1. Describe 2 effects that Opium had on Chinese society.
Opium caused many people to become drug addicts. It also caused famine and rebellion. 16 million people died.
2. Describe why the Chinese Emperor lost his country.
The foreigners won the Opium wars, so China had to give other countries many privileges. Even the boxers couldn't keep them away; they lost terribly. The Emperor lost his powers to the foreigners, and therefore left.
3. In your own words, describe Great Britain's role in bringing Chinese society to the brink of collapse.
Britain traded drugs to China, mainly opium. Opium created drug addicts and rebellions, which caused too much internal conflict in China. Therefore, nothing went right and China was in a disaster.
4. Describe in your own words the 'Open Door Policy'
A statement from the US that all countries should have equal access to any Chinese port open for trade. This stopped countries from arguing who would get to use the port and helped maintain Chinese territory.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Quiz
1.
The United States is carefully keeping an eye on China. China has missiles (Dongfeng-31) that can fire all the way to the west side of the US. Not only that but, they can be launched from TRUCKS, making them fulkly mobile. The US predicts that China will launch this missile within the next few years.
These missiles are just one thing; China is also developing an in-flight refueling capacity, giving its air force a much longer a much longer range. Submarines and in-flight controls will allow them to compete in high technology battlefields. With all this technology, they might be able to take back Taiwan.
2.
After the Opium wars, China was devasted, depressed, and opened up. Before the wars, China was mostly isolated and known as a superior country. After, it was open and exposed. People knew about how insecure it was and how inadequete its social and political structures were. The Treaties signed after the war opened Chinese ports, and along with it, Chinese markets to Western capitalism. This almost entirely collapsed China's economy.
3.
Now, China seems to have reshaped and recovered. They have a powerful military, ready to send missiles to an enemy anytime. They're not as insecure and open as before. The opium war effects are fading.
The United States is carefully keeping an eye on China. China has missiles (Dongfeng-31) that can fire all the way to the west side of the US. Not only that but, they can be launched from TRUCKS, making them fulkly mobile. The US predicts that China will launch this missile within the next few years.
These missiles are just one thing; China is also developing an in-flight refueling capacity, giving its air force a much longer a much longer range. Submarines and in-flight controls will allow them to compete in high technology battlefields. With all this technology, they might be able to take back Taiwan.
2.
After the Opium wars, China was devasted, depressed, and opened up. Before the wars, China was mostly isolated and known as a superior country. After, it was open and exposed. People knew about how insecure it was and how inadequete its social and political structures were. The Treaties signed after the war opened Chinese ports, and along with it, Chinese markets to Western capitalism. This almost entirely collapsed China's economy.
3.
Now, China seems to have reshaped and recovered. They have a powerful military, ready to send missiles to an enemy anytime. They're not as insecure and open as before. The opium war effects are fading.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
HW #3
!!Sepoy Uprising!!
It’s a Friday afternoon in the year of 1857 and the British Easy India Company is still taking control of India. It’s been a century and Indians are tired of this. They want to imperialize India under British rule, so they could have easier access to everything India has, mainly an easier way of trade. The roads built by the Indians are now a negative thing, since the British can use them for their own advantages.
The British are using cow and pig grease on bullets to anger the Indians, which is decreasing the anger between the Hindus and Muslims. The Indians are being treated like nothing; the British don’t even care. And now the Indians are angered so much that they rebel. “The Sepoy Mutiny” as it is called, or even “The Sepoy Uprising.”
It’s a Friday afternoon in the year of 1857 and the British Easy India Company is still taking control of India. It’s been a century and Indians are tired of this. They want to imperialize India under British rule, so they could have easier access to everything India has, mainly an easier way of trade. The roads built by the Indians are now a negative thing, since the British can use them for their own advantages.
The British are using cow and pig grease on bullets to anger the Indians, which is decreasing the anger between the Hindus and Muslims. The Indians are being treated like nothing; the British don’t even care. And now the Indians are angered so much that they rebel. “The Sepoy Mutiny” as it is called, or even “The Sepoy Uprising.”
Sunday, December 5, 2010
MP3 HW2
1. How big is India?
India is 1.2 million square miles big.
2. What is it's relative location (between which bodies of water)
The relative location is between the Bay of Bengal on the left and Arabian sea on the right.
3. What 'raw materials' are among their crops?
Tea, Indigo, Coffee, Cotton, and Jute are "raw materials" among their crops.
4. Who was the MUSLIM ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522?
Barbor was the Muslim ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522. He was related to Ghenghis Khan.
