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SS Ch. 6 Test
Legacies of Historical Globilation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What would be the best legacy you could leave behind? | Faith in Christ. |
| A way of thinking that centers on ones own race and culture is | ethnocentrism |
| What statement reflects a Eurocentric attitude? | "Indigenous people tend to be weaker and less capable than European people." |
| Who made the statement that BC, "must remain a white man's country"? | Premier R. B. Bennett |
| What's a good description of racism in connection with legacies | an evil legacy |
| What nations were involved in the Scramble for Africa? | U.S., Denmark, Sweden-Norway, Russia, French, Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Spain, and Belgium. |
| Who was the ruler that had control of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo? | King Leopold of Belgium. |
| What're some legacies of the Age of Discovery? | Migration, displacement, depopulation, indentured slavery, etc. |
| When the French and Dutch abolished slavery, they replaced their labour force with | indentured labourers. |
| The British East India Company is considered to be | the world's first transnational company. |
| What methods were used by the British East India Company to ensure that trade would continue with India? | Bribery, extortion, military might. |
| The Raj was the time when | The British gov't took over direct rule of India |
| The problem of deindustrialization in India was caused by | British manufacturers demanding that Britain not purchase Indian textiles. |
| Industrial Revolution took place in | Great Britain |
| Which man encouraged the people of India to resist deindustrialization caused by the British? | Mohandas Gandhi |
| The gross domestic product of a nation is the measure of | the strength of a country's economy. |
| What's the best way to describe the effect the British had on India? | The British Empire left a powerful legacy that left lasting effects on India's economics, politics, and culture. |
| India regained its independence in | 1947 |
| As of 2007, India as a nation was still struggling with the what? | high illiteracy rates, conflicts with neighbours, poverty, rapid population growth, discrimination |
| The Muslims of India wanted to | Divide India into a country for Muslims and a country for Hindus. |
| When India regained its independence | it was partitioned into India and Pakistan. |
| Pakistan was initially divided up into 2 widely separated areas | East and West Pakistan |
| When the borders of Pakistan were drawn, | Hindus and Muslims found themselves together and didn't get along. |
| Mohandas Gandhi was killed by who? | He was assassinated by a Hindus extremist who believed Gandhi weakened India |
| What's true about the province Punjab? | Many Sikhs live in Punjab and want their province to become an independent country |
| What is a fact about Kashmir today? | Kashmir is a disputed territory that joined India but is claimed by Pakistan as part of theirs |
| In 1965 | both India and Pakistan developed nuclear weapons possibly leading to nuclear conflict. |
| The Golden Temple of Amritsar | is considered Sikh's holiest shrine. |
| Explain the term LEGACY | something that's passed down by someone who lived in the past. |
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