The Knife of Sugar: Imperialism in South Asia Reading Guide



The Knife of Sugar: Imperialism in South Asia Reading Guide

27.4: British Imperialism in India

• Objective A: Describe the British takeover of India.

1. From 1757 until __________, the ________________________________________ was the leading power in India.

2. Define sepoys:

3. The British considered India the brightest “________________________________________,” the most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies. British policies called for India to:

a. produce ______________________________ for ________________________________________

b. and to ________________________________________.

• Objective B: Identify positive and negative aspects of British colonialism in India.

4. Complete the diagram:

Complete the table:

Impact of Colonization

|Negative side |Positive side |

|The British held much of the ____________________ and ____________________ power |The laying of the world’s third largest ______________________________ |

|The British restricted ______________________________ ____________________ |A modern _________ network, ___________________ and _________________ line, |

|The conversion to ____________________ reduced ____________________ causing |_________, ____________, and irrigation ____________ enabled India to modernize |

|____________________ |____________________ and _______________________ improved |

|The increased presence of ____________________ and the ____________________ |____________________ and ____________________ were founded and |

|attitude of most British officials threatened traditional Indian life. |____________________ increased |

| |British troops cleared central India of bandits and put an end to |

| |______________________________ |

5. How did the new Enfield rifle cartridges cause the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?

6. Why were the Indians unable to unite against the British during the Sepoy Mutiny?

7. As a result of the Sepoy Mutiny, in 1858, the British government …

• Objective C: Trace early nationalist movements in India.

8. In the early 1800s, some Indians began demanding more ______________________________ and a greater role in ________________________________________.

9. Beside modernization and Westernization, ____________________ feelings started to surface in India.

Complete the diagram:

27.5: Imperialism in Southeast Asia

• Objective A: Summarize the acquisition of European colonies in Southeast Asia.

10. Western nations desired the ____________________ lands for their strategic location along the sea route to _______________.

11. Complete the table:

|Imperial Power |Dutch |British |French |Germans |

|Colony(-ies) | | | | |

| | | | | |

12. Complete the diagram:

13. The discovery of __________ and __________ and the desire for more _________________________ prompted the Dutch to expand their control over the island chain of ____________________, then called the ___________________________________.

14. The opening of the ____________________ and the increased demand for __________ and _______________ combined to make ______________________________ one of the world’s busiest ports.

15. Northern and southern ____________________, Laos, and Cambodia were combined to form the colony of ______________________________.

• Objective B: Explain how Siam remained independent.

16. Siam (present-day ____________________) lay between ________________________________________ and ______________________________; its kings promoted Siam as a _____________________________ between the two powers.

• Objective C: Describe US acquisition of the Philippines and Hawaii.

17. Two groups of Americans were outspoken in their support of imperialism:

a.

b.

18. Colonies acquired by the United States in 1898:

a.

b.

c.

19. US interests in Hawaii began around the 1790s when it was a port on the way to _______________ and ____________________. Beginning about the 1820s, ____________________ trade began to change the Hawaiian economy.

20. Define annexation:

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Plantation crops of India

Growing Indian nationalism led

to the founding of two nationalist groups:

1885:

1906:

Plantation agriculture of SE Asia

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