Post-Colonial Background

Question 1

colonialism

Answer 1

transfer of population to a new territory, where the arrivals lived as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of origin

Question 2

imperialism

Answer 2

the way that one country exercises power over another: through settlement, sovereignty, or indirect mechanisms of control

Question 3

colonialism vs. imperialism

Answer 3

both are practices of domination which involve the subjugation of one people to another
differ in how the subjugation comes about

Question 4

In Ireland, where was colonialism practiced and where was imperialism practiced?

Answer 4

colonialism- Northern Ireland: Britian claimed and populated the land
imperialism- All Ireland: Britain tried to settle, rule over, anglocize

Question 5

What results from the proximity between Britain and Ireland?

Answer 5

ambiguous relationship as the countries share customs, culture, appearance, history
question whether Ireland was ever truly a British colony

Question 6

What is the political conflict in the Anglo-Irish relationship?

Answer 6

the proximity between the two nations caused a security risk as the Irish supported enemies of Britain

Question 7

What is the religious conflict in the Anglo-Irish relationship?

Answer 7

Ireland was Catholic, while England was Protestant so England tried to convert the Irish to Protestantism

Question 8

What were the major issues during 1833?

Answer 8

landownership, work houses, education, famine

Question 9

What is the issue of landownership?

Answer 9

Ireland exports all materials produced to England for little profit
Irish faced extreme poverty as they are forced to sell all their crops

Question 10

What is the issue of work houses?

Answer 10

introduced by England to combat poverty and discourage poor

harsh conditions caused many Irish to immigrate denting population

Question 11

What is the issue of education?

Answer 11

British introduced national schools to combat hedge schools

Question 12

What are Hedge Schools?

Answer 12

locally run Irish schools which combated laws restricting Catholics
taught Classical studies

Question 13

What are National Schools?

Answer 13

British run schools that introduced English as a primary language and forced Irish to Anglicize

Question 14

What is the issue of famine?

Answer 14

Irish had to sell all their crop in order to pay rent
Only food for them was potatoes
Potato famine caused them to starve

Question 15

Decolonization

Answer 15

when the colonial powers of Europe began to relinquish direct political control of their colonies

Question 16

Who initially colonized South Africa?

Answer 16

the Dutch, specifically the Dutch East India Company

during colonization many natives died of disease

Question 17

Who are the Afrikaners?

Answer 17

the Dutch, German, and French settlers who developed their own language and agriculture

Question 18

Describe British colonization of South Africa

Answer 18

seized Cape Town in late 18th century

gave up imperialistic control in early 20th century

Question 19

What did the national movement for the unity of white people lead to?

Answer 19

apartheid

Question 20

apartheid

Answer 20

increasingly rigid legal system that enforced total separation between races in South Africa

Question 21

post-colonialism

Answer 21

focuses on literature in previously or currently colonized countries which deals with colonization or colonized people

Question 22

postcolonial theory

Answer 22

attempts to focus on the oppression of those who were ruled under colonization