Case Studies in Modern Africa & Asia
Spring 2009
Final Exam Study Guide
Format:
 Multiple Choice
 Matching – names and terms
 Geography (word bank will be provided)
 Quote/image identification and analysis
 Short Answer/Essay
Resources to Study:
INTRODUCTION/THEMES
 PowerPoint: Introduction to Colonization and Decolonization
 Geography Assignment (Contemporary Africa and Asia)
 The West in the World by Dennis Sherman & Joyce Salisbury p. 690-700 / Guiding Questions
 5 motives for imperialism class notes + Jules Ferry: On Colonial Expansion
 PowerPoint: Justifications for Imperialism
 PowerPoint: Types of Imperial Rule
 Colonial Geography Map Questions (questions/maps posted online)
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 History of India (timeline handout)
 Was British rule good or bad for India? – 5 photos shown during introduction, 10 primary documents used for
essay; chart; A Passage to India (movie)
 PowerPoint: Indian Nationalism
 The Kashmir Dispute (Web Exploration)
Do NOT need to study the India before the British Jigsaw notes.
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 PowerPoint: Rwanda: The Historical Narrative
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 PowerPoint: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Basic Facts/History)
 “How I Found Livingstone” by Henry Stanley
 Background Information for King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Handout)
 King Leopold’s Soliloquy by Mark Twain
 Reading Questions & Answers for King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Handout & Your Responses)
 King Leopold’s Ghost (Ch. 1, 2, 8, part of Ch. 10) by Adam Hochschild
 The Graves Are Not Yet Full (Ch. 3) by Bill Berkeley / Discussion Questions
 Questions on the Congo, 1908-1997 (Handout with Your Responses)
 PowerPoint: DRC Civil War (1998-2003)
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 Background Notes on Algeria (Handout)
 Video: The Battle of Algiers
 Jean-Paul Sartre’s Preface to Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth
 The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (6 excerpts and class presentation notes)
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 PowerPoint: The Tibet Question
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Topics/Terms:
INTRODUCTION/THEMES
• colonialism/colony/colonization
• imperialism
• new imperialism
• decolonization
• periods in the history of imperialism – major periods and their characteristics
• empires before 1450
• first European country to explore and expand in the 1400s
• motives for imperialism – economic, political, exploratory, ideological, religious
• Bartholomeu Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Industrial Revolution
• capitalism
• League of Nations mandate
• United Nations trust territory
• neocolonialism
• White Man’s Burden
• Social Darwinism
• how imperialist nations were able to conquer their colonies – role of force (guns), medicine
• why did Europeans initiate the African slave trade, and why did they decide to take slaves from Africa rather than
somewhere else
• after the slave trade declined, who were the next two groups of Europeans to go to Africa (and the first to
venture into the interior)
• David Livingstone
• Scramble for Africa
• two events that initiated the Scramble for Africa – British occupation of Egypt and Leopold II’s seizure of Congo
(know what happened in each event and how they led to the scramble)
• Berlin Conference of 1885
• which two African countries remained independent of colonial rule
• China – which type of imperial rule was imposed there and why
• Japan – why didn’t it become subject to imperial rule
• types of imperial rule: economic companies, direct rule, indirect rule, sphere of influence, protectorate, settler rule
• Geography of contemporary Africa and Asia only – there will be 15-20 countries that you will need to identify.
This section will be matching, so there will be a word bank.
INDIA
• who ruled India
• type of imperial rule practiced in India
• Vasco da Gama
• British East India Company
• Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 – what happened, how did this lead to the imposition of formal British rule
• Was British rule good or bad for India? – know evidence for both sides (ex. famine, impact on economy, railroad,
medicine, etc.)
• Causes of Indian nationalism
• Indian National Congress
• Swadeshi Movement
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Muslim League
Gandhi – doctrine of nonviolence, why he initiated the national boycott of foreign goods
Religious conflict: Hindu vs. Muslim
Which two states were created in 1947 and which religious group was a minority in each
Jawaharlal Nehru
RWANDA
• genocide
• Hutus
• Tutsis
• which European countries ruled Rwanda, and how each treated the people there
• Juvenal Habyarimana
• Arusha Accords
• 1994 genocide – causes, course, consequences
• Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
• Paul Kagame
CONGO
• who ruled the Congo (Leopold II then Belgium)
• Henry Stanley
• David Livingstone
• Leopold II
• Leopold’s reasons for acquiring the Congo – distinguish between what he projected to the public and his real
reasons
• which country was the first to officially recognize Leopold’s claim to the Congo
• how the Congolese people were treated under Leopold’s regime – purpose of the practice of capturing African
women; establishment of “children’s colonies” to train soldiers; why Africans’ hands and feet were cut off
• estimated number of deaths under Leopold’s regime
• ivory
• rubber
• chicotte
• Force Publique
• Critics of Leopold’s rule: E.D. Morel, Mark Twain, Congo Reform Associations
• How did the Congo obtain independence
• Patrice Lumumba – why he was assassinated
• Mobutu – how he came to power; characteristics of his regime
• Laurent Kabila
• Joseph Kabila
• civil war (1998-2003) – causes and consequences
• Laurent Nkunda
ALGERIA
• distinguish between French and British philosophies of colonialism – association, assimilation
• timeline of Algeria – don’t need to know specific dates, but need to know sequence of events
• Atlantic Charter
• Ahmad Ben Bella
• FLN
• ALN
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OAS
pieds noirs
were the Algerians justified in using violence to fight for independence
were the French justified in using violence to maintain control/order
Frantz Fanon’s ideas
how socialism and nationalism went together
how World War II accelerated decolonization
TIBET
• where is Tibet located on a map
• what is the current state of Tibet’s relationship with China
• status of Tibet under (a) Mongol rule, (b) the Ming dynasty, (c) the Qing dynasty
• when and why was Tibet independent in the 20th century
• how did Mao’s revolution affect the status of Tibet
• 17 Point Agreement
• Dalai Lama
• Hu Jintao
• VERY basic information on how different groups (China, human rights groups, Free Tibet student groups, Tibet
Government-in-Exile, U.S.A.) view the Tibet question, in terms of: (1) what is the relationship between China
and Tibet, (2) are human rights being violated, (3) are Westerners interfering in Chinese affairs unfairly or not,
and (4) what should be the solution for Tibet
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