first let’s check the timeline of African Colonization only
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Mock Questions
What was the contribution of following in the scramble for Africa (2 marks each?) 1. Cecil Rhodes 2. De Brazza 3. Sir HM Stanley 4. King Leopold II 5 marks (50 words) 1. Battle of Adowa 2. Zulu War 3. Boer War
4. Congo Free State 5. Rhodesia
6. Gandhi’s parturition in Boer War.
Comment on following (10 marks each)
1. I put my life in peril four times for the sake of the Empire: at the time of the Boer war, at the time of the Zulu revolt…. I did all this in the full belief that acts such as mine must gain for my country an equal status in the Empire. But the treachery of Mr. Lloyd George and its appreciation by you, and the condonation of the Punjab atrocities have completely shattered my faith in the good
intentions of the Government and the nation which is supporting it.
2. When the war was declared, my personal sympathies were all with the Boers, but … I felt that, if I demanded rights as a British citizen, it was also my duty, as such to participate in the defence of the British Empire.
3. I venture to return these medals in pursuance of the scheme of non-cooperation inaugurated today in connection with the Khilafat movement. Valuable as these honours have been to me, I cannot wear them with an easy conscience so long as my Mussalman countrymen have to labour under a wrong done to their religious
sentiment.
12 marks (120 words)
1. British Interests in following: 1) Suez Canal 2)Cape Colony 3)
2. Examine the role of industrialization and capitalism in scramble the scramble for Africa.
3. Explain these terms: i) Middle Passage ii) Triangular trade
4. Analyze the impact of Triangular trade on Africa, Europe and Americas.
5. How did adventurers and explorer helped in the scramble for Africa? Describe with examples.
6. factors that helped Europeans colonize the Africa. 7. Scramble for Western Africa and North Africa 8. Scramble for Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
9. Enumerate the factors that led to rise of Slade trade in Africa. 10. List the consequences of African slave trade.
11. By early nineteenth century, why did the trade in slaves lost its importance in the system of colonial exploitation?
12. British and French occupation of Africa
25 marks (250 words)
1. Why did Gandhi participate in Boer and Zulu war? Do you agree with Gandhi’s justification for his participation? Give reasons to justify your stand.
2. Redrawal of national boundaries in Africa during the 19th Century. 3. Colonization of Asia and Africa: similarities and differences 4. Write a note on the Paper partition of Africa
URL to article: http://mrunal.org/2013/07/world-history-imperialism-
colonization-africa-scramble-for-colonies-paper-partitions-slave-trade-boer- war.html
[Old NCERT World History ch9] Imperialism, Colonization of Asia, Africa, Americas
1.Prologue
2.Introduction ofthe Chapter
3.CONDITIONS THAT HELPED THE GROWTH OF IMPERIALISM 1.DemandsCreated by the IndustrialRevolution
2.Improvementin Transportation and Communication 3.Extreme Nationalism :Pride and Power
4.The ‘Civilizing Mission’:Men and Ideas 5.Explorersand adventurers
6.ConditionsthatFavoured Imperialism in Asia and Africa 4.THE CONQUEST OF ASIA:The British in India
1.Imperialism in China 2.Open DoorPolicy
3.Imperialism in South and SouthEastAsia 4.IndoChina
5.Burma 6.Philippines
7.Imperialism in Centraland Western Asia 8.Japan asan ImperialistPower
5.IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA 1.Slave Trade
2.Scramble forAfrica
3.Explores,tradersand missionaries 4.Westand CentralAfrica
5.French Congo 6.South Africa 7.Rhodesia 8.EastAfrica 9.Italy-Ethiopia 10.North Africa 11.Morocco 12.Egypt
6.THE AMERICAS AND THE PACIFIC 1.Monroe Doctrine
2.Mexico
3.Big Stick Policy/Dollardiplomacy 4.Panama Canal
5.Hawaii
7.EFEECTS OF IMPERIALISM 1.Economic Backwardness 2.Racism
3.Struggle AgainstImperialism 8.EXERCISES
Prologue
UPSC hasincluded World History in Generalstudies(Mains)syllabusfrom 2013.Hence Old NCERT,particularly Chapter 9 to 13 from Class10= becomesnecessary asthe ‘foundation/base material’forthe topicsofWorld History.
Problem= hard to thatbook find in market,even ifyou’re willing to spend money.
ThatOld NCERT’sbook’sLow quality PDF scan available=very stressfulon eyes= Hard to read continuously.(stillifyou wantthe PDF,click me to download) I’ve converted thatPDF to textto make itbiteasieron the eyes.Uploading chaptershere one by one.
Due to low-quality ofthe originalPDF,allwords/spelling are not converted properly forexample,atsome places“India”may be display as“Iriclia”and so on.Many sentenceswon’thave properfullstops,commasand punctuation.Same way,mostofthe maps/imagesare notconverted properly.Butyou can copy paste these articlesin MS word and fix iton yourown,asperyourrequirements. btw,I’llcontinue writing [World History]articlesatmy pace,justbecause these chaptersare uploaded,doesn’tmean I’m stopping my Jack Sparrow series.