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3 › Indirect control allowed existing political rulers to handle much of the daily work while countries that ruled by direct control viewed locals as unable to control their own country.  Often in direct rule, the imperialist takes care of their needs but gives them no rights.  Imperialists often want locals to assimilate to the dominant culture.

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5  Improved weaponry - maxim gun  Steam boat to navigate rivers  Improved communication to administer empire, railroads, cables, and steam boats  Quinine - drug preventing malaria

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7  Westernization › Sanitation › Government › Culture › Christianity › So much more!

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9  The policy was set in 1899 and went into action after the Boxer Rebellion.  The defeated Chinese government was forced to pay retribution to invading Western countries.  Western countries realigned their territories to make space for the U.S.

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11  The Chinese government resisted Western traditions and its people did not trust the officials. The Chinese fell prey to other countries for decades.  The Japanese embraced Western culture and revamped its society. It quickly became a world power.

12  Build Schools  Reduce crime  Improve local textile industry  Plant cash crops  Introduced railroads  Improve medical facilities  Increase food production  End suttee

13  Build Schools  Introduced railroads  Improve medical facilities  End suttee

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15  The Mughal Empire fizzled out of power after isolating itself for so long.  Britain’s victory at the Battle of Plassey paved the way for the British East India Company to seize control – indirect control.

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17  German army and strong central government  British navy  U.S. system of education

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19 › North Africa  Islamic, part of Ottoman Empire › Sub-Saharan  1000 different languages  Kingdoms to small tribes  Many different ethnic groups

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21  Muslim Ottoman Empire (Berbers) had controlled northern access for centuries before losing power in the 19 th century.  Rivers not easily navigable  Sahara Desert  Disease

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23  Reduced local warfare  Improved sanitation  Medicine and hospitals  Schools  Entered international economy  Built infrastructure  Railroads, dams, and telephone and telegraph lines

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25  Diseases like smallpox, 1000’s died  Famine resulted from switch from subsistence farming to cash crops  Lost culture and traditional societal structure  Village life disrupted  Political Legacy  Rival groups forced to live together  Artificial boundaries still plague Africa

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27  New consisted of quicker, more direct control, dominant takeover of WHOLE country.  Old consisted of taking over smaller parts like cities or regions for trading posts, etc.

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31  The Boers (Afrikaners, Dutch) had managed to coexist with the Zulus.  However, the British wanted all the land in South Africa and pitted themselves against the Zulu and Boers.  This resulted in the British winning and securing the land of South Africa.

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33  Japan established spheres of influence over Korea

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35  Scottish missionary David Livingstone traveled deep into Africa to spread Christianity.  American newspaper reporter Henry Stanley discovered him several years later.  This sparked an interest in imperializing Africa.

36  What is “Raj”?

37  Following the Sepoy Mutiny when the British government took direct rule over India.

38  The Boers used this to fight off the British. What is it?

39  The Boer War is considered the first modern “total” war in that everybody was involved. › Guerrilla tactics › Commando raids › Women and children were imprisoned


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