Economic Motivation
What valuable resource did Belgium exploit from the Congo, leading to severe mistreatment of its people?
With more Indians resisting and rising up against British rule, what is the pride about their country called?
What is Nationalism?
India was seen as the Jewel in the Crown for its abundance in resources, but what else about India made it significant?
What is its connection to Asia?
What was a major negative effect of imperialism on colonized societies?
What is economic exploitation? (Using the colonies for their goods)
In The White Man’s Burden, how does Rudyard Kipling describe colonized people?
What is "half-devil and half-child"?
Why was India referred to as the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire?
What is its vast supply of resources and large market for British goods?
In his speech before the Battle of Adwa, what did Menelik II say Ethiopia would never do?
What is surrender its land to foreign invaders.
What is the Indian Ocean?
How did Dadabhai Naoroji describe British rule in India?
What is a mix of benefits and exploitation, where some infrastructure improvements came at the cost of draining India’s wealth?
What does Queen Victoria claim Britain’s goal in India is in her 1858 proclamation?
What is to protect Indian traditions and govern justly?
What major economic factor led European countries to compete for colonies during the 19th century?
What is the demand for raw materials and new markets?
In his open letter to King Leopold II, what did George Washington Williams accuse Belgium of doing in the Congo?
What is enslaving and brutally exploiting the Congolese people for profit?
British would appoint these Indians to govern on behalf of the British crown?
What is a Viceroy?
What did Britain do to Indian goods that made India struggle and farmers lose goods/profits?
What is banning Indian made goods and force them to buy British goods?
What resource did George Washington Williams say was being exploited in the Congo under King Leopold II’s rule?
What was occurring during this time for the need for raw materials to fuel factories and markets to sell manufactured goods?
What is industrialization/industrial revolution?
What organization, founded in 1885, was one of the first major political movements advocating for Indian self-rule?
What is the Indian National Congress?
How did British leaders justify their control over India?
What is the claim that they were modernizing India with infrastructure, education, and law while maintaining order?
What was the main criticism of British rule in India according to the Indian National Congress in 1885?
What is that British policies benefited Britain at India’s expense and denied Indians a role in governing themselves?
How does Menelik II argue against European imperialism in his speech?
What is by stating Ethiopia has a proud history, a strong people, and will never submit to foreign rule?
Name two key differences between Britain’s and Belgium’s economic motives in their imperial ventures.
What is Britain sought long-term economic control through trade and taxation, while Belgium directly exploited resources with forced labor in the Congo?
Who wrote an open letter exposing the brutal treatment of Congolese people under King Leopold II?
Who is George Washington Williams?
This term is used to as the British introduced English education, laws, railways and English way of life.
What is Westernization?
In his open letter to King Leopold II, what did George Washington Williams accuse Belgium of doing in the Congo?
Enslaving and brutally exploiting the Congolese people for profit.
In his Minute on Indian Education, what did Lord Macaulay argue about educating Indians?
What is that a small class of Indians should be educated in English ways to serve as intermediaries?