Gold And Stuff Of Colonialism

Question 1

What was the primary reason European colonialism was so successful

Answer 1

Because it was able to extract gold and silver from Latin America which acted as capital. Europeans used this new found capital and pulling money into the old world economy starting the process of capitalism

Question 2

What is imperialism

Answer 2

A state dominating another. Done in informal or formal means.

Question 3

What is colonialism

Answer 3

Formal political control

Question 4

What is colonisation

Answer 4

Movements of immigrants to new colonies.

Question 5

What is decolonisation

Answer 5

Political independence.

Question 6

What is new-colonisation

Answer 6

Politically independent but economically dependant (often due Tim imperialism) such as china of Africa

Question 7

What is another example of colonialism that wasn’t ran by Europeans

Answer 7

The mlim kalifar in the 8th century. Where North African rules took power over southern Spain and Lisbon, Portugal.

Question 8

Before 1492 what was Europe’s stand in trade like

Answer 8

Europe was not a dominant power, they were marginalised.

Question 9

How were Europeans marginalised in the world trade before 1492

Answer 9

Silk Road and spice routes meant that money flowed in the opposite direction.asia was developing artistic techniques, greater cultural produced and spices. Europeans could not produce this themselves making Europeans seem inferior.

Question 10

What were the 3 main motives behind European colonialism

Answer 10

Economic
Political
Religious (not as much)

Question 11

What were the economic motives for European colonialism

Answer 11

Europeans were not too keen on paying large amounts to receive goods. They also wanted to grow their home markets of consumers

Question 12

What were the main political motives behind Europes expantion through colonisation

Answer 12

Strengthening political power, this lead them to have great control over trade routes, extracting goods and money through taxes

Question 13

What was the religious motive to expand Europe’s power through colonialism

Answer 13

To spread Christianity

Question 14

What was the Spanish expedition

Answer 14

One of the first set of colonlist to colonise America in the 15th/16th century to access trade in China.

Question 15

What was the Portuguese expedition

Answer 15

One of the first as well as the spanish set of colonlist to colonise the southern cape of South Africa in the 15th/16th century to access trade to china

Question 16

Why were the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions so vital to the development of Europe

Answer 16

They were a driver in global economy.

Question 17

What were some examples of the trade between Europe and America thanks to the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions

Answer 17

Europe sent various vegetables and fruit and also transferred diseases such as flu and malaria. America trade tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco.

Question 18

What was one of the key outputs of spanish and Portuguese colonialism between America

Answer 18

The exchange of agricultural goods.

Question 19

What was vital to the cause of the Portuguese and expeditions to fail.

Answer 19

The fact that the fact that the Europeans brought their diseases to the Americans

Question 20

Who were the first to colonise Latin America

Answer 20

The spanish

Question 21

How did the spanish obsession with gold influence the Europeans

Answer 21

The new form of capital influenced the economy on a temporary basis, the spanish built churches and pursued unseccessful wars.

Question 22

What did the Dutch,British and french do differently compared to spanish

Answer 22

Focussed more on the took park in economic activities producing commodities, establishing plantations and them to extract more and more wealth.

Question 23

What was one of the things the spanish built with money from colonial gold

Answer 23

Saville catherdral

Question 24

What is Mercantilism

Answer 24

Mercantilism is a national economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports of a nation.

Question 25

Who referred to mercantilism as ‘unequal exchange’

Answer 25

Eric wolf in 1982

Question 26

Explain mercantilism

Answer 26

Buying a high value good in another territory for a low price and then going on to sell it at another territory at a high price.

Question 27

What were some direct ways colonists from Britain, France and the Netherlands directly controlled modes or production

Answer 27

Manipulate trade through the power of political force and military discipline

Question 28

What is an example of the Europeans manipulating territories for their finical gain

Answer 28

British had political control over India forcing them to grow opium, which they took to China and sold at a high price. Chinese got addicted and thus continued this trade pattern, extracting wealth from China

Question 29

What was another way the British, Dutch and French were more successful than the Spanish at colonising

Answer 29

They had a bigger priority on controlling means of production as well as extracting direct surplus from the labour of colonised countries

Question 30

What largely influenced then progression and success of the industrial revolution in Britain

Answer 30

Colonialism, industrial revolution was the next biggest thing after colonialism

Question 31

How did British colonialism influence the industrial revolution in Britain

Answer 31

The colonial powers of the government allowed the linking raw materials labour and markets.

Question 32

What did the industrial revolution cause

Answer 32

Britain changed from a fundal mode of production to a capitalist mode of production, the first country to do this in the world.

Question 33

Explain the triangular trade pattern

Answer 33

Northern America brought enslaved Africans to their country selling raw Cotton to Britain for them to produce manufactured cotton selling it within Britain and to Africa

Question 34

What was an influential factor to the geographical locations of the triangular trade pattern

Answer 34

Winds on the oceans were beneficial

Question 35

When was the Berlin conference and what did they do there

Answer 35

1884,drew the states of Africa, placi;g straight lines down the maps.

Question 36

What were some of the issues said to be with the the Berlin conference in 1884

Answer 36

Ignored different cultures and groups

Question 37

When Europeans first arrived in Africa what were they interested in

Answer 37

Trading manufacturing goods with Africa as they had some of the finest fabrics

Question 38

What did the Europeans do after loosing interest in the manufacturing goods in Africa

Answer 38

Sold slav3s from Africa to ame4ica or brought them to Caribbean to work

Question 39

Who also played a pivitol role in the trading in Europe between Europe, America and Africa

Answer 39

Portugal

Question 40

What was the name of Portuguese prime minister during the colonial triangular trade

Answer 40

oliveira Salazar

Question 41

What did oliveira Salazar argue

Answer 41

The only reason for the colonies is to fuel the home countries, to produce stuff cheaply to fuel the factories to make goods to be sold elsewhere.

Question 42

What is considered to be a symbol of the mother of poverty

Answer 42

Cotton from Mozambique

Question 43

How were men and women treated differently due to the production of cotton in Mozambique

Answer 43

Men were responsible for the production of the cash crop to be sold for money where women were responsible for growing crops for the family.

Question 44

What was the alternative for men for growing cotton

Answer 44

Working in African prisons, often very thousands of miles away

Question 45

What were some colonial products

Answer 45

Cotton 
Vanilla 
Tobacco 
Corn 
Potatos

Question 46

What was the main economic idea behind colonialism

Answer 46

Taking raw materials from the global south, refining them in the global north and selling them on, growing wealth in the global north.

Question 47

What was a key process for geographers to aid the process of colonisation

Answer 47

Geographical process of discovering plants and mapping terrorise allowed colonial powers to understand new plants and resources to facilitate their spread across new terrifies.

Question 48

What are botanical gardens and what’s an example

Answer 48

Kew Gardens, testing garden in greenhouse to test crops in a warmer environment to be grown in the global south later.