Module 2 Chapter 18

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I chose 3 questions to answer.... kindly check my answers and I will appreciate your comments.

Chapter 18 talks about Colonial Encounters in Asia,Africa, and Oceania 1750-1950.

1. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character of 19th century European imperialism?

1: "The enormous productivity of industrial technology and Europe's growing affluence created the need for extensive raw materials and agricultural products found in other parts of the world", which means that the Europeans's success and productivity lead to the need of a lot of things such as raw materials, markets, and generated great wealth.
2: The industrial revolution made expansion overseas.
3: It changed also their life style and economy.
4: Nationalism was the single greatest factor that lead to imperialism.
5: Europe was in need to sell its own products, and foreign regions proved to be important markets.
6: Europeans investors found that it is better to invest their money out of the country.
7: The industrial revolution produced innovations of technology and weapons like steamship, the breech loading rifle, and the telegraph.
8: Investments and profit opportunities would decrease class conflict. 

3. What contributed to changing European views of Asians and Africans in the 19th century?

1: Europeans started to mix and mingled with Asians and Africans also they started to marry their women.
2: Industrial revolution made many accomplishments, including the unlocking of the secrets of nature and the creation of society, led the Europeans to develop a non religious arrogance that fused with or some cases replaced their longstanding notions of religious superiority,
3: Europeans used science to support their racial preferences.
4: Europeans viewed the culture and achievements of Asian and African peoples thorough the prism of new kind of racism, expressed now in terms of modern science. 
5: They used scientific methods to classify the size and shape of human. 
6: Superior race led to further set of ideas that Europeans expansion was inevitable and Europeans were fated to dominate the "weaker race".
7: Heathen and John Chinamen expressed the degree of which Europeans looked down on cultures of Asia and Africa. 

4. In what different ways was colonial rule established in various parts of Africa and Asia?

India: gradual conquest led by British East India company. Easy to conquer due to existing lack of unity in the region after the fall of the Mughal Empire.
Africa: many europeans powers fought one another for African military conquest. Natives lost all sovereignty.
Australia and New Zealand: like earlier first wave conquest in Americas. Disease wiped out most natives. Became settler colonies. 

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