YAY, JEOPARDY!
But try not to get too loud
Round 1: The New
Imperialism
$100
What term describes a stronger
country taking over a weaker
country and controlling its
economic, social, and political
life?
$100
Imperialism
$200
Which European country
controlled Vietnam from roughly
1887 until 1946?
$200
France
$300
Name four factors that
motivated the ‘new imperialism.’
(No partial credit!)
$300
Racism/Social Darwinism
National pride
Religion
Economic competition
$400
Name three technologies that
allowed Europeans to expand
their control over most of the
African continent.
(No partial credit!)
$400
Quinine
Maxim gun
Telegraph cables
Railroad
Steam engine
$500
Which 1757 military engagement
left the British East India
Company with no serious
European rival for control of
India?
$500
The Battle of Plassey
Round 2: The Congo
Free State
Which European ruler controlled
the Congo Free State from 1885
to 1908?
$100
You must give the ruler’s title,
name, and country. No partial
credit!
$100
King Leopold II of Belgium
$200
What resource proved most
profitable for Leopold in the
Congo Free State?
$200
Rubber
$300
Which gathering of European
statesmen gave Leopold control
over the Congo Free State?
$300
The Berlin Conference
$400
What private military force did
Leopold establish to enforce his
rule in the Congo Free State?
$400
The Force Publique
$500
What economic principle did the
Berlin Act require Leopold to
protect in the Congo Free State?
$500
Free trade
Round 3:
Decolonization
$100
What 1919 event led many
Indians to believe that they could
not trust British rule?
$100
The Amritsar Massacre
$200
What term describes Gandhi’s
philosophy of nonviolent noncooperation?
(Spelling counts!)
$200
Satyagraha
$300
What 1857 event prompted the
British government to take over
India as a colony?
$300
The Sepoy Mutiny
$400
What principle associated with
satyagraha holds that Indians
should rely on their local
communities, not imports from
Europe, to meet their economic
needs?
$400
Swadeshi
$500
In what year did India achieve its
independence, AND what two
countries were created by the
British as they left?
(No partial credit!)
$500
1947
India and Pakistan
Short-answer grading:
a reminder
 Describe at least two examples of nonviolent resistance in the
movement for Indian independence, and explain how each
exemplified Gandhi’s philosophy of satyagraha.
 Background (max 2 points)
Markscheme
for Question 5
 Define satyagraha – nonviolent non-cooperation
 Context of British control in India
 Khadi (max 2 points)
 Gandhi encouraged Indians to wear homespun cotton cloth
 India was traditionally a cotton manufacturer; Britain changed that
 Supported swadeshi – economic self-sufficiency
 Describe at least two examples of nonviolent resistance in the
movement for Indian independence, and explain how each
exemplified Gandhi’s philosophy of satyagraha.
 Salt Satyagraha (max 2 points)
Markscheme
for Question 5,
continued
 Defied British law requiring Indians to buy salt from the British
 Salt March: Gandhi walked to the sea and made his own salt
 Dharasana Salt Raid: satyagrahis raided a British-owned salt factory
and were severely beaten
 Exemplified swadeshi (economic self-sufficiency) and ahimsa
(nonviolence)
 Quit India Campaign (max 2 points)
 Launched in 1942, in the middle of WWII
 Massive campaign of civil disobedience – marches, rallies, boycotts,
speeches…
 British cracked down harshly; Quit India ended in 1944 with no
results