Education in the Colonies

Question 1

CONTEXT

Answer 1

most minority gained Western education through missionary and government schools; literacy allowed people better opportunities and a new identity, also an escape from forced labor, better paying jobs, social mobility and status, and chance for equality with whites

Question 2

ASSIMILATION

Answer 2

many natives started to embrace European culture– language, culture, clothing, houses

Question 3

CULTURAL DIVIDE

Answer 3

education led to a cultural divide between the educated and uneducated; colonial power saw themselves as modernizing the colonies and providing a better promise for a future

Question 4

INDIA

Answer 4

reform societies led to improved status of women: no sati, lift on ban of widow remarriage, increased property rights, banned female infanticide and child marriage/arranged marriage

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