Industrialization & Western Global Hegemony 1750-1914: The Making of the Global European Order
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Walker AP World History Ch 24 Reading Study Guide #1 P. 538-549
1. What happened to the British forces at the Battle of Isandhlwana? Why was this considered shocking?
2. What similar situation happened to US Forces in the American West about the same time?
3. When did the strength of the Mughal Empire begin to decline?_____
4. What are the years of the French Revolution/Napoleonic Era?_____
5. When did parliament assume control India?_____
6. When did the Suez Canal open?_____
7. When did the British assume control of Egypt?_____
8. How were Europeans able to increase their imperial holdings during industrialization?
9. Why was it initially difficult for European powers to control their empires?
10. How did the Dutch take over Java?
11. Who were the sepoys?
12. What was the British Raj?
13. What European power was Britain’s main military/economic rival in the empire business?
14. Which side tended to be victorious in almost ALL of these struggles?
15. How did Robert Clive play an important role in the British domination of India?
Study the maps on P.544 be prepared to discuss in class.
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Industrialization & Western Global Hegemony 1750-1914: The Making of the Global European Order
16. How/why were the British able to manipulate local Indian rulers over time?
17. How did Europeans adapt their lifestyles to tropical regions?
Read “In Depth: Western Education & the Rise of an African & Asian Middle Class”
18. Why did Europeans provide a Western education to certain segments of colonial populations?
19. Why did the French attempt to “Frenchify” colonial populations?
20. Why do you think these western educated middle-class natives became involved with and
often led anti-colonial movements?
21. Describe the reforms of Lord Charles Cornwallis (yes that Cornwallis!).
22. What was the Utilitarian and Evangelical view toward India?
23. What happened to the Indian practice of sati?
24. What was Charles Napier’s response to a group of Brahmans who wished to burn a widow?
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