EQ2

Question 1

What did Boris do as British Ambassador which was questionable in Myanmar?

Answer 1

He wanted to recite a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in a temple. Kipling was notoriously known to be a nationalist and imperialist. Myanmar is a previous English colony.

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

The belief that the interests of a nation are more important than those of another nation.

Question 3

Where was colonised by various European nations?

Answer 3

Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Question 4

What began the trend of European nations building their empire?

Answer 4

Portugal and Spain colonising South America. This began in the 1400’s.

Question 5

What nations were next to colonise?

Answer 5

France, Belgium, Britain, and The Netherlands began the colonisation of Africa and Asia in the 1700’s.

Question 6

How large was the British Empire?

Answer 6

By 1880, Great Britain controlled 1/3 of the world’s land mass, and 1/4 of its people.

Question 7

Why did nationalism begin to grow after 1789?

Answer 7

The French Revolution.

Question 8

What ended WW1?

Answer 8

The Treaty of Versailles broke up the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and made many new nation states.

Question 9

When did Latin American countries gain their independence from Portugal and Spain?

Answer 9

1800’s

Question 10

When did Asian and African countries gain their independence?

Answer 10

Much later than 1800’s. Between 1945-1970.

Question 11

What were the main reasons countries started gaining their independence?

Answer 11

Post-war Bankruptcy of colonial powers
Nationalism
Growing concern from European citizens about injustice.

Question 12

what atrocities did the British Empire commit?

Answer 12

• Boer concentration camps. 27,000 Boers died from the cramped and unsanitary conditions in British concentration camps.
• Amritsar massacre. 300-1000 peaceful protestors died in 10 minutes in Amritsar, India.

Question 13

Who was Desmond Tutu?

Answer 13

He was the first black Archbishop of Cape Town, and a civil rights activist who campaigned for the release of Nelson Mandela.

Question 14

What African states emerged as Independent powers after the 1960’s?

Answer 14

Tanzania emerged as an independent power from Germany.
Kenya emerged from ‘British East Africa’
Angola emerged from Portuguese East Africa.

Question 15

What were the causes of conflict in the DRC after it gained independence?

Answer 15

‘Resource curse’ allows outside influences to exploit the land for its major resources.
Aid money from the US was siphoned, and left the people in great debt.

Question 16

What were the impacts of the conflict in the DRC after it gained independence?

Answer 16

It has squandered development due to corruption. In 2016, its GDP was $435.
It’s HDI is 75th place in the world.
Cholera spread due to unsanitary refugee facilities.

Question 17

What are the causes and impacts of the conflict in post-colonial Vietnam?

Answer 17

Causes:
- French Indochina was created due to gradual annexing by France of the land. The UN dissolved the state in 1954, which led to the communist North and Capitalist south. After years of conflict, it was reunified. (Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976)
Impacts:
- 3 million were killed during the conflict.
- More than half of these were civilian deaths.
- starvation became widespread because of the broken economy.

Question 18

What were the causes and impacts of the conflict in south Sudan and Sudan post-colonialism?

Answer 18

Causes:
Africa’s newest country.
Large internal conflict caused by famine.
Dispute over land due to ethnicity difference. (The North city was majority Arab)
Impacts:
- poorest country on the planet.
- Janjaweed went on a killing spree for ethnic cleansing.
- 2 million lives have been lost.

Question 19

Why did migrants enter the UK between 1950 - 1970?

Answer 19

Commonwealth immigration was the result of the collapse of the UK economy after WW2. Most migrants came from former colonies such as India, who were looking for white-collar careers, often as doctors.

Question 20

What is Europe’s colonial legacy in Africa?

Answer 20

• Original architecture remains in Namibia (German)
• Place names still remain in their colonial language.
• Uganda, English is still the primary language. Even though there are 40 tribes speaking different languages.
• Customs such as cricket still remain.

Question 21

Who are examples of tax dodgers?

Answer 21

• Jimmy Carr caught in a tax avoidance scheme, as has Gary Barlow.
• Bermuda is a tax haven
• Richard Branson is in tax exile, and has been living in the British Virgin Islands.

Question 22

Why does corporate migration occur?

Answer 22

It occurs due to companies wishing to keep their tax bill low, therefore they legally transfer the origin of their companies into a low tax area, such as the Cayman Islands.

Question 23

Why are tax states important to the concept of sovereignty?

Answer 23

They have more secrecy than other states in terms of their monetary policies. They believe it is their sovereign right to keep it this way.
This is places such as Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, and Switzerland.

Question 24

What is the Washington Consensus?

Answer 24

The belief that financial efficiency can only be achieved if the market has regulations removed.
This is the concept of neo-liberalism.

Question 25

What are the pros of tax havens?

Answer 25

• Many believe a lot of the hedge funds invested into the Cayman Islands are reinvested into the local community.
• Stops governments over-taxing.
• Keeps governments honest

Question 26

What are the cons of tax havens?

Answer 26

• believed that the total sum of money hidden away is $21 trillion.
• Creates financial secrecy between company and state.

Question 27

Who have benefitted from tax havens?

Answer 27

TNC’s. They gain the most literal profit.

Question 28

What occurred in Bolivia in 2006 concerning politics?

Answer 28

Morales was elected president. He didn’t believe in neo-liberalism. He wanted to undo 20 years of globalisation.

Question 29

How did Morales’ mission to reverse globalisation impact the Bolivian people?

Answer 29

Gas profits increased by 835%
Electricity by 150%
Increased telecommunications by 300%
Reduced wealth inequalities and improved healthcare.

Question 30

What is an example of an alternative economic model to neo-liberalism?

Answer 30

Increasing nationalist beliefs have encouraged more people to turn against the global ideals, and focus more on national identity. This is due to the middle class of developed countries seeing minimal benefit in their economy. They had a -5 % growth in real income.

Question 31

What year did India gain independence from Great Britain?

Answer 31

1947

Question 32

What year did South Sudan gain independence from Sudan due to the massacre of 300,000 people?

Answer 32

2011

Question 33

Who were migrantss who filled the employment requiremets of the UK betwen 1950-70?

Answer 33

Post-colonial migrants