Industrialization
Great Britain
Why is being surrounded by water an important part of Africa?
Trading ports.
What drug was grown in India by the British and traded with the Chinese
Opium
Was China interested in British goods?
No!
What is isolationism and did Japan practice this before Imperialism?
If there are MORE inventions on the farms, where do the farm workers now look to for jobs?
Factories
What did Africa look like before Imperialism?
Many different cultures and religions. Not independent states.
What was the Enfield rifle greased with that was offensive to those who practiced Islam and Hinduism?
Pork and beef fat
What did British want from the Chinese?
Their tea
Why was Japan upset with China? When the war between Japan and China happened, who won?
China broke the agreement between China and Japan and entered Korea. Japan ends up winning and the get their first two colonies.
What do the inventions on the FARM help the farmers with?
Producing MORE goods
Who was King Leopold and what was he doing in Africa?
Indian army using the Enfield Rifle and finding out that it was greased with pork and beef fat.
What drug do the British decide to trade with the Chinese to get them out of debt with trading their tea?
Opium
Japan did a sneak attack on Russia because they did not agree to stay out of Korea. When war broke out between Japan and Russia, who won? What was the Treaty that was signed? Who did it benefit?
Japan won. Pushed Russia out of Korea and giving territories to Japan. Treaty of Portsmouth, Benefitting the Japanese by gaining those territories from the Russians.
What is the end result of INDUSTRIALIZATION?
Money
What were the two resources King Leopold was after and what were the consequences if the Congolese people did not get the resources?
Ivory. Rubber. Beating with the whip, having limbs cut off, even death.
What type of farming did the British force the Indians to switch to? What type of crops did they have to grow instead of crops that helped feed them?
Cash crops or crops to make money off of.
Remember the reading from the Commissioner of China (Lin) to Britain. What were two way that opium disrupted the country?
Socially people were becoming addicted. Economically, the addicted people of China couldn't work so it was disrupting the economy.
What kind of rulers were the Japanese in Korea? Give me three specific examples.
Explain how industrialization leads to imperialism.
With the need for more resources, countries start looking to other lands to use their resources.
Who is George Washington Williams and why is he important?
African American Baptist Minister. Was going to the Congo to see of the good things that King Leopold was doing and is outraged with what he finds.
Why did the Indians get involved in the Sepoy Rebellion? Give me two example of specific groups that got involved in the Rebellion and why.
Army. Because of the rifle. Thought that the British were undermining their culture. Farmers. Fed up with starving because they had to switch from subsistent farming (food) to cash crops (money).
What was the Opium Wars? How did it end?
Opium War was to get opium out of China. British end up winning and they have to pay the British for the opium they destroyed and had to give up their trading ports in China to the British.
What did the new Emperor decide to do in Japan instead of letting other countries take Japan over? Where did the Emperor send his people for guidance?
Decided to modernize and industrialize. Emperor sent his people to Europe and the Americans as a guide to what a modern and industrial nation should look like.