CAS IR 349- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Entrance to the mediterranean sea; the suez canal: a geopolitics theorist of land power, sir halford mackinder (british) The geographical pivot of history : quest for control of the heartland , the theorist of sea power, captain alfred t. mahan. The record of expansinon: some case studies: foreign spheres of influence in china. Indirect rule: british not involved in local indian politics, military forces (supported the british, 38th bengali infantry, 24th bombay infantry, punjab police, bombay lancers. Imperialism in africa: one of the major victims of british imperialism, africa was divided among the europeans, colonial powers belonged to the british, french, german, portuguese, italian, and spanish. The age of imperialsim: the colossus of rhodes: cecil rhodes was the driving force behind british imperialism in south africa, the capetown to cairo empire, the boer war (1899-1902, partition of africa (1885-1914) In 1899, a boer population of less than 100,000 farmers attacked british cities in south.
