supported the erroneous belief that some races were inferior to others. It was the "white man's burden" to civilize primitive people.

Identify an accurate statement about indirect colonial rule.

It was cheaper because fewer officials had to be trained.

In what ways did technology support the spread of imperialism?

Machine guns and other weapons enabled European powers to easily overtake those who resisted. Medicines enabled Europeans to live in difficult climates with reduced threats from tropical diseases. Telegraphs enabled colonial regimes to communicate faster with Europe.

Identify an accurate statement about Indian nationalists in the late nineteenth century.

Many Indian nationalists initially preferred reform to revolution.

The movement based on nonviolent resistance started by ______ led to Indian independence.

Mohandas Gandhi

The Indian author ______, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, was a social reformer, spiritual leader, educator, philosopher, singer, painter, and international spokesperson for the moral concerns of his age.

Rabindranath Tagore

What was the major immediate cause of the Great Rebellion of 1857 in India?

Rifle cartridges soldiers had to use were rumored to be greased with cow and pig fat.

An Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region was known as

Sepoys

What occurred as a result of the Great Rebellion in India?

The British government took control of the East India company, and Queen Victoria became Empress of India.

a feature of the direct rule of African colonies by the French.

The top official, a governor-general, was appointed from Paris.

What were the benefits that British rule brought to India during the colonization?

They opened a railway system, They hired Indians and built roads, canals, universities, and medical centers, They improved health and sanitation conditions, and They introduced a postal service.

Identify an accurate statement about the new class of leaders that emerged in Africa by the beginning of the twentieth century.

They recognized the gap between theory and practice in colonial policy.

Railroads and infracture did not benefit local population

True they did that to transport items quickly for money

The governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch during the British Raj in India was known as a(n)

Viceroy

The cultural revival in colonial India began in the early nineteenth century when ______.

a British college was created in Calcutta

The cultural revival in colonial India led to a search for ______.

a new national identity

The Indian National Congress, formed in 1885, called for ______.

a share in the governing process

The process of incorporating a country within another country is known as

annexation

To force the British to improve the lot of the poor and to grant independence to India, Mohandas Gandhi ______.

began a movement based on nonviolent resistance

In his newspaper Kesari, journalist Balwantrao Gangadhar Tilak used innuendo to ______.

convey negative feelings about the British

Imperialism refers to the ______.

extension of a nation's power over other lands

In a process known as blank the mere presence of a powerful advanced navy with modern weapons enabled European nations to get what they wanted from Asian and African societies.

gunboat diplomacy

developed as nonindustrialized nations, although not actually colonized, became dependent on industrialized nations for goods.

informal empires

In colonial India, ______ printed in the various regional Indian languages were a common medium used to arouse mass support for nationalist causes.

newspapers

blank is a political unit that depends on another government for its protection

protectorate

In 1857, a growing Indian distrust of the British led to a revolt known as ______.

the Great Rebellion

How did the French govern their African colonies?

through a form of direct rule

Under what circumstances did a colonial power impose direct rule?

to overcome resistance by local elites

The life mission of Rabindranath Tagore was ______.

to promote pride in a national Indian consciousness in the face of British domination

During the British rule in India, the zamindars were given authority as tax collectors and they ______.

took advantage by increasing taxes and forcing peasants to become tenants or lose their land entirely

After the British began to rule India directly, the ______ became the official who represent the monarch

viceroy