BE 2.2

Question 1

what were the overall aims in India

Answer 1

to keep the raj secure and make sure the native population was aquiescent

Question 2

what policy did the indian civil service employ

Answer 2

divide and rule

Question 3

what was the point of divide and rule

Answer 3

by emphasising divisions, groups were prevented from uniting against colonial rule

Question 4

positive reforms from lord curzon

Answer 4

• reformed universities and the police
• adopted the gold standard
• lowered taxes for local indian populations

Question 5

why was curzon forced to resign

Answer 5

unsuccessful partition of bengal 1905

Question 6

what were lord curzons views on natives

Answer 6

extraordinary inferiority

Question 7

what was the aim of the partition of bengal

Answer 7

divide india into a muslim east and hindu west

Question 8

what did hindus perceive the partition of bengal as

Answer 8

an attempt by the british to challenger they economic strength

Question 9

what was the response to the partition of bengal

Answer 9

• boycott of british goods
• political protests

Question 10

what were the morley-minto reforms

Answer 10

limited reform program in india

Question 11

element of representative gov. introduced

Answer 11

1909

Question 12

135 indian people elected to sit on provincial councils

Answer 12

1910

Question 13

what was the drawback for newly inclusive provincial councils

Answer 13

the influence of the elected officials was questionable relative to the power of the viceroy

Question 14

why was british policy limited in egypt

Answer 14

egypt was still not a formal colony

Question 15

what protected british citizens from muslim laws in egypt

Answer 15

the capitulations

Question 16

what values did british policy in egypt have to stay in line with

Answer 16

turkish and muslim values and financial demands of european rivals

Question 17

how much did the productivity of egypt’s cotton and sugar industries rise by

Answer 17

200%

Question 18

when was the denshawai incident

Answer 18

1906

Question 19

how did britain respond the the denshawai incident

Answer 19

they sentenced 4 egyptians to death

Question 20

who in egypt benefitted from british occupation

Answer 20

the upper class

Question 21

why did evelelyn baring resign from consul general

Answer 21

denshawai incident

Question 22

who replaced evelyn baring

Answer 22

gorst

Question 23

what were gorst’s policies

Answer 23

• brought more egyptians into gov.
• tightened censorship to reduce pro-nationalist publications

Question 24

when did kitchener declare egypt as a british protectorate

Answer 24

1914

Question 25

what colonies were given increasing dominion status

Answer 25

white settler colonies

Question 26

example of britain cooperating with native leaders

Answer 26

sultan barghash of zanzibar agreed to abolish zanzibar's involvement in the slave trade when asked to do so by john kirk

Question 27

how did the divide and conquer policy benefit british rule

Answer 27

caused local populations to focus on divisions between them, instead of against the external enemy