WorksheetsEgypt, India, and Industrialization
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why were Africa and the Ottoman Empire struggling in the world of the early nineteenth century?
Political revolutions had left them behind and un-democratic
Rights had not been secured for women and the lower classes
Industrialization was happening so fast and changing the world rapidly
Which of the following does not describe the status of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire?
Unemployment and de-industrialization hit the empire due to the spread of cheap European goods.
Egypt successfully competed with European industrialization.
Africa was increasingly seen as a place to extract raw materials from.
Prior to Industrialization, the Ottoman Empire was a major center of manufactoring.
How did Muhammad Ali modernize the military?
Select all that apply.
Made an elite force out of enslaved children
Hired European advisors
Required peasants to enlist.
Bought modern weapons
What resource was at the heart of Egypt's modernization?
cotton
oil
wheat
rubber
Europeans and their banks were able to dictate policies in Egypt because
Egypt fell into debt with European banks.
European military powers overthrew Egypt's leaders.
Egypt needed European cotton as raw material for its factories.
As opposed to Britain, Egypt's factories were powered by
coal
water
animals
oil
It was hard for Egyptian cottons to be sold at competitive prices because Europeans (select two)
banned the import of Egyptian textiles.
put tariffs on imported Egyptian textiles.
forbade the Ottomans from placing tariffs on European textiles.
shut down all Egyptian textile factories.
Egyptian scholars such as Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi believed in order to modernize
European ideas needed to be fully embraced while Islamic traditions were to be abandoned.
Islamic traditions needed to be embraced and European ideas rejected.
European ideas about modernization could be blended with Islamic beliefs.
The Suez Canal was valuable to Europeans because
it connected them more closely to their empires.
it contained large deposits of silver and gold.
they could bring industrialization into the region.
Who eventually came to take control of the Suez Canal in the 1870s?
Egypt
Britain
France
Ottoman Empire
Which of the following statements about industrialization and cotton textiles does NOT accurately apply to India?
India's economy collapsed as European industrialization made textile production mechanized.
India's economy was strengthened thanks to the Industrial Revolution.
India's economy was once based upon the export of cotton textiles.
India's economy after industrialization became based on the export of raw cotton.
What two reasons explain why sellers of handmade fabrics couldn't compete with English cloth?
English cloth was cheaper
English cloth was more available
English cloth was higher quality
Indian clothmakers were on strike
What caused the Mughal Empire to decline?
Handweaving and high employment was prized in India.
Commercial alliances with European companies, such as the East India Company, were slowly taking power away from the dynasty.
Europeans were flooding the market with gold and silver from the Americas, and it benefitted Indian merchants.
Bengali bankers were willing to lend money to European companies.
Merchant companies, such as the British East India Company, had large armies that allowed them to do which THREE things in India?
They could control what sort of crops were to be grown in India
They secured treaties with the Mughal Empire
They could bring enslaved Africans in to replace Indian labor
They collected taxes
What resulted from the shift to growing cotton in India?
Indian cotton manufacturers increased production.
Money from cotton manufacturing poured into India.
Food prices increased and major famines occurred.
British colonial rule over India weakened.
How did de-industrialization influence 20th century protests against British colonial rule?
Gandhi encouraged Indians to wear homespun traditional clothes instead of Western clothing.
Gandhi encouraged Indians to use guerilla tactics to violently attack British officials.
Gandhi encouraged Indians to fight for the British empire during World War I.
Gandhi used nonviolent tactics against the British.
