Chapter 11 Section 1

1. Chapter 11 Section 1 • In 1850, what is most of Africa like and how much territory is controlled by Europeans?

2. Up until this point, what has protected the inland Africans?

3. Who are the first Europeans to go inland?

4. What are FOUR major motives for European imperialism in Africa?

6. What technological developments in Europe give them the advantage to take over Africa?

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9. Which nation carves the first piece of Africa and starts the mad rush?

10. What causes the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 and why is it ironic?

11. How is Africa’s economy changed?

12. Which three groups compete for South Africa, and who winds up in control?

15. Chapter 11 Section 2 • What is indirect control and which nation relies on it?

16. How does Britain administer diverse and complex Nigeria?

17. What are the elements of direct control and who uses it?

18. What happens when local rulers try to ally with the Europeans?

19. How does the MajiMaji rebellion show the futility of resistance?

20. Where is resistance against the French strongest?

21. By 1914, who are the only independent African nations and how?

22. What are the positive and negative effects of colonial rule in throughout Africa?

23. What are the growing weaknesses of the Ottomans and why do any reform attempts fail? • Why is it ironic that the Ottoman territories should become the focal point of geopolitics? • Who are the “strange bedfellows” of the Crimean War and who is the “winner/loser”? • How do Muhammad Ali’s and Isma’il Pasha’s reforms backfire? • Who is the big winner in Egypt? • Where do Britain and Russia play an international game of chess? • How do the Persians try to make the British concessions go “up in smoke”? • What is the ultimate fate of Persia? • [Does Britain ever get control of Afghanistan?]

24. Chapter 11 Section 3 • What are the growing weaknesses of the Ottomans and why do any reform attempts fail?

25. Why is it ironic that the Ottoman territories should become the focal point of geopolitics?

26. Who are the “strange bedfellows” of the Crimean War and who is the “winner/loser”?

27. How do Muhammad Ali’s and Isma’il Pasha’s reforms backfire?

28. Who is the big winner in Egypt?

29. ? • Where do Britain and Russia play an international game of chess?

30. How do the Persians try to make the British concessions go “up in smoke”?

31. What is the ultimate fate of Persia? • [Does Britain ever get control of Afghanistan?]

32. Chapter 11 Section 4 • How does the East India Company take advantage of the Mughals and play the Indians against each other?

33. Who runs India by 1800?

34. Why is India the “jewel in the crown” and what invention transforms its potential?

36. What rules does Britain establish for India and what are the impacts of British rule on the Indians themselves?

37. Describe the Sepoy Mutiny.

38. What is the impact of the Sepoy Mutiny on the Raj?

39. What is Ram Mohun Roy’s vision for India?

40. Which group of Indians spearheads the movement for home-rule and how do they organize?

41. How is Bengal their first success?

42. [What puts the push for home-rule on the back burner?]

43. Chapter 11 Section 5 • How do the Dutch approach their colony of Indonesia?

44. How does Dutch control affect the Indonesians?

45. What locations do the British colonize and what commodities do they produce?

46. What unique conflict do the British create in Malaya?

47. How do the French cause intense resentment throughout Indochina?

48. What are the positive and negative effects of colonial rule in Southeast Asia?

49. What is unique about Siam/Thailand?

50. How do the Americans fail to “do the right thing” in the Philippines?