Sunday, January 24, 2016

Unit 5: Colonialism and Imperialism

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Guiding questions: What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism? What were the justifications? How does the past shape the present?

Define the following terms. (Vocabulary Review page 1)
Colonialism: _____________________________________________________
Imperialism: ____________________________________________________

Colonialism in its modern form first began to take shape about _____ years ago, and it changed the ________ landscape of the world forever. For one thing, it enabled Europe to get fabulously _____ on the trade it produced. The foundations of what we now think of as ­­­­­­_____________were invented during the colonial era, partly to handle trade.


A. Types of Colonies
1.
2.

Portugal and ______ discovered new lands across the oceans and built trading posts or conquered large extensions of land. The 17th century saw the creation of the French colonial empire and the Dutch Empire, as well as the English overseas possessions, which later became the ____________. The United States of America gained overseas territories after the ______________ for which the term "___________" was coined.

C. IMPACT/EFFECT


1. Slavery and Servitude

Two outgrowths of imperialism were slavery and indentured servitude. In the 17th century, nearly _____ of _______ settlers came to North America as indentured servants. India and _______ were the largest ______ of indentured servants during the colonial era. Indentured servants from India travelled to British colonies in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and also to French and Portuguese colonies, while Chinese servants travelled to British and Dutch colonies. Between 1830 and 1930, around 30 million indentured servants migrated from India, and 24 million returned to India. China sent more indentured servants to European colonies, and around the same proportion returned to China. Ultimately, around ___________ Africans were taken to the Caribbean and North and South America as slaves by European colonizers.



2. Disease
Encounters between explorers and populations in the rest of the world often introduced new diseases, which sometimes caused local __________. For example, smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, and others were unknown in __________ America. Over the centuries, the Europeans had developed high degrees of__________ to these diseases, while the ___________ had no time to build such immunity. Smallpox decimated the native population of __________, killing around 50% of indigenous Australians in the early years of British colonization.

3. European Gender Norms (Eurocentrism)
The act of colonizing spread and synthesized social and political western ideas of a ________ and __________ hierarchy to colonized areas. European ________ authority and female and non-European __________ was legitimized through ____.


4. Imposed Territorial Boundaries

D. TIMELINE

1492-1650: ____________________________________________________
1599:_________________________________________________________
1607: British foundation of a colony at Jamestown.
1757: The Battle of Plassey – the beginning of British military superiority in ______
1885: Congo Conference. Europeans carve up ________into slices.
1914: World War ___begins (largely a European war in fact). It’s seen by many as a war that stops the land grab of the past 40 years. European nations are forced to confront the consequences of their “eating” up colonies when they apply the same principles against their own neighbors.
1939: World War ___ begins, involving nearly the entire world. Not only are there dozens of sites in which battles occur, but people from the __________fight for the major powers.
1947: Indian/Pakistani _________. The beginning of the steady decline in the___________.
1960-1963: Most British colonies in Africa and the Caribbean become free nations, generally __________. Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago are some of the most important on this list.
1997: ________becomes independent from England, and is returned to ______.

E. 5 Justifications of Expansion:



F. Decolonization

2 Reasons for rapid de-colonization:
1.
2.
Example:

G. Marxist (        ) View on Colonialism

Marxism sees colonialism as a form of ____________, enforcing _____________ and social change. Marx thought that working within the global capitalist system, colonialism is closely associated with _________development because colonies are constructed into exploitative modes of production, massive _________ and socio-psychological _____________.

H. Taiwan

Between ________Taiwan was controlled by Japan (Japanese occupation).  It was part of Japan’s plan to expand its Empire throughout SE Asia. As Japan’s first colony, the Empire tried to turn Taiwan into a “_______” colony and made many improvements and public works like urban development, the banning of ________ and sanitation. Japan also introduced _________and the cinema.

Japan’s approach to Taiwan had 2 opposing views:
1.
2.

Integration and War

Between _______ the Japanese tried to ___________Taiwanese using Japanese language and education. Public opinion in Taiwan demanded democracy in 1934 and Japan conceded.
The late 1930s saw a rise in Japanese __________ and exploiting Taiwanese resources for their war effort. In the early 1940s laws were passed for Taiwanese to change their names to Japanese and Taiwanese were encouraged to join the war (fighting for Japan in WW2). In 1945 Taiwanese youth were __________ and many men died.
The Ally forces bombed Taiwan and by the end of the war Taiwan was worse off economically than before.

Taiwan’s Controversial Political Status

After ______ years of colonial rule, Japan formally _______ to the Allies on August 14, 1945. On August 29, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Chen Yi as Chief Executive of Taiwan Province.
Japan did not renounce its __________ over Taiwan until April 28, 1952, with the coming into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which further complicated the political status of Taiwan.

Japanese Architecture in Taiwan

Name as many Japanese buildings constructed in Taiwan as you can:

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