Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.5: Colonialism and the development of nationalism in South-East Asia (c1750–1914) Questions
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Compare and contrast the economic systems used by the Dutch in the East Indies and the French in Indo-China before 1914.
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To what extent did colonial economic policy in South-East Asia before 1914 serve the interests of the colonial power rather than the colonised population?
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Examine the reasons why the Dutch East Indies moved from the Culture System to the Liberal Policy after 1870.
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Discuss the view that indirect rule was primarily a cost-saving strategy for European colonial powers in South-East Asia before 1914.
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Evaluate the significance of the 1799 collapse of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) for the later development of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies.
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Discuss the methods used by France to establish and administer French Indo-China.
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Examine the role of a named individual in shaping colonial policy or resistance to it in either the Dutch East Indies or French Indo-China before 1914.
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Evaluate the impact of the Ethical Policy (1901) on the Dutch East Indies.
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Analyse the reasons why France unified Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia into French Indo-China in 1887.
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To what extent was economic exploitation the main cause of early nationalist sentiment in South-East Asia before 1914?
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To what extent did diplomacy, rather than military strength, determine the fate of colonised and independent states in South-East Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
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Discuss the reasons for the shift in Filipino nationalism from peaceful reform to armed revolution in the period up to 1896.
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Evaluate the impact of internal divisions on the outcome of the Philippine Revolution, 1896-1898.
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To what extent was the execution of Jose Rizal in December 1896 the most significant turning point in the Philippine struggle against Spanish rule?
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Examine the causes of the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
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Analyse the reasons why the United States, rather than an independent Filipino government, controlled the Philippines after 1898.
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Compare and contrast Spanish colonial rule and United States colonial rule in the Philippines.
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Examine the reasons why Siam avoided colonisation while the Philippines did not, in the period to 1910.
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Analyse the methods used by the Propaganda Movement and the Katipunan to pursue Filipino nationalist goals.
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Discuss the reasons for the outbreak of the Philippine-American War, 1899-1902.
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