Short Answers
Which empire colonised Australia?
The British Empire
The process of controlling land and resources by force is called ______.
Imperialism
Imperialism only involved military control.
False
From the weekly reading Edward Said argued that the “main battle in imperialism is over ______.”
Land
Name one continent that European countries colonized.
Africa or Asia
The international exchange of goods is called ______.
Trade
Culture is monolithic and belongs only to one region or people.
False
From the weekly reading Edward Said what role did culture literature play in supporting Imperialism
By shaping how colonised lands and people were represented.
Name one way globalisation spreads culture across the world today.
Social media, movies, TV, Global Corps
According to Said, the prototypical modern realistic novel is ________ Crusoe.
Robinson
According to Said, culture can function as a battleground for political and ideological struggles.
True
Said argues that controlling _______ allowed empires to dominate both history and culture
Narrative
What is Imperialism?
The system of a powerful country its control over countries politically, culturally and economically
Said argues that culture is not fixed, it is always ______ and influenced by historical and imperial contexts.
Interconnected /hybrid / fluid
Conrad’s Nostromo both critiques and reproduces imperialist ideology.
True.
"Conrad was both anti-imperialist and imperialist."
Globalisation can be seen as a continuation of imperialism because it spreads certain _______ worldwide.
Power structures / cultural norms / values
What is globalisation?
The interconnectedness of countries through culture, trade, communication and technology
The blending of local and global cultures is called ______.
Globalisation or hybrid culture
Said claims that Western narratives always fully recognized the independent histories of colonized peoples.
False. It wasn't Said, it was Conrad.
“could neither understand that India, Africa, and South America also had lives and cultures with integrities…”
According to Edward Said, what was one way European writers helped justify imperialism when writing about non-European societies?
By portraying non-European people as inferior, or in need of Western civilisation