3rd Qtr EXAM Flashcards
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It is the acquisition
of lands for commercial
and religious motives.
COLONIALISM
It is a policy of
extending a country’s
power and influence
through diplomacy or
military force.
Imperialism
In 1500s, India was ruled by a lot or groups the most prominent was the
Mughal empire
Portuguese voyager
who first opened the
Business source for
European countries.
VASCO DA GAMA
A commercial enterprise
granted by Queen
Elizabeth. To disrupt the
Dutch monopoly of spice
trade in the East Indies.
ENGLISH EAST INDIA
COMPANY
separated
from the Mughal
control until it was
dissolved into
anarchy, leaving a
power vacuum in the
country.
Maharajahs
is a
situation when no one
is in control.
Power Vacuum
In 1757 Robert Clive led the defeat of indian forces
Battle at Plassey
The British East India
Company transformed
from a trading company
to a_____________ in
India.
ruling power
first British
Governor General to rule
India. He was succeeded by
Lord Cornwallis.
Warren Hastings –
stating that the British would
collect land revenues from the
Indian landlords called
Zamindars.
Permanent Settlement Act
Permanent Settlement Act
stating that the British would
collect land revenues from the
Indian landlords called
________________
Zamindars.
Widespread rebellion against British rule in
India begun by Indian troops (sepoys) in the
service of the British East India Company.
THE SEPOY MUTINY
British restricted
Indian-owned
industries,
especially
hand
loom textile
industries.
did the
transporting of
raw materials to
and from the
plantations and
ports to be
brought to
Britain.
Railroad
networks
British rule was
able to outlaw the
female infanticide.
is a practice among
Hindu communities
where a recently
widowed woman,
either voluntarily
or by force,
immolates herself
on her deceased
husband’s pyre
Sati/Suttee
it was a secret
religious society
(cult) centered in
India. They spoke in a
secret language and
members gathered
and worshiped the
Hindu goddess Kali
Ma with barbaric
human sacrifices at
secret temples.
Thuggee –
The great Empire
of the Turks was
created by the
Osman dynasty.
Osman the First
established a Beylik
which is now
(present day Turkey)
● Expanded power to East
Europe and Mesopotamia
● 15 million people
● Golden Age of Islam
Suleiman the Magnificent
1912, the Ottomans lost its European Territories in
the
Balkan Wars
Sequence of
conversation made
through letters
between Hussein bin
Ali and Sir Henry
McMahon.
McMahon-Hussein
Correspondence
A secret agreement
between the
governments of Britain
and France consented
by the Russian Empire.
Sykes-Picot Agreement