Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India
What is Sepoys
100
Name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation
What is Nabobs
100
Europe had a negative balance of trade with nations such as China because...
What is Western products were not valued
100
Lowest in racial hierarchy of colonies.
What is Africans
100
The best WHAP teacher at GHS
What is Mr. Ferguson
200
The British controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947
What is Raj
200
Reformer of the East India Company administration of India in the 1790s; reduced power of local British administrators; checked widespread corruption
What is Charles Cornwallis
200
One viewpoint of a member of a colonized society.
What is Economic exploitation, Racism, Sexism, Natives rections towards Western intrusions, Western religion imposition (Any of the following)
200
British Raj in northern India whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)
What is Robert Clive
200
Birthplace of Hinduism
What is India
300
The victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal.
What is Battle of Plassey
300
Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and the south pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations
What is Tropical Dependencies
300
Name one of the motives for imperialism in the pre-industrial
What is Curiosity, Missionary zeal, Trade, Wanting spices & luxury goods
300
Reasons for colonization
What is Land, spread of religion, wealth, power
300
The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture
What is Neolithic Revolution
400
Domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of East India Company were stationed at the rulers' courts to ensure compliance; made up over one-third of the British Indian Empire
What is Princely States
400
Kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; Dutch East India Company paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness of kingdom after 1670s allowed Dutch to exert control over all of Java
What is Kingdom of Mataram
400
Name one of the motives for imperialism in the post industrial era
What is Need for raw materials, Racial superiority, Need for markets, Nationalism, Recessions
400
Asian commerce focused on importation of
What is luxuries and textiles
400
The political and religious successor to Muhammad
What is Caliph
500
Location of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in South Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories of African forces over Western Europeans
What is Isandhlwana
500
Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century
What is White Dominions
500
In the early period European imperialism was limited to cooperation with local rulers and entry into already established trade systems in Africa and Asia, except...
What is the Americas
500
Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay.
What is Presidencies
500
Major Chinese philosopher; philosophy based on need for restoration of order through advice of superior men to be found among the shi. Also known as Kung Fuzi