[NATS 1775] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (19 pages long)

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Daniela Monaldi

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Unit 6: technology in the age of imperialism. Required readings: introduction and outline, the technologies of imperialism: steamboats, the telegraph, and railways, )deas about technology and the (cid:498)civilizing mission(cid:499) ideology, misa, leonardo to the internet, (cid:498)(cid:886). )nstruments of empire, (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:886)(cid:882)-(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:883)(cid:886),(cid:499: t&c reader, michael adas, (cid:498)contested (egemony: the great war and the afro-asian assault on the civilizing mission )deology,(cid:499) pp. (cid:890)(cid:889)-103. 97-127: colonialism: creation of settlements and trade networks in faraway lands to exploit natural, agricultural, and human resources to expand the market for domestically manufactured goods. Imperialism: practice of imposing centralized political and military control over colonized lands ideology that supports this practice. The british empire: england emerged as the leading imperial power in the late 1700s, with the seven years" war against france in (cid:883)(cid:889)(cid:888)(cid:885) it gained control of north. American and indian colonies: north american colonies, usa, and canada, asian colonies, after (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:885)(cid:885), (cid:498)free trade(cid:499)