Tools of Imperialism - OER

What is Direct Rule?

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• A colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials brought from the mother country

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

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What is Indirect Rule?

• A colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials brought from the mother country

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

What is Social Darwinism?

• A joint stock company that grew incredibly powerful through trade in the East Indies

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• A colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their position of authority and status

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What does Colonialism refer to?

• The survival of the fittest—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

• The extension of a nation's power over other lands

• policy or practice of control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• The uprising against foreign/Western influence in China

What term is used to describe the use of powerful navies by imperial powers to influence other nations without direct control?

• Gunboat diplomacy

• Coercive diplomacy

• Soft power

• Economic imperialism

How did imperial powers use their knowledge of science and empire?

• They used it to disconnect from the world.

• They used it to exploit natural resources and local politics.

• They used it to promote peace and equality.

• They used it to reduce their military presence.

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What was a new set of tools that came into use once a colony was acquired?

• Traditional tools of the native people.

• Tools of administration and bureaucracy.

• Tools for enhancing local cultural practices.

• Tools for immediate technological development.

What was the impact of colonial administrations on local laws and courts?

• They respected and followed local laws and courts.

• They were often unfamiliar with and ignored local laws.

• They abolished all existing local laws.

• They used local laws to empower local leaders.

What was the consequence of colonialism bringing a capitalist industrial system?

• It led to economic independence for colonial subjects.

• It forced colonial subjects to work for wages and pay taxes.

• It decreased the wealth gap between colonizers and the colonized.

• It allowed colonial subjects to ignore the colonial government.

What was the primary reason colonial administrations taxed local populations on imported goods from countries other than the imperial power?

• To increase the wealth of the local population

• To fund the salaries of soldiers and administrators

• To support local businesses

• To decrease the dependency on imported goods