Chapter 5 and 6 practice 2tto

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Chapter 5 and 6 practice

Learning Goals 5.2 and 5.3

• You can describe how the overseas trade contacts of Europeans grew into world empires
• Y ou can list the most important causes of modern imperialism
• You can give a description of the government and economy in British India

• You can describe how the Dutch East Indies arose
• You can describe how the Netherlands governed the people in the Dutch East Indies
• You can Explain how the economy and society in the Dutch East Indies worked
  

Learning Goals 6.1 and 6.2

• You can state the conditions that slaves in North America and South America had to live and work in
• You can explain the significance of slavery for the Dutch colonies in the Americas
• You can explain the significance of slavery for the East Indies

• You can give various reasons why abolitionists wanted to get rid of slavery and the slave trade
• You can describe when and how slavery was abolished in the British Empire and the US
• You can describe when and how slavery and the slave trade was abolished in the Dutch Colonies

Practice with history questions

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After 1921 universal suffrage was enacted in the Netherlands. However, non-Dutch people from the East Indies didn't get voting rights.
- Explain how this fits with one of the causes of modern imperialism.
- Explain how the building of hospitals, schools and the improvement of infrastructure in the Dutch East Indies ties into the same cause.

At least 350.000 slaves have been transported to Suriname. However, on the day that slavery was abolished, only 44.911 people from African descend were present in Suriname.
- Explain what this statement says about the conditions slaves needed to work in on the plantations in Suriname.

Which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1800's?

1. The continent was divided equally among the colonial powers
2. New nations were based on old tribal boundaries
3. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded
4. African unity was encouraged

After 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa primarily because the Europeans were...

1. Determined to bring Christianity to the Muslim world
2. In need of land for their surplus populations
3. Interested in completing their geographic knowledge of the world
4. Competing for raw materials and markets

The Great Jamaican Slave revolt, even though it wasn't successful, helped with the abolishment of slavery.
- Explain how the Jamaican Slave revolt aided the abolishment of slavery

Of which cause of modern imperialism is the following picture an example? Explain your answer.