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WH test 3
Question | Answer |
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Was India a capitalist society in the 18th century? | There was capitalism (proto capitalism) but it was NOT a capitalist society |
Why did India fail to industrialize? | British conquest and prior breakdown of Mughal empire |
In what century were almost all of Africa and Asia under colonial rule? | 20th |
What is indirect rule? | It relied on the cooperation of local elites |
What is direct rule? | local elites were replaced with a new set of officials recruited from the mother country |
What kind of rule did India have? | Direct rule |
What kind of rule did Nigeria have? | Indirect rule |
In the 18th century what 3 countries each owned 23% of the world's GDP | India, China, and Europe |
In the 19th century whose share of the world's GDP began to rapidly rise? | Europe |
What happened during the 19th century that caused the significant decline of the East? | Industrial Revolution and Further Imperialist Expansion |
What century did tea imports increase? | Late 18th |
When was the suppression of opium trade | 1836 |
When did the Opium war start? | 1839 |
When was the Nanjing treaty signed? | 1842 |
What year did Aurangzeb die | 1707 |
What did India start exporting and importing | Exporter: cotton Importer: cloth |
What percentage of the population was the elite and what percentage of the wealth did they control | 5% of the population and 30% of the wealth |
What percentage of the population was the lower class | 80% |
When did the North German confederation begin | 1860's |
When did Southern Germany join the condeferation | 1871 |
When was Italy united | 1860's-1870's |
When was the Lousiana Purchase | 1803 |
When was the War against mexico | 1846 |
Who made up the central powers | Germany and Austria-Hungary |
Who made up the allied powers | Britain, France, and Russia |