Indus Valley Civilization

Question 1

• List three characteristics of Indo-Europeans

• Advanced Question 1: Did the Indians living before Muslim invasions establish great civilizations? Explain

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

Maurya Empire

Question 2

• List three accomplishments of Indians prior to Muslim invasions.

Asoka

Question 3

• In what ways were the leaders Ashoka and Akbar alike?

Greek Invaders

Gupta Empire

Muslim Expansion

Mongol Invasion

Mughal Empire

Question 4

• What were some of the accomplishments of the Mughal Empire?

• B. Why did the Mughal decline?

• C. Explain the word “Brahman”

• Advanced: In general, were Mughal rulers characterized more by religious tolerance or intolerance? Explain

Babur

Question 6

• Why did early Muslim invaders have mixed feelings toward Hindus?

• Advanced Question 3: What were some major differences among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs? Are there any similarities between these three religions?

Akbar the Great

Question 7

• Explain the term “Sikh”.

East India Trading Company

Question 8

• How was the British East India Company able to conquer so much of India?

Sepoy Rebellion

Question 9

• What caused the rebellion of 1857? How did the British react to the rebellion?

• Advanced Question 4: Were the Sepoys who rebelled against the British heroes or traitors? Explain

British Colony

Question 10

• Why did the British regard themselves as superior to the native peoples of India?

• Advanced Question 5: Based on their remarkable accomplishments, were the British justified in considering themselves superior to the native peoples of India? Use evidence to justify your answer.

Imperialism: What is it

• Imperialism: What?Imperialism: What?– What is it? – Imperialism is the policy of extending control

or authority over foreign territories with the intent of dominating economic, political, and social life of the people

– Took place in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s

Imperialism: Why

• Imperialism: Why?Imperialism: Why?– Nationalism

• Drive to make your own country better—more money, power, and influence – Industrialization

• Industrial European nations needed natural resources and new markets for their goods – Social Darwinism

• Belief that white Europeans are the “fittest race” and should “civilize” people of other nations (racism) – Christianity – Belief that Christians must spread religion to heathens in Africa

and Asia

Imperialism: How

Imperialism: How?Imperialism: How?– Forces enabling Imperialism

• Technology

– Guns, railroads, steamship, cure for malaria • Internal forces in Africa and Asia (including India) • Variety of cultures and languages in newly

colonized territories which made unified resistance difficult

• Lower level of technology • Ethnic strife

Types of Imperialism

– Colony: – Country is governed internally by a foreign power

– Protectorate: – Country with its own internal government but under

the control of an outside power

– Sphere of Influence: – Area in which an outside power claims exclusive

investment or trading privileges