Migration for Work (Imperialism)

Question 1

CONTEXT

Answer 1

millions of people moved to Asia, Africa, and Oceania due to:
loss of land and authority orders- many went to work on European-owned mines, plantations, etc.

Question 2

INTERNAL MIGRATION

Answer 2

internal migration took place in Africa as many people went to European-owned farms and plantations

> > > permanent colonies set up in Algeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Question 3

SQUATTERS AND NATIVE RESERVES

Answer 3

many people just stayed on the farms as “squatters” and others were sent to native reserves

> > very overpopulated and crowded

Question 4

MINES

Answer 4

gold and diamond mines led to a large labor migration that included all of the African south- they were recruited on short term contracts and were prevented from setting up permanent settlements

> > many Chinese on Malaysian mines (produced 55% of the world’s tin)

Question 5

ASIA

Answer 5

about 29 million Indians and 19 million Chinese migrated to the S Pacific, E and S Africa, and the Caribbean where there were huge sugarcane, rubber, tea, and tobacco plantations

women paid less than men, disease was common, death rates high, low wage

Question 6

OTHER CHINESE MIGRATION

Answer 6

some Chinese moved to Manchuria to prevent Russian encroachment, many also moved to the Australian and California gold rushes