AP Modern World History Flashcards: Indigenous Responses to State Expansion
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How did internal and external factors influence state building from 1750 to 1900?
Internal factors like growing nationalism and external factors like imperial pressure led to both anticolonial movements and the creation of new states.
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How did internal and external factors influence state building from 1750 to 1900?
Internal factors like growing nationalism and external factors like imperial pressure led to both anticolonial movements and the creation of new states.
What was the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement?
This was a rebellion in southern Africa against imperial rule that was influenced by religious ideas and prophecy.
What was the general cause of the various forms of anti-imperial resistance?
Increasing discontent with imperial rule was the general cause that led to rebellions and other forms of resistance.
What common element influenced rebellions such as the Ghost Dance, the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement, and the Mahdist wars?
These rebellions were all influenced by religious ideas, which arose from increasing discontent with imperial rule.
The creation of the Sokoto Caliphate and the Zulu Kingdom are examples of what form of anti-imperial resistance?
These are examples of new states being created on the peripheries of existing empires as a form of resistance.
Túpac Amaru II’s rebellion and the 1857 rebellion in India are examples of what form of anti-imperial resistance?
These rebellions are examples of direct resistance that occurred within established empires.
What were the Mahdist wars in Sudan?
The Mahdist wars were a rebellion against imperial rule in Sudan that was significantly influenced by religious ideas.
What two key factors contributed to the rise of anticolonial movements from 1750-1900?
Increasing questions about political authority and growing nationalism were key factors that contributed to anticolonial movements.
What was the Ghost Dance in the context of anti-imperial resistance?
The Ghost Dance was a religious movement and a form of rebellion against imperial rule, influenced by religious ideas and discontent.
Identify the two primary forms that anti-imperial resistance took.
Anti-imperial resistance took the forms of direct resistance within empires and the creation of new states on the peripheries.