5. Who attacked the Moguls in the 1600s?
Martha people of west central India attacked the Moguls in the 1600s.
6. How were the Hindus treated by the Muslims after this attack?
The Muslims destroyed temples and forced Hindus to pay a special tax.
7. What British Company came to India in the 1600s?
The British Easy India Company came to India in the 1600s.
8. When did that company start to take over?
In 1707 they started to take over.
9. Why?
They took over to control resources directly instead of through trade.
10. They built the trains. What were the trains used for?
The very first train was for hauling contruction material in Roorkee. Afterwards, trains were used for transporting raw products for villages to the ports and brought back manufactured goods.
11. They also built roads that helped people communicate. Was this a positive? (your opinion) please explain.
I think it was mostly a positive idea since people had it easier to travel and transport goods.
12. What percentage (%) of India was Muslim?
India was 12% Muslim.
13. What percentage was Hindu?
India was 82% Hindu.
14. Why did the Sepoy Rebellion start?
The British lacked respect for the religions of India. They lined up meat to convert them to Christianity.
15. WHERE did it start?
The Sepoy Rebellion started in Meerut and eventually marched to Delhi.
16. What was the punishment for the people who rebelled?
As punishment, some rebels were placed in front of a cannon to be blown apart.
India is 1.2 million square miles big.
2. What is it's relative location (between which bodies of water)
The relative location is between the Bay of Bengal on the left and Arabian sea on the right.
3. What 'raw materials' are among their crops?
Tea, Indigo, Coffee, Cotton, and Jute are "raw materials" among their crops.
4. Who was the MUSLIM ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522?
Barbor was the Muslim ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522. He was related to Ghenghis Khan.
5. Who attacked the Moguls in the 1600s?
Martha people of west central India attacked the Moguls in the 1600s.
6. How were the Hindus treated by the Muslims after this attack?
The Muslims destroyed temples and forced Hindus to pay a special tax.
7. What British Company came to India in the 1600s?
The British Easy India Company came to India in the 1600s.
8. When did that company start to take over?
In 1707 they started to take over.
9. Why?
They took over to control resources directly instead of through trade.
10. They built the trains. What were the trains used for?
The very first train was for hauling contruction material in Roorkee. Afterwards, trains were used for transporting raw products for villages to the ports and brought back manufactured goods.
11. They also built roads that helped people communicate. Was this a positive? (your opinion) please explain.
I think it was mostly a positive idea since people had it easier to travel and transport goods.
12. What percentage (%) of India was Muslim?
India was 12% Muslim.
13. What percentage was Hindu?
India was 82% Hindu.
14. Why did the Sepoy Rebellion start?
The British lacked respect for the religions of India. They lined up meat to convert them to Christianity.
15. WHERE did it start?
The Sepoy Rebellion started in Meerut and eventually marched to Delhi.
16. What was the punishment for the people who rebelled?
As punishment, some rebels were placed in front of a cannon to be blown apart.
Friday, December 3, 2010
MP3 HW1
1. Terms and Names
Sepoy - Indian soldiers
"jewel in the crown" - India was considered the jewel in the crown because it supplied many raw materials for British trade.
Sepoy Mutiny - An outbreak in which jailed sepoys rebelled and took over parts of India.
Raj - British rule over India from 1757 - 1947.
2. Taking Notes
Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
Effect: The East India Company took over
Cause: Colonial Policies
Effect: Indians became second class people and were much poorer.
Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
Effect: Indians and British lost trust between each other.
3. How did imperialism contribute to
unity and the growth of
nationalism in India?
The British began to control India, so the Indians felt like they were second class in their own country. They didn't like how they were being treated by the British, so they increased their feelings of nationalism. They tried fighting against the British, which caused things like the Sepoy Mutiny.
Sepoy - Indian soldiers
"jewel in the crown" - India was considered the jewel in the crown because it supplied many raw materials for British trade.
Sepoy Mutiny - An outbreak in which jailed sepoys rebelled and took over parts of India.
Raj - British rule over India from 1757 - 1947.
2. Taking Notes
Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
Effect: The East India Company took over
Cause: Colonial Policies
Effect: Indians became second class people and were much poorer.
Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
Effect: Indians and British lost trust between each other.
3. How did imperialism contribute to
unity and the growth of
nationalism in India?
The British began to control India, so the Indians felt like they were second class in their own country. They didn't like how they were being treated by the British, so they increased their feelings of nationalism. They tried fighting against the British, which caused things like the Sepoy Mutiny.
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