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European Settlers and Native Peoples in America and Australia

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What was the nature of control on colonies like in South Asia?

Trading companies became political power (correct)

Direct rule by the home country

Limited trading rights

Influence through religious conversion

What drove people to establish colonies in America, Africa, and Asia?

Desire for power

Religious reasons

Search for new territories

Prospects of profit (correct)

How did the European settlers and the native peoples of America and Australia view civilization?

As complementary societies

As competing notions (correct)

As mutually exclusive

As compatible and similar

How did the native peoples of North America obtain goods according to the text?

By receiving them as gifts Signup and view all the answers

What kind of activities did the trading companies in South Asia engage in?

Building infrastructure like railways Signup and view all the answers

Why did the Native peoples of North America lose their land?

They were tricked into signing treaties that took away more land or paid less. Signup and view all the answers

What did the European settlers imagine about the forests in North America?

They imagined the forests to be converted into cornfields. Signup and view all the answers

Why did a civil war break out in the USA from 1861-65?

To abolish slavery and grant freedom to African Americans. Signup and view all the answers

What did US President Andrew Jackson do regarding the Cherokee tribe in Georgia?

He ordered the US army to evict them from their land despite a court ruling in their favor. Signup and view all the answers

How did the northern states of the USA view slavery compared to the southern states?

Northern states were against slavery and worked to abolish it while southern states supported it. Signup and view all the answers