Student's Book – Dec 2009 (5.9mb) - The Curriculum Project

exercisecomprehension,personalising,extensionapplying andpresentinginformationA. Why was Japan interested in Southeast Asian countries?B. Why did many Southeast Asians welcome the Japanese at first?C. What was an important issue for many Southeast Asian nations after Japansurrendered in 1945?D. Look at the poster on the previous page. If you were an Asian under European rule,how would it make your feel?Write about the two stages of colonialism you’ve learned about.Think about the following questions:How did colonialism start?How did the first stage cause the next?How did Europeans manage to get control of Southeast Asian nations?3.4 IMPACT OF COLONIAL RULEKEY WORDSartisan (n) – a specialist in a craftcareer (n) – a work or profession that you develop throughout your lifecash crop (n) – a crop (rice, coffee, pineapples, opium etc.) that people grow to sell for moneycontribute (v) – to help, to give something for some causedecline (v) – go down, become less or worsediscourage (v) – to say or do things that will make others work less hardfamine (n) – hunger, when there is no food in a whole area for many people for a long timeimpact (n) – influence, result, effectin full swing – going fully, activeprofitable (adj) – brings moneystructure (n) – order, the way something is organised, the way something workswidespread (adj) – common, happens often, can be found everywherepreviewbrainstormingdiscussionWhat is colonialism? What do you know about it?A. How did colonial rule influence the lives of people in colonised countries?B. What different aspects of life were affected?Economic impactIn Southeast Asia, colonial rule changed the local economy. In Java, Malaya, and Indochina,Europeans set up plantations to produce cash crops for export. Because of this, economies ofthese areas became dependent on European markets.Europeans also sold factory-made goods to their colonies. They sold cloth, tools, and otherproducts cheaply. This was bad for local crafts. Local artisans could not compete with factorymadegoods and were forced out of business. As a result, the economies of Southeast Asiabecame dependent on the industrialised nations for manufactured goods.exercisesummarising,prioritisingOutline the most important points of the economic impact of colonial rule.